Kim Jong-nam, The Half-Brother Of North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un Murdered - Two Women To Face Trial
Kim Jong-nam died at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017, after toxic VX nerve agent was rubbed on his face.
Two women are being tried for his murder.
They are Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Houng from Vietnam.
Both have pleaded not guilty, saying they thought they were carrying out a prank for a reality TV show, and did not know the colourless, odourless VX was harmful.
Defence lawyers say the two women accused of murder had been paid to take part in similar tricks at airports, hotels and shopping malls in the days before Kim's death.
A lawyer representing Siti Aisyah previously told a court in Malaysia that she had been paid 4,000 Malaysian ringgit (£730, $1,020) by a North Korean to fly to Macau, where Kim was reportedly living in self-imposed exile.
The two women face death by hanging if they are found guilty.
Pyongyang has denied any involvement in the murder, but four men - believed to be North Koreans who fled Malaysia on the day of the killing - have also been charged in the case. They remain at large despite an Interpol "red notice", equivalent to an international arrest warrant.
Kim Jong-nam was largely estranged from his family, after being bypassed as heir to the North Korean leadership in favour of his younger half-brother.
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