Vietnamese woman who is lone suspect in custody for death of Kim Jong Nam sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for weapons charge, likely to be freed by early May.
Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, center, is escorted by police as she arrives at Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Monday, April 1, 2019. Trial resumes on murder case against the Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the North Korean leader's estranged half brother Kim Jong Nam. Prosecutors refused to drop the murder charge against Huong, who is the only suspect in custody after the stunning decision to drop the case against Indonesian Siti Aisyah.
High Court judge Azmi Ariffin sentenced Huong to three years and four months from the day she was arrested on Feb. 15, 2017. Huong’s lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said his client is expected to be freed by the first week of May, after a one-third reduction in her sentence for good behavior. Huong is the only suspect in custody after the Malaysian attorney general’s stunning decision to drop the murder case against Indonesian Siti Aisyah on March 11 following high-level lobbying from Jakarta. Huong sought to be acquitted after Aisyah was freed, but prosecutors rejected her request.
Huong’s lawyer told the court Monday that her guilty plea to the lesser charge showed she “has taken responsibility” for her actions. In asking for a lenient sentence, he also told the court that her move saved judicial time.
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