Kim Jong-nam: Vietnamese woman freed in murder case
Doan Thi Huong, pictured in March, is now expected to return to Vietnam, her lawyer says
The Vietnamese woman accused of the 2017 killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, has been released, her lawyer says. Doan Thi Huong was freed after accepting a deal with Malaysian prosecutors and pleading guilty to a lesser charge of"causing injury". Ms Huong and Indonesian Siti Aisyah had been accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Mr Kim in Kuala Lumpur airport.The two women have also repeatedly said they were innocent victims of an elaborate North Korean plot.
The brazen killing at an international airport left observers stunned and gripped international headlines.Ms Huong was released on Friday. She had received a short jail term - but it was cut due to sentence remissions.
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