Kim Jung Uns halvbror lönnmördad i Malaysia

The Indonesian woman freed after being accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea's leader says she was "shocked" when she learned of her release.

Siti Aisyah had been accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong-nam's face in Kuala Lumpur airport.

In an interview with the BBC, she said at one point she had thought: "Is this the end of my life?"

She repeated that she was not involved in Mr Kim's murder in 2017.

Ms Aisyah refused to go into details when asked about how she was recruited, and about the men who recruited her.

She and her co-accused, Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong - who also denies murder - say they thought they were part of a TV prank.

I Malaysia har en vietnamesisk kvinna idag erkänt sig skyldig till att ha medverkat till mordet på Nordkoreas diktator Kim Jon-Uns halvbror Kim Jong-Nam. Men hon säger att hon och en indonesisk kvinna blev lurade att utföra mordet av hemliga nordkoreanska agenter och att de aldrig förstod att det handlade om mord.

A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the half-brother of North Korea's leader pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a Malaysian court Monday and her lawyer said she could be freed as early as next month. CBS News has confirmed she will be released by the first week of May, with time off for good behavior and time served.

Doan Thi Huong had faced a murder charge, which carried the death penalty if she'd been convicted, in the slaying of Kim Jong Nam, who died after being accosted by two women in a Kuala Lumpur airport terminal. Huong nodded as a translator read the new charge to her: voluntarily causing injury with a dangerous weapon, VX nerve agent.

High Court judge Azmi Ariffin sentenced Huong to three years and four months from the day she was arrested, 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.

"I am happy," Huong, 30, told reporters as she left the courtroom, adding she thought it was a fair outcome.

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 accepted a deal with Malaysian prosecutors last month and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of "causing injury".

Ms Huong and Indonesian Siti Aisyah were accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Mr Kim in Kuala Lumpur airport.

Both women denied murder and said they thought they were part of a TV prank.

They said they were tricked into carrying out the killing as innocent victims of an elaborate North Korean plot.

Ms Huong is expected to fly back to Vietnam later on Friday.

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