No go for Vietnamese woman’s bid for release in Jong Nam case

Doan Thi Huong leaves the Shah Alam High Court today. Her trial will proceed as the authorities have refused to drop the murder charge against her. (Reuters pic)

SHAH ALAM: A Vietnamese woman charged with assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother lost her bid for immediate release today as authorities refused to drop a murder charge, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.

“In reference to the representation submitted on March 11 to the honourable attorney-general, we got an order to proceed with the case,” lead prosecutor Muhammad Iskandar Ahmad told the High Court in Shah Alam.

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