Indonesia says woman held in Kim killing is their citizen
Indonesia’s foreign ministry said a woman arrested in Malaysia for suspected involvement in the killing of the North Korean leader’s half-brother is an Indonesian citizen and officials have requested consular access to her.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-02-16 15:09 GMT
Jakarta
Malaysian police have identified the woman as Siti Aishah, 25, from Serang in Banten, a province that neighbours the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. She was arrested early on Thursday.
The ministry said in a statement it concluded the woman is Indonesian based on data provided by Malaysian authorities and the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia.
“Following that verification, the embassy has requested consular access to the Government of Malaysia to provide assistance in order to ensure her legal rights,” the statement said.
Malaysian police have now arrested two women and one man in the death of Kim Jong Nam, who was reportedly poisoned on Monday by a pair of female assassins as he waited for a flight in Malaysia. Malaysian police said the second woman they arrested had Vietnamese travel documents.
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Tra said in a statement that Vietnamese authorities were closely coordinating with the Malaysians on the case.
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