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The Indonesian government continuously provides legal assistance for Siti Aisyah, an Indonesian citizen who is accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, North Korean president’s step elder brother, Kim Jong-un in Malaysia in February 2018. The legal assistance provided by the Indonesian government at the follow-up trial on December 14, 2018 at the Supreme Court of Shah Alam, Malaysia is to re-interrogate the witnesses submitted by the Public Prosecutor, that are impropriate to the evidence on the spot. This was affirmed by Director of Protection of Indonesian Citizen and Legal Entities at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, to Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta on Wednesday.

“It was to deeply discuss witnesses and evidences submitted by the prosecutor from our perspective. We have already submitted this, but it is not as our position. It has not been included in the advocacy note. For example, the witness said that he took a sample of Siti’s clothes. When taking it, she was using black plastic. However, a witness in the laboratory said that he received it in a transparent plastic. Then, he testified that when he took the evidence, he looked at two other women there. But why the two women have never been interrogated? Based on the law procedure, the two women must be interrogated,” Lalu Muhammad Iqbal said.

Moreover, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal explained that the Indonesian government has not yet proposed new witnesses, namely the two women who were with Siti Aisyah when they were arrested in February because they were still focusing on the statements of witnesses submitted by the Public Prosecutor. After conducting the trial on December 14, 2018, Siti Aisyah is scheduled to hold a follow-up session on January 7 and 10, 2019 and on 18 and 20 February 2019. As previously reported, Siti Aisyah and a Vietnamese citizen, Doan Thi Huong were accused of killing Kim Jong-nam by rubbing toxic substances on the face of the North Korean founder's grandson when he was waiting for a plane at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February 2018. (VOI/Viqran/AHM)