SHAH ALAM: A police officer who arrested the first accused, Siti Aisyah, in the murder case of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam appeared traumatised when asked to open an exhibit bag which contained a sleeveless blouse belonging to her at the High Court here yesterday.
Selangor police contingent headquarters D9 (Special Investigation Division) officer, Supt Nasri Mansor said he was afraid to open the bag for fear he might be affected (by VX nerve agent residue).
“During the raid and seizure, I suffered its side-effects for a week after handling the blouse without wearing gloves,” he said when cross-examined by Siti Aisyah’s counsel Gooi Soon Seng.
Gooi: “The part smeared with poison had been cut off and disposed when analysed by Dr S Raja and what is in the exhibit bag are the remains. As such the exhibit can be opened.”
Deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad did not object to opening the exhibit bag.
Judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin allowed the bag to be opened after all parties including the prosecution and defence agreed it was to be opened at one’s own risk. He allowed all parties to put on surgical masks.
Earlier, Gooi told Nasri to open the exhibit as he wanted to show the markings on the blouse made with a marker pen.
The 16th witness said the markings were missing as the section of the blouse had been cut off for analysis in the laboratory.
To a question by Gooi, Nasri denied there were two other women named ‘Mey’ and ‘Wati’ renting the room with Siti Aisyah since last year.
Gooi: In the raid, Mey and Wati were lying on the bed while the accused was sitting on it?
Nasri: Disagree.
Nasri was testifying in the trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28 charged with four others still at large with the murder of Jong-nam alias Kim Chol, 45, at the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 at 9am on Feb 13. The hearing before Justice Datuk Azmi Ariffin resumes today. — Bernama