SHAH ALAM: A police officer told the High Court here yesterday that Siti Aisyah, who was charged with killing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother Kim Jong-nam, was lying on a bed in a hotel room, and was shocked when a team of policemen raided the premises three days after Jong-nam’s death.
Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters D9 Staff Officer Nasri Mansor said the door of the hotel room occupied by the accused was unlocked, and slightly open during the raid at 2.15am on Feb 16, 2017.
“I received instructions to arrest an Indonesian woman who was in a room at Hotel Flamingo, Ampang in connection with a murder case at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2),” he said during examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad.
He said before the raid, he was at the Sepang District Police Headquarters (IPD) and had briefed his team to prepare for an arrest at any time.
“After receiving valid information at 1.30 am, we went to Hotel Flamingo and arrived there at 2.15am.
“Upon arriving there, we used the lift to get to the third floor, namely to room number 356.
“When I arrived in front of the room, I noticed that the door was unlocked and left a little open with a rubber door wedge holding it in position.
“I knocked on the door and entered the room,” he said, adding that he saw a woman lying on the bed of the room with all the lights switched on.
The 16th witness was testifying in the trial of Indonesian citizen Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, 28, who are jointly charged with four others still at large with killing Jong-nam, 45, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) Departure Hall at 9am, Feb 13.
Nasri said he introduced himself by showing his authority card to the accused as soon as he entered the room.
He said the woman was in a state of shock, and asked about the offence she had allegedly committed.
“However, I asked the woman to identify herself and she gave me her passport, and after checking, I found out she was named Siti Aisyah,” he said, adding that he also seized two mobile phones, namely an Oppo and iPhone 6, Rayban branded eyeglasses, as well as USD300 (RM1,254.45) from her purse.
“In addition to the purse, I seized a Louis Vuitton bag, a pair of shoes, a denim pants, a sleeveless shirt, a scarf and a passport.
We were in the room for an hour, and all the seized items were placed in a black plastic bag before being taken from the room,” he said.
In reply to Muhamad Iskandar’s question, Nasri said Siti Aisyah was then taken to the Sepang IPD at 4.15am in handcuffs.
The witness said that when he arrived at the Sepang IPD, he instructed his team to prepare an inventory form and asked Siti Aisyah to look at the list of items seized and sign it, before handing it to ASP Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz.
Nasri also said he did not confiscate the accused’s suitcase, and only took the items found under the table and on the bed.
“This is because I only confiscated the items suspected to be used by the accused on the day Kim Chol (the alias Jong-nam was using) was found dead.
“I identified the suspected items after looking at the closed-circuit television (CCTV) recording at Sepang IPD meeting room a day before the raid.
“The investigating officer had played back the CCTV footage, whereby Siti Aisyah was at the Bibik Heritage restaurant in klia2.
“I conducted the arrest and seizures based on the recording,” he said.
The trial before Judge Datuk Azmi Ariffin continues today. — Bernama