Kim Jong Nam Met U.S. National on Malaysian Island Before He Was Killed, Police Say

Kim Jong Nam Met U.S. National on Malaysian Island Before He Was Killed, Police Say
Kim Jong Nam arrives at Beijing airport in Beijing, China, in this photo taken by Kyodo Feb. 11, 2007. Kyodo/via Reuters/File Photo
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KUALA LUMPUR—Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean’s leader, met a United States national at a Malaysian island hotel days before his sensational killing last February, a police official told a court hearing on Monday.

Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, have been charged with four North Korean fugitives for the murder. Prosecutors say the women smeared his face with VX, a lethal chemical poison at Kuala Lumpur airport on Feb. 13.