Kim Jong-nam murder: Vietnamese Huong, pleads guilty to lesser charge

The Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half brother of North Korea’s leader has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing hurt by potentially deadly means.

A Malaysian court sentenced Doan Jhi Huong to three years and four months in jail, starting from her arrest in February 2017.

However, her lawyer said she could be freed by May under Malaysian law.

Ms Huong would have faced death penalty if found guilty of the murder.

Kim, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong-un was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017 in broad daylight, with the toxic nerve agent VX.