Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnameseand Malaysian lawyers are actively collecting evidence to defend Doan ThiHuong, a Vietnamese suspect in the death of a citizen of the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in the next court hearing, according toForeign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang during a regular press briefingin Hanoi on April 20.
She made the statement inresponse to news that at the hearing on April 13 the Malaysian police did notcooperate in providing evidence for the defence of the two suspects.
Hang reiterated Vietnam’s stancethat Huong needs to be tried in a fair and objective manner in line withMalaysia’s law and international practices, with her legitimate rights ensured.
Doan Thi Huong, 28, is one of thetwo women suspects in the murder of the DPRK man named Kim Chol at Kuala LumpurInternational Airport on February 13.
On March 1, the two were chargedwith murder but they denied and said that they were deceived into taking partin an innocuous prank. - VNA