Suspect Siti Aisyah from Indonesia is escorted by police as she leaves a court in Sepang, Malaysia, on April 13, 2017. The defense lawyers of the two female suspects who were accused of carrying out the assassination on a male national of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), when appearing in court on Thursday, made complaints against the police investigators which they said could comprise their case and lead to miscarriage of justice. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)
SEPANG, Malaysia, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The defense lawyers of the two female suspects who were accused of carrying out the assassination on a male national of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), when appearing in court on Thursday, made complaints against the police investigators which they said could comprise their case and lead to miscarriage of justice.
The two female suspects, 25-year-old Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and 28-year-old Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam, appeared for the second time at a local court in Sepang on the same day.
They, along with four suspects from the DPRK, were charged with murdering the man on Feb. 13 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Gooi Soon Seng, the defense lawyer for Siti, said the police failed to supply the defense team with CCTV recordings from various places, which could enable them to prepare the case "at the earliest opportunity."
He also accused the police of not providing the defense team with recorded statements from three DPRK suspects who had been allowed to leave Malaysia.
"Under the circumstances, we believe that they will not be called as prosecution witnesses and will not be made available to the defense," said Gooi.
Citing the above reasons, Gooi said he feared that miscarriage of justice will ensue in the case. He also expressed his concern that negotiations between the DPRK and Malaysia, which ensured the safe return of nine Malaysian citizens barred by the DPRK from leaving, could affect the fairness of the trail.
Naran Singh, the defense lawyer for Doan, also made similar complaints, saying the absence of four DPRK suspects, who fled back to Pyongyang the moment after the killing, is unfair for the two female suspects because it is possible that the four DPRK suspects' role in the case may never be clarified.
The pre-trail review was meant to transfer the case to the high court in Shah Alam. But the formal hearing of the case was postponed further to May 30. Muhamad Iskandar Ahmad, leader prosecutor in the case, said they need more time to collect documents from several departments.
