Malaysian prosecutors will charge two women — Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam — with murder over their alleged involvement in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, the Southeast Asian country's attorney general said on Tuesday. South Korean lawmakers said Monday that the country's National Intelligence Service told them in a private briefing that four of the North Koreans identified as suspects are from the Ministry of State Security, the North's spy organ. Kim Jong-nam, who had criticized the regime of his family and his half-brother Kim Jong-un, was killed in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month after the two women allegedly smeared VX nerve agent, a chemical described by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, across his face. He had criticised the regime of his family and his half-brother Kim Jong-un in the past and had been living in exile, under Beijing's protection, in the Chinese territory of Macau. Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: Kim Jong Nam killing: Suspects and those wanted for questioning A third suspect, Ri Jong Chol, 46, from North Korea, was arrested by Malaysian police on February 17. Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: Kim Jong Nam killing: Suspects and those wanted for questioning The most high-profile North Korean allegedly involved in the case is Hyon Kwang Song, 44, second secretary at North Korea's Malaysian embassy. Story highlights Two accused women have said they thought they were taking part in TV prank show

Both say they're not guilty in death of Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean ruler

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) Two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were charged with murder Wednesday. The security camera footage, which has been released in the media, showed two women assaulting Mr Kim in the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the victim stumbling into a medical clinic. Both women have told diplomats from their countries that they had been paid to take part in what they believed was a prank for a reality TV show. Malaysian police have said the suspects had washed their hands after the assault, and were aware that the liquid smeared on their victim’s face was toxic.
Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Đoàn Thị Hương, are charged with murder in relation to the death of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The women, who reportedly thought they were involved in a prank TV show, did not enter pleas.