Vietnamese woman in NKorea murder case loses bid for release

By THE MANILA TIMES

Mar 14, 2019 1:13 pm

Vietnamese national, Doan Thi Huong (C) broke down in tears as a prosecutor told a court the attorney-general had rejected a request to free her. AFP PHOTO

SHAH ALAM: A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities refused to drop a murder charge, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.

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