“When I first saw him, he was clutching his head and closing his eyes.
“His face was red and he was sweating profusely,” Dr Nik Mohd Adzrul Ariff testified, adding that the patient also could not respond to his questions.
Adzrul, who was on duty at klia2’s Klinik Menara on the day Jong Nam died, also described his patient’s blood pressure as “very high”.
A minute after the seizure stopped, he said Jong Nam became unconscious. His blood pressure dropped, which Adzrul concluded was due to the sudden loss of blood.
He was testifying at the trial where two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, are charged with the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 13.
Jong Nam, who is the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrived in Malaysia on Feb 6, and was scheduled to board a 9am flight to Macau on the same day.
He died on the way to Putrajaya Hospital, sparking a diplomatic row between Putrajaya and Pyongyang.
During the opening statement earlier today, the prosecution said that they would prove the two women approached Jong Nam at the airport’s departure hall and sprayed VX nerve agent on his eyes and face.
Deputy public prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad told the court the actions of Siti and Doan showed they both intended to cause Jong Nam’s death.
Meanwhile, nurse Rabiatul Adawiyah said when she saw Jong Nam, he was having convulsions.
“He was sweating at that time and I helped him wipe his sweat. His eyes were rolling and he was having a running nose.”
When cross-examined by Doan’s lawyer, Naran Singh, whether the nurse had sought confirmation of the patient’s identity by asking his name, Rabiatul said she did not do so.
Naran: You did not ask his name and you cannot confirm whether he was Kim Chol?
Rabiatul: Yes.
Kim Chol was Jong Nam’s name in his diplomatic passport.
The trial continues tomorrow with Dr Adzrul continuing his testimony before Justice Azmi Ariffin.