Shamsul Bahrin Abdullah, a sergeant attached to the klia2 police station, said Hospital Putrajaya staff found 40 items on Jong Nam, including the foreign currency notes which were from various Asian countries, besides Swiss francs, Euros and US dollars.
“The deceased was put on a stretcher and the medical staff were checking on his personal belongings that were bought along from klia2.
“I recalled some of the items were various foreign currencies, his glasses, handphones, shirts, medicines, and a yellow ring,” he said.
Shamsul was responding to a question by deputy public prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad on the items Jong Nam had with him before his death.
He said hospital staff surrendered all items to him with a checklist as they did not want to be responsible for the belongings, particularly the valuable items.
“I informed the then deputy chief of klia2 district police Supt Zulkifli Adam Shah about the deceased and his belongings.
“Zulkifli told me to put the valuable items in the safe at the Sepang district police headquarters,” he said.
Shamsul said the personal items were an iPhone, a Nokia phone, a Patek Philippe watch, a yellow ring, two necklaces, a Bank of China visa card, two Bank of China platinum cards, and a card known as EWM card.
For the Asian currencies, Jong Nam had RM268.30 in notes and coins; a total of 117,000 Indonesian Rupiah in 50,000, 10,000, 5,000 and 2,000 notes; a total of 590 Macau pattaca/Macau dollar in 100, 20 and 10 notes; S$328 in S$10 and S$2 notes; 900 Renminbi in 100 Renminbi notes, and also 55,000 Korean won.
The European and American currencies Jong Nam carried comprised €500 in €100 notes, 50 Swiss Franc and a total of US$124,000 in US$100 notes.
Previously, investigating officer Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz testified that police found over US$100,000 in Jong Nam’s bag and had kept it in the safe of the Sepang district police headquarters.
Azirul said Jong Nam’s other personal belongings were returned to the North Korean embassy.
It was reported in June that Jong Nam was believed to have had US$120,000 in his possession when he died.
Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun claimed he may have been paid for information.
Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong were charged with killing Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un on Feb 13.
Jong Nam, the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrived in Malaysia on Feb 6, and was at klia2 to board a 9am flight to Macau on the day he was killed.
He died while being transported to Hospital Putrajaya, after he lost consciousness in the klia2 clinic.
The investigation into Jong Nam’s death sparked a diplomatic row between Putrajaya and Pyongyang, which eventually led to both countries recalling their respective ambassadors.
During the opening statement on Oct 2, the prosecution said it would prove that the two women approached Jong Nam at the airport’s departure hall and sprayed VX nerve agent on his eyes and face.
Prosecutors told the court the actions of Siti Aisyah and Doan showed that they intended to cause Jong Nam’s death.
Shamsul had also told the court he was informed of Jong Nam’s death in the afternoon.
He identified the man, “Kim Chol” as a Korean based on his passport details.
“The passport read Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” Shamsul said, when Iskandar showed a photocopy of Jong Nam’s passport.
He added he did not know the North Korean deceased until he saw the passport.
The hearing continues on November 27.