She did it at KL Sentral, outside the Doubletree Hotel lobby, in front of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel lobby and at the Suria KLCC shopping mall.
Siti Aisyah’s counsel Gooi Soon Seng painted the scenario while cross-examining investigation officer ASP Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz, 40, on the 29th day of Jong Nam’s murder trial.
Responding to Gooi, the 19th prosecution witness agreed with the scenario “based on what Siti Aisyah had said”.
Siti Aisyah, 26, and Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong, 29, stand accused of murdering Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, with four other individuals still at large, at the departure hall of the klia2 in Sepang on Feb 13 last year.
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 the deadly VX nerve agent on his eyes and face.
Prosecutors had told the court the actions of Siti Aisyah and Doan showed that they intended to cause his death.
Wan Azirul Nizam today did not agree with Gooi’s proposal that an individual named James paid Siti Aisyah RM600 and RM50 as taxi fare, for each prank.
“Siti Aisyah said she was paid RM650 for doing the prank at KLIA and Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Jan 6 and Jan 9 respectively,” said the witness.
Gooi said: “I say on Jan 16, 2017, ‘James’ arranged for Siti Aisyah to carry out the prank in Cambodia and she was paid RM1,500 for air ticket and taxi.”
To this, Wan Azirul Nizam said: “Agree.”
During the trial, Gooi showed a number of SMS messages between James and Siti Aisyah who called herself “Elice” and James “Jepun”.
Gooi: I propose that Siti Aisyah had sent one SMS to James, saying, “I see today, I acting no good, right?” where James had replied, “not natural” and the accused replied, “Sorry long time not acting”.
Wan Azirul Nizam replied: “Agree”.
The trial presided by Azmi Ariffin continues on Feb 22.