Siti Aisyah Agrees To Receive Legal Assistance From Indonesian Embassy

JAKARTA, Feb 27 (Antara) - Siti Aisyah, an Indonesian woman suspected of murdering North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam, has agreed to receive legal assistance from the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. "With her approval, a representative from the embassy has urged the Malaysian authority to discuss with Aisyah's lawyer if there are any developments in her case," Director of Indonesian Citizens Protection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lalu Muhammad Iqbal stated in a message received by Antara, Sunday. A team of the Indonesian Citizens Protection Directorate and lawyers had met Aisyah at the Cyberjaya Police Office on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Kuala Lumpur local time after the Malaysian government granted consular access to the suspect. The Indonesian embassy's representatives who met Aisyah were Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indonesian Embassy to Malaysia Andreano Erwin, Immigration Attaché Mulkan Lekat, Chairman of the Indonesian Citizen Protection Task Force Yusron B. Ambary, lawyer of the Gooi and Azura firm Azura, and immigration officers. During the meeting, which lasted for 30 minutes, envoys from the embassy conducted a fingerprint scan to verify Aisyah's citizenship. The verification result confirmed that Aisyah's fingerprints matched with the data of the passport she was holding. After the visit, it was reported that Aisyah was in good health and had received proper treatment from the local authority. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will deliver several pieces of information along with Aisyah's message to her family in Serang District, Indonesia.