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AG: Malaysia agreed to Indonesia's request to free Siti Aisyah
Malaysia agreed to Indonesia’s request to drop charges against an Indonesian woman accused in the 2017 killing of the North Korean leader’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam, attorney general Tommy Thomas said in a letter on March 8.
Siti Aisyah was released from custody on Monday after the Shah Alam High Court dropped a murder charge against her.
Read more: Court drops charge against Siti Aisyah for Jong-nam murder
She will be able to return to Indonesia, Thomas told Yasonna Laoly, Indonesia’s law minister, in the letter seen by Reuters.
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