SHAH ALAM: North Korean Kim Chol had claimed that he was attacked by two women from behind at the airport and that the duo had 'wiped' his face, the High Court heard yesterday.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) customer care ambassador Juliana Idris, 37, testified that the former who spoke to her in English with his hands trembling came to her at the MAHB information counter and asked her to take him to the police station.
She was testifying as the second prosecution witness in the trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong , 28, who were charged with murdering Kim Chol - who travelled using the name Kim Jong-nam, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) on Feb 13.
"His hands were trembling, I was wondering why. He told me that he wanted to lodge a police report. I was with him about for 10 to 20 minutes," she said during examination-in-chief by deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin.
Earlier, first prosecution witness Lance Corporal Mohd Zulkarnain Sanudin, 31, told the court that when he met Kim Chol, the victim complained that his eyes were blurry and that he could not see anything.
The witness said on that day, the victim who claimed that his face was wiped by two women, had asked to be led to the clinic because of his condition.
"I was on patrol duty on Feb 13 about 9am at the departure hall of KLIA2 when this man who is quite chubby came to me and asked me to take him to the Menara Clinic.
"He said, Sir, walk slow, my eyes blur, I cannot see," he testified.
A third witness testified that a man bearing the passport Kim Chol had experienced seizure-like symptoms while he was at the clinic.
Medical assistant at the Menara Medical Clinic Rabiatul Adawiyah Mohd Sofi, 23, told the court that a man bearing the passport Kim Chol had experienced seizure-like symptoms while he was at the clinic.
She said the man was brought to the clinic in KLIA2 about 9.30am on Feb 13 by two policemen. She said the man had complained that someone had sprayed liquid on his face.
"At that time, the victim was covering his face saying that someone had sprayed liquid on it. I could see that his eyes were red and he spoke in pain," the witness said.
During examination-in-chief by Wan Shahruddin the witness said when the witness lied down on a chair at the waiting room, he was still concious and had shown seizure-like symptoms.
"His head was bending, eyes were rolling, he was droooling and his nose was runny.. his hands were also twitching," she said describing to the court that these were the symptoms of a seizure attack.
She also testified that the man who stayed about half an hour at the clinic was sweating profusely before the symptoms appeared.
"I attended him when he came to the clinic and wiped off his sweat.. he was sweating profusely and each time I wiped off his face with a tissue, he would still be sweating a lot," she said.
She also testified that the man was then rushed to the Putrajaya Hospital for further treatment.
Earlier, in answering a question from the DPP, the witness said she took the man's passport and registered his details on the clinic's computer system.
"I was at the counter at that time and took the man's passport to register him in the system. The name on the passport was Kim Chol," she said.
When crossed-examined by Siti Aisyah's counsel Gooi Soon Seng, Rabiatul said the tissue she used to wipe off the man's sweat was odourless.
Gooi: How long did it take you to wipe the sweat off the man?
Rabiatul: About five minutes. It was before I went to the counter to register his passport in the system.
Gooi: Was there any stench or colour on the tissue you used to wipe off the sweat?
Rabiatul: Not at all.
Gooi: Did you use a glove to wipe off the sweat?
Rabiatul: No, I didn't.
On March 1, Siti Aisyah and Thi Huong were charged with four others still at large, with murdering Kim Chol, 45.
Kim Chol was later established to be Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The duo had allegedly committed the offence at KLIA2 departure hall around 9am on Feb 13.
Their charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death penalty.