(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019, Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong, accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, boards a car after appearing at the Shah Alam High Court, outside Kuala Lumpur. 鈥� Doan Thi Huong, the Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader鈥檚 half-brother, was freed from prison on May 3, ending legal proceedings stemming from the shocking hit despite criticism that the real culprits never faced justice. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
KAJANG, Malaysia 聽鈥� A Vietnamese embassy translator says the Vietnamese woman who was tried for the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea鈥檚 leader has been released from a Malaysian prison.
Maridam Yacfar told reporters at the prison Friday that Doan Thi Huong looked 鈥渉appy鈥� but couldn鈥檛 give further details. Huong鈥檚 lawyers have said she is expected to be taken to the immigration office before flying back to Hanoi later Friday.
Huong pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of causing injury after prosecutors dropped the murder charge against her. She was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Her co-defendant Indonesian Siti Aisyah was released in March after prosecutors unexpectedly withdrew the murder charge against her.
They were accused of killing Kim Jong Nam at a Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017. /muf