Two women accused of assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader in a brazen hit that shocked the world face a key court ruling tomorrow, with their families hopeful they will be acquitted and return home.
After months hearing the prosecution's case about the Cold War-style killing at Kuala Lumpur airport, a judge will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to support a murder charge against Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam.
If so, the trial will continue with the court hearing the women's defence.
Alternatively if he decides there isn't, he could clear the women or amend the charge to something less serious than murder, which carries a mandatory death sentence in Malaysia.
Their families insist they are innocent, and were hopeful they would be cleared.
Huong "could never be a killer as she had always been a charming, hard-working girl," Doan Van Thanh, the Vietnamese suspect's father, told AFP.
Aisyah's mother, Benah, told The Guardian she believed her daughter would be set free.
"She never intended to kill anyone... She is my daughter and I believe her."
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