Jakarta, (Antara) - An Indonesian woman, named as a suspect in the murder of a North Korean named Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia, is not registered as an Indonesian migrant worker in Malaysia, an official noted here, Friday.
"Siti Aisyah's name was not found in the BNP2TKI's database of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia," Head of the Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) Nusron Wahid stated in a release here on Friday.
The government has not received any further information on Aisyah's arrival in Malaysia, what she did in the country, and how she was allegedly involved in the murder case, Wahid remarked.
The Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia has requested the Malaysian government to provide consular access in order to offer assistance and ensure proper legal rights to the suspect.
Wahid noted that the consular access is usually given a week after the investigation.
"We are still waiting for the charges to be filed against Aisyah during the ongoing investigation," Wahid pointed out.
Wahid remarked that the Indonesian government will provide legal aid to Aisyah.
The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has two teams of lawyers to provide aid to any Indonesian citizen facing a legal problem in Malaysia, Wahid emphasized.
One team was especially tasked with providing legal aid to Indonesian citizens facing criminal charges, such as murder, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping, or drug trafficking, that bear a maximum death penalty.
Director of Indonesian Citizens Protection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Muhammad Iqbal had confirmed that the female suspect was an Indonesian citizen.
The embassy has kept the communication lines open with the Malaysian authority with regard to this matter, Iqbal stated.
The Malaysian police had detained the female suspect in connection with the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The female suspect was said to hold an Indonesian passport.
She was positively identified from a CCTV footage at the Kuala Lumpur airport, the police noted in a statement, adding that the arrest was made at 2 a.m. local time on Thursday.
The Malaysian police on Wednesday detained another woman holding Vietnamese travel documents. The police stated that they were looking for "few" other foreign suspects in connection with the apparent assassination of Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur airport.(*)
