SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — An Indonesian woman held two years on suspicion of killing the North Korean leader’s half brother was freed from custody Monday after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her.
The High Court judge discharged Siti Aisyah without an acquittal after prosecutors said they wanted to withdraw the charge. They did not give a reason.
Aisyah cried and hugged her co-defendant, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam, before leaving the courtroom. She told reporters she had only learned Monday morning that she would be freed. “I am surprised and very happy. I didn’t expect it.”
So, the four North Koreans who planned and prepared the murder of Kim Jong Nam fled to North Korea, the Malaysian woman has been freed, leaving just the Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong’s trial on hold. Most likely she will walk as well.
~Scoops McGee
Mcgeehee
5 years ago
Really enjoyed Word Crimes (from a product of catholic elementary school where we Sister Mildred made us diagram sentences to high heaven).
ChickenHead
5 years ago
There is a meme going around suggesting that Trump needs to self-identify as female for a day and be the first female president.
Certainly progressives will accept that instead of assuming his gender.
I have been doing a similar thing.
Me: We live in a tolerant society where we no longer have to conform to arbitrary standards of sexual attraction. It is now OK for men to openly love men and women to openly love women.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And even gender is a spectrum. We do not have to identify as the biological gender we are born with. We can choose any shade of gender we wish to be.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And nationality is no longer a strict category. With sanctuary cities and Dreamers, many are treated as Americans even though they are not.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And even race is no longer defined by how we were born. We have a non-Indian politician identifying as American Indian and a non-Hispanic politician identifying as Hispanic.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: As a black man, I am proud to live in such a tolerant society.
Liberal: (pause) But… but you aren’t black.
Me: Of course I’m black. I choose to identify as black, therefore I am.
Liberal: But you don’t look black at all.
Me: Many gay men look straight. Many transsexual women look very much like men. Many non-Americans look American. Are you assuming my race?
Liberal: Well… no… but you don’t act black.
Me: Do I need to shuck and jive to demonstrate my blackness? Do I need to dress in a hoodie and mumble Ebonics about my bitches and hos? It seems a terribly racist thing to point out that I can’t be black because my actions are not conforming with your racist stereotype of blacks.
Liberal: I didn’t mean it like that. But you never had the black experience.
Me: So all blacks grew up as slaves or hoodrats? There are no middle class blacks who grew up in the suburbs, received a standard education, got a good job, and became a productive member of society? Your attitude is shockingly racist.
Liberal: (stunned silence)
…I suggest you all read Rules for Radicals … especially the part about using the enemy’s own rules against them.
The left is currently so whacked out yet inflexible they are prime targets for this.
Enjoy.
Liz
5 years ago
Rules for Radicals sounds like my kind of book. 😆
setnaffa
5 years ago
CH, I think you translate jive very well…
Smokes
5 years ago
English teacher murdered, Army officer suspected, a CID ransack, a spurned advance, a judge bribed, and the mess that was the legal relationship between the US and South Korea in the 80’s….
Spanish intelligence officials believe at least two of the 10 attackers who broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid last month, holding staff hostage and making off with computers, are linked to the CIA, according to a report in El País.
Police and Spain’s national intelligence centre (CNI) are investigating the unusual robbery, which took place on 22 February in the west of the capital.
The online newspaper El Confidencial, which broke news of the raid, reported that the group of men tied up and threatened staff, fleeing only after a woman managed to free herself and raise the alarm.
One bit I liked was the Hollywood moment. Most spying is boring, as spies work hard to be “just another guy.” But not always:
El Confidencial said a police officer dispatched to the embassy was told everything was fine by a man who answered the door, but moments later, “the gates swung open … and two high-end cars came out at great speed, leaving the area within seconds”.
J6Junkie
5 years ago
Crooked Commie Moon creating more ills of the present with his blantant political parachuting.
Says. It. All.
https://tinyurl.com/yxkjoby6
Opinion Rhapsody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IABRgZH12YA
Word Crimes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Well, there’s an unexpected twist:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/indonesian-freed-after-murder-charge-dropped-in-kim-killing/ar-BBUBVik?ocid=ientp
So, the four North Koreans who planned and prepared the murder of Kim Jong Nam fled to North Korea, the Malaysian woman has been freed, leaving just the Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong’s trial on hold. Most likely she will walk as well.
~Scoops McGee
Really enjoyed Word Crimes (from a product of catholic elementary school where we Sister Mildred made us diagram sentences to high heaven).
There is a meme going around suggesting that Trump needs to self-identify as female for a day and be the first female president.
Certainly progressives will accept that instead of assuming his gender.
I have been doing a similar thing.
Me: We live in a tolerant society where we no longer have to conform to arbitrary standards of sexual attraction. It is now OK for men to openly love men and women to openly love women.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And even gender is a spectrum. We do not have to identify as the biological gender we are born with. We can choose any shade of gender we wish to be.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And nationality is no longer a strict category. With sanctuary cities and Dreamers, many are treated as Americans even though they are not.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: And even race is no longer defined by how we were born. We have a non-Indian politician identifying as American Indian and a non-Hispanic politician identifying as Hispanic.
Liberal: (nods head)
Me: As a black man, I am proud to live in such a tolerant society.
Liberal: (pause) But… but you aren’t black.
Me: Of course I’m black. I choose to identify as black, therefore I am.
Liberal: But you don’t look black at all.
Me: Many gay men look straight. Many transsexual women look very much like men. Many non-Americans look American. Are you assuming my race?
Liberal: Well… no… but you don’t act black.
Me: Do I need to shuck and jive to demonstrate my blackness? Do I need to dress in a hoodie and mumble Ebonics about my bitches and hos? It seems a terribly racist thing to point out that I can’t be black because my actions are not conforming with your racist stereotype of blacks.
Liberal: I didn’t mean it like that. But you never had the black experience.
Me: So all blacks grew up as slaves or hoodrats? There are no middle class blacks who grew up in the suburbs, received a standard education, got a good job, and became a productive member of society? Your attitude is shockingly racist.
Liberal: (stunned silence)
…I suggest you all read Rules for Radicals … especially the part about using the enemy’s own rules against them.
The left is currently so whacked out yet inflexible they are prime targets for this.
Enjoy.
Rules for Radicals sounds like my kind of book. 😆
CH, I think you translate jive very well…
English teacher murdered, Army officer suspected, a CID ransack, a spurned advance, a judge bribed, and the mess that was the legal relationship between the US and South Korea in the 80’s….
https://wdef.com/2019/03/09/justice-reach-us-teacher-murdered-south-korea/
Never heard this story, the link is to an interview that’s very long but worth a read.
RoK steps up crackdown on porn.. uhh I mean fake news.. no wait… umm North Korea?
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-is-censoring-the-internet-by-snooping-on-sni-traffic/
Charges Dropped on 1 of 2 of CH’es girlfriends in the murder of Kim Jong Nam
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-kim-court/malaysia-frees-indonesian-woman-accused-of-kim-jong-nams-vx-murder-idUSKBN1QS05X
Don’t worry CH, they other one will probably be set free soon. 😉
And finally from the realm of the stupid…
Makeup on 4-year old’s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/lipstick-in-kindergarten-south-koreas-k-beauty-industry-now-aims-for-the-super-young/2019/02/14/af02c6d0-136d-11e9-ab79-30cd4f7926f2_story.html
http://mengnews.joins.com/view.aspx?gCat=030&aId=3060412
Disgraced South Gyeongsang governor follows 2MB and asks for bail too.
Adding Tulips to Oranges, next destination North Korea.
Spy Games? Who exactly broke into the North Korean Embassy in Spain, and what were they after?
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/spain-investigates-possible-cia-links-to-embassy-break-in/ar-BBUItXi?ocid=ientp
One bit I liked was the Hollywood moment. Most spying is boring, as spies work hard to be “just another guy.” But not always:
Crooked Commie Moon creating more ills of the present with his blantant political parachuting.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=265386
Big trouble for Big Bang for filming and sharing their… big bangs…
South Korean police question 2 K-pop stars in sex scandals; both abruptly retire
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/03/13/south-korean-police-question-k-pop-stars-sex-scandals-both-retire/3159076002/
South Korean K-pop company dives 14% after one of its stars is charged with supplying prostitutes
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/south-korean-k-pop-company-dives-14-amid-alleged-prostitution-scandal-2019-3-1028020285