Malaysian authorities are preparing to deport a North Korean man who has been held as a suspect in connection with last month's death of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Forty-five year-old Ri Jon Chol has been in custody for nearly two weeks following the February 13 attack on Kim at an airport in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali said Thursday that the period under which Kim can be held without charges is set to run out, and that there is not enough evidence to file any charges against him, so he will be deported on Friday.

The two main female suspects in the case, a 25-year-old Indonesian and a 28-year-old Vietnamese, were charged with murder on Wednesday.

The women were not asked to enter pleas in the case, but have said they are innocent, and believed they were taking part in a prank for a television show. They each face the death penalty if convicted.

馬來西亞當局準備驅逐一名朝鮮籍男子，這名男子涉嫌與朝鮮領導人金正恩同父異母兄弟金正男上個月被謀殺事件有關。金正男2月13日在吉隆坡機場遇襲身亡后，45歲的李正哲（Ri Jon Chol）已被拘留了將近兩個星期。

馬來西亞司法部長阿潘迪·阿里周四表示，對李正哲不提出指控而收押的期限將至，目前沒有足夠的證據對他提出任何指控，所以他將在周五被驅逐出境。

此案兩名主要嫌疑人，25歲的印度尼西亞女子和28歲的越南女子星期三受到謀殺指控。

兩名被告沒有被要求做出是否認罪的表態，但她們稱自己是無辜的，自稱以為是在參加電視節目的惡作劇。如果罪名成立，兩人都將面臨死刑。

Malaysian authorities are preparing to deport a North Korean man who has been held as a suspect in connection with last month's death of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Forty-five year-old Ri Jon Chol has been in custody for nearly two weeks following the February 13 attack on Kim at an airport in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali said Thursday that the period under which Kim can be held without charges is set to run out, and that there is not enough evidence to file any charges against him, so he will be deported on Friday.

The two main female suspects in the case, a 25-year-old Indonesian and a 28-year-old Vietnamese, were charged with murder on Wednesday.

The women were not asked to enter pleas in the case, but have said they are innocent, and believed they were taking part in a prank for a television show. They each face the death penalty if convicted.

馬來西亞當局準備驅逐一名朝鮮籍男子，這名男子涉嫌與朝鮮領導人金正恩同父異母兄弟金正男上個月被謀殺事件有關。金正男2月13日在吉隆坡機場遇襲身亡后，45歲的李正哲（Ri Jon Chol）已被拘留了將近兩個星期。

馬來西亞司法部長阿潘迪·阿里周四表示，對李正哲不提出指控而收押的期限將至，目前沒有足夠的證據對他提出任何指控，所以他將在周五被驅逐出境。

此案兩名主要嫌疑人，25歲的印度尼西亞女子和28歲的越南女子星期三受到謀殺指控。

兩名被告沒有被要求做出是否認罪的表態，但她們稱自己是無辜的，自稱以為是在參加電視節目的惡作劇。如果罪名成立，兩人都將面臨死刑。