A video of that encounter, which was described as a practice session for smearing Kim’s face with VX nerve agent, was also shown to the court.
The women are seen in other videos hurrying to separate restrooms, holding their hands away from their bodies as if to avoid contact.
Kim, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un, is then seen talking with airport security personnel, before attending an airport medical clinic.
He was taken from the airport by ambulance after the incident on Feb. Malaysian police believe that he was poisoned, and South Korea has said it believes the killing was carried out by North Korean agents.
A security camera video showing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader being attacked at a Malaysian airport and the two suspects hurrying away afterward was presented at their murder trial on Wednesday.
The video shows Kim Jong Nam arriving at the departure hall at the Kuala Lumpur international airport on Feb. A woman identified in court as Vietnamese suspect Doan Thi Huong approaches Kim and clasps both hands on his face from behind before fleeing.
Wan Azirul testified that their hands were in normal positions after they left the restrooms.
Videos of the women show they went to the airport taxi stand after leaving the restrooms.The videos, including some that had already been released by news media, were captured from security cameras around the airport.The two women appeared to be on their own and there was no indication that they knew each other.One showed Huong, wearing a white long-sleeve top emblazoned with the letters “LOL” — the acronym for laughing out loud — and a blue skirt, waiting at the taxi stand.Aisyah, dressed in a gray sleeveless top, jeans and a scarf, then arrived and got into a taxi that appeared to be waiting for her while Huong was still in the taxi line.Prosecutors contend the women knew they were handling poison, and a chemical weapons expert who testified earlier said VX could be removed safely by careful hand-washing within 15 minutes of exposure.The expert, a government chemist, detected traces of VX on Huong’s fingernail clippings and on both women’s clothing, and testified that the amount of VX detected on Kim’s face exceeded a fatal dose.