"Based on our database, Aisyah is not on the list of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia," BNP2TKI Chief Nusron Wahid said.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Siti Aisyah, allegedly involved in the assassination of North Korean leaders stepbrother Kim Jong-nam, is not listed as an Indonesian woman migrant worker in Malaysia, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI) stated.
"Based on our database, Aisyah is not on the list of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia," BNP2TKI Chief Nusron Wahid informed the press here, Friday.
Wahid noted that his agency is yet to receive comprehensive information on Aisyah or her activities in the country before she was arrested for alleged involvement in the assassination of Jong-nam.
The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur is yet to get access to Aisyah.
Usually, the embassy is given access after the Malaysian authority conducts its preliminary investigation, Wahid remarked.
"Currently, we are waiting for the charges to be filed against Aisyah, as her case is still under investigation," he pointed out.
Wahid made assurance that the government will provide legal assistance to Aisyah regardless of her status as a migrant worker or visitor to Malaysia.
The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has two teams to assist Indonesians facing legal cases in Malaysia, Wahid stated.
One of the teams has been given a special task of helping Indonesians facing a maximum penalty of death sentence in murder, illegal possession of weapons, kidnapping, and drugs trade cases.
Earlier on Thursday, Director for Protection of Indonesian Citizens at the Foreign Affairs Ministry Muhammad Iqbal had confirmed that one suspect in Jong-nams assassination in Malaysia was an Indonesian female.
The Indonesian Embassy has coordinated with the Malaysian authority in the investigation of the case.
The Malaysian police have arrested Aisyah and found that she held an Indonesian passport.
Malaysian Police Chief Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar claimed that Aisyah was arrested at 2 a.m. local time on Thursday.
"Based on information in the passport, she came from Serang in Indonesia. She was identified based on the CCTV footage at the airport, and she was alone when the police arrested her," he said.
According to the passport, Aisyah was born on February 11, 1992.
Jong-nam, 45, was assassinated by two women who had splashed chemicals on his face at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 12 at 9 a.m. local time while he was about to depart for Macao.
The two women escaped by boarding a taxi, but one suspect, identified as 29-year-old Doan Thi Huong who held a Vietnamese passport, was arrested on Wednesday at the airport when she attempted to leave the country.(*)
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