Anchor: Malaysia says it will have to deport one of the key North Korean suspects over the assassination of Kim Jong-nam because of lack of evidence. While it will release Ri Jong-chol, the Southeast Asian country has charged the two female suspects with the murder of the North Korean leader's half brother. 
Our Bruce Harrison files this report from Kuala Lumpur. 
 
Report: Malaysia has decided to deport North Korean suspect Ri Jong Chol to his home country.
 
Attorney-General Apandi Ali said Thursday that his investigators don’t have enough evidence to detain him any longer in connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam.
 
Ri is suspected of helping four other suspects who fled to North Korea immediately after the alleged assassination at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last month.
 
A high-level delegation of North Koreans is currently here, in an apparent effort to aid the release of Ri. 
 
On Wednesday, two female suspects were indicted on charges of intentionally killing Kim. Selvam Shanmugam, the lawyer of Vietnamese citizen Doan Thi Huong, told reporters outside a courthouse about the grim fate that may await his client.
 
[Soundbite: Selvam Shanmugam - lawyer for Doan Thi Huong]
“If you’re convicted, you’ll be hanged to death.”
“Yeah, my client is innocent. She openly declared she's not guilty.”
 
Prosecutors believe Huong and Siti Aishah, an Indonesian woman, smeared the deadly nerve agent VX on Kim Jong-nam’s face at the airport.
 
Both women have said they believed they were taking part in a TV prank show.
 
The alleged assassination has strained relations between Malaysia and North Korea. Just this afternoon, officials here say that the Malaysian government will cancel its visa waiver program with North Korea, effective from next week. 
Bruce Harrison, KBS World Radio News, Kuala Lumpur.  

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