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Chemist says Kim had 1.4 times lethal dosage of VX on face

Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong is escorted by police as she arrives for court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. Doan and Siti Aisyah of Indonesia, accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, pleaded not guilty at the start of the trial last week to charges of murder that carry a mandatory death sentence if they are convicted. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf) Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong is escorted by police as she arrives for court hearing at Shah Alam court house in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. Doan and Siti Aisyah of Indonesia, accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader, pleaded not guilty at the start of the trial last week to charges of murder that carry a mandatory death sentence if they are convicted. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)

By Associated Press October 9, 2017 1 min read

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) – A government chemist says the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader had about 1.4 times the lethal dosage of VX nerve agent on his face after he was attacked at a Malaysian airport terminal.

Government chemist Raja Subramaniam testified Tuesday at the murder trial of two women accused of smearing the chemical weapon on Kim Jong Nam’s face on Feb. 13.

The chemist said pure VX was in Kim’s eye and blood and on the collar and sleeves of Kim’s blazer.

Raja said he couldn’t directly say if the VX concentration was enough to kill Kim, but the amount “is about 1.4 times the lethal dosage.”

He said the amount in Kim’s eye was smaller, but that correlated to VX penetrating faster through the eye than through the skin.