Kim Jong-un’s half-brother Kim Jong-nam ‘met mysterious American’ before he was assassinated with poison at airport terminal

THE half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met a mystery American on a Malaysian island four days before he was assassinated in an airport.

Kim Jong-nam met the man at a hotel in Langkawi on February 9, a witness told a court during the trial of the two women accused of carrying out the shocking murder.

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Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong allegedly rubbed VX nerve agent on Kim's face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13 as he waited to board a flight to Macau.

Kim died in agony shortly afterwards and the women were arrested days later.

The pair, who face death by hanging if convicted, have pleaded not guilty and said they were tricked into believing they were part of a prank reality TV show, with their lawyers blaming North Korean agents.

South Korea also has accused North Korea of ordering the murder, an allegation the rogue state denies.

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At Monday's trial, defence lawyer Gooi Soon Seng questioned senior cop Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz about an article last year in a Japanese newspaper, which had reported the meeting in Langkawi.

The Asahi reported that Kim had met a US intelligence agent in Langkawi.

A police computer forensics report showed that a laptop owned by Kim was last used on February 9, the day of the Langkawi meeting, and that a USB pen-drive had been connected to it that day.

Wan Azirul agreed with Gooi's statement that Kim met a "Korean-American based in Bangkok" at the hotel.

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But the officer was unable to reveal the identity of the American or the name of the hotel, often replying to Gooi's questions that he was either unsure or did not remember.

Kim returned to Kuala Lumpur from Langkawi on February 12, the day before he was killed.

He had arrived in Malaysia from Macau on February 6.

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