A woman charged with killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, says she was paid to take part in a series of pranks before his death.
Siti Aisyah, 26, says she was told to sneak up behind people in airports and wipe baby lotion on their faces.
Mr Kim died last February at Kuala Lumpur airport after highly toxic VX nerve agent was rubbed on his face.
Ms Aisyah and her co-defendant Doan Thi Huong have pleaded not guilty to murder and say they were tricked.
Defence lawyers say the pair had been paid to take part in similar pranks at airports, hotels and shopping malls in the days before Mr Kim's death.
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A lawyer representing Ms Aisyah told the court in Malaysia that she had been paid 4,000 Malaysian ringgit (£730, $1,020) by a North Korean to fly to Macau where Mr Kim was reportedly living in self-imposed exile.
He said the trip was arranged so she could play pranks for a reality TV programme, but it was cancelled for unspecified reasons.
Ms Aisyah sent a text message five days before Mr Kim's death telling a friend she was going to Macau for "shooting", police say.
source:www.bbc.com
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