REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi said that the Indonesian government had an intensive communication with Siti Aisyah. She has been tried as a defendant in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

"Our communication with Aisyah, through our staffs and lawyers in Kuala Lumpur, continues to intensify. We have good lawyers, and we continuously monitor the results," Marsudi told the press at the Vice President Palace in Jakarta on Monday.

Refusing to further comment on the case, Marsudi convinced the Indonesia people that her ministry would continue to strive for the best interests of Indonesian citizens abroad, including Aisyah.

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