A woman accused of killing her two children, and stuffed their bodies in their bags.

Lamington, New Zealand A trial was opened in New Zealand on Monday for a woman accused of killing her two children and leaving their bodies in their bags for years before their discovery.

Honong Lee was accused of killing Mino Joe, 6 years old, John Joe, 8, in June 2018. She was delivered from South Korea to confront her denying charges.

The remains of children inside the luggage were found in an abandoned storage unit in Auckland in August 2022. Lee, a New Zealand citizen, traveled to South Korea and changed her name in 2018, shortly after children believed that they had been killed.

She was born in South Korea and went on the name of Jon Yun Lee.

A jury was chosen on Monday to try me at the Supreme Court of Auckland, which is expected to take four weeks. The prosecutors are scheduled to determine their case on Tuesday and said they would call 40 witnesses.

New Zealand news reported that Lee was representing herself, although lawyers were ready to help her if necessary. She did not speak during the session on Monday and shook her head, instead of answering through a translator, when she was asked how to appeal to the charges.

Non -guilty appeals were introduced by Judge Jeffrey Verda, who heads.

The cause of death is still unknown. The court documents said that they may have been killed by a prescription for sleeping medications stipulated in Lee and discovered in their bodies by forensic investigators, but no other cause of death was excluded, according to New Zealand Radio.

My husband died in 2017 after a period of deterioration, according to RNZ. Reuters news agency says reports indicating the court files say he died due to cancer.

The jury reported on Monday that they are likely to be asked to consider a rational issue for me at the time of the alleged killings, Outlet Stuff said.

Verda said that the trial will be sad for me and give her permission to see the procedures from another room in the court.

children Rafat has been discovered After I stopped paying the rental fee for the Oakland storage unit when I faced financial difficulties in 2022, RNZ said. The contents of the cabinet were sold online and the buyers found the bodies inside.

It was for me, who was in her forties, was He was arrested in September 2022 in South Korea And delivery after two months. South Korea officials said at the time, she was granted approval in writing to hand it over after an official request from New Zealand for re -confrontation.

The South Korean Ministry of Justice said it provided New Zealand “important” important evidence “in the case.