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Court of Appeal acquits woman sentenced to death over husband's murder

Published on 8 Oct 2019 3:20:28 PM

After seven years behind bars, Ling Hang Tsyr walked out of court a free woman when the Court of Appeal acquitted her of a charge of abetting a man in the murder of her husband, bank manager Wong Jing Kui.

In a unanimous decision, Court of Appeal judges Justices Zabariah Mohd Yusof, Suraya Othman and Kamaludin Md Said found that there were gaps in the circumstantial evidence used to convict Ling.

Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/10/08/court-of-appeal-acquits-woman-sentenced-to-death-over-husband039s-murder