Man charged with burning wife


No plea recorded: Officers leading Chiam away after he was charged at the Bukit Mertajam Sessions Court in Penang.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The man, who allegedly set his wife on fire that resulted in her death last year, has been charged in a Sessions Court here.

Chiam Nguang Huat, 40, from Taman Bayu Mutiara here, is accused of murdering his wife Lai Siew Fong, 36, at their home in Taman Bayu Mutiara here at around 4pm on June 24, last year.

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