Singaporean man charged with murdering wife in UK admits to manslaughter


Fong Soong Hert was arrested last December after his wife Pek Ying Ling was found dead in a Newcastle apartment. - ALEXIS FONG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Singaporean man has admitted to being involved in the death of his wife in a luxury apartment in Newcastle, England, while they were on their holiday last year.

Fong Soong Hert, 50, on Friday (March 18) appeared before a Newcastle Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

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