Myanmar maid who stabbed employer’s mum-in-law 26 times gets life for murder

Zin Mar Nwe, who is now 22, was found guilty of murder by the High Court in May. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A domestic worker convicted of murder by stabbing her employer’s mother-in-law 26 times, after the 70-year-old woman threatened to send her back to Myanmar, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday (July 4).

Zin Mar Nwe, who is now 22, was found guilty of murder by the High Court in May.