Hong Kong court orders retrial for Malaysian jailed for killing wife, daughter with gas-filled yoga ball


Khaw Kim Sun was convicted of two charges of murder and imprisoned in 2018. - PHOTO: AFP PHOTO/APPLE DAILY

HONG KONG: A Malaysian professor sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife and daughter in 2015 was, on Nov 21, given a chance to clear his name after a Hong Kong court ordered a retrial of his case.

Khaw Kim Sun, 59, who formerly taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and worked as a doctor at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, was convicted of two charges of murder and imprisoned in 2018.

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