Hong Kong yoga ball murders: Malaysian professor wins last-ditch appeal against life sentence for killing wife and daughter


A Malaysian professor has won a last-ditch appeal against a life sentence for killing his wife and daughter with a gas-filled yoga ball 8½ years ago in Hong Kong.

The Court of Final Appeal on Tuesday awarded Khaw Kim Sun another chance to clear his name by ordering a retrial over what prosecutors maintained was a meticulous murder plan by the anaesthesiologist.

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