Engineer charged with killing lover


BUKIT MERTAJAM: An engineer who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day has been charged with her murder.

Cheong Teik Keon, 31, from Sungai Siput in Perak, was accused of murdering clerk Tan Ching Chin, 24, at a house in Taman Hwa Seng, Jalan Rozan, Alma here, at about 8.40am on Feb 14.

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