GEORGE TOWN: A couple who were each jailed 24 years for starving their Cambodian maid to death raised RM300,000 with the help of their relatives after a High Court here granted them bail pending their appeal.
Justice Zamani Abdul Rahim allowed hardware store owner Soh Chew Tong, 44, and his wife Chin Chui Ling, 41, a stay of execution on their jail terms and bail of RM150,000 in two sureties each.
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