Couple to hang for maid's murder


Fong Kong Meng (second from left) and his wife Teoh Ching Yen (left) have been sentenced to death for murdering their maid. - Bernama

SHAH ALAM: A former wiring consultant and his wife were sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court here Thursday for murdering their Indonesian maid.

Fong Kong Meng, 58, and housewife Teoh Ching Yen, 56, were found guilty of murdering Isti Komariah, 26, at house No. 90, Jalan SS 2/6, Sea Park, Petaling Jaya, near here between May 14, 2010 and June 5, 2011.

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