Couple who caused Cambodian maid's demise sentenced to death

Soh Chew Tong and his wife Chin Chui Ling at the Penang High Court. -filepic

PUTRAJAYA: A couple whom the prosecution said starved, abused, neglected and denied their Cambodian maid medical care which eventually led to her death were sentenced to death by the Court of Appeal Friday.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lailawati Ali had argued that the trial judge was wrong to reduce the charge from murder to manslaughter against the couple.