Free man: Cheh seen with his lawyer Rajpal Singh after he was acquitted.
KUALA LUMPUR: A chicken rice seller accused of killing his girlfriend by setting her on fire was acquitted on a charge of causing her death. It was a verdict that left even the accused Cheh Chun Nam, a former bouncer at a club in Jalan Pudu here, in shock.
His sister, seated in the public gallery, openly broke down and rushed to Cheh, 37, who was handcuffed, and touched his shoulder.
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