Bank manager's widow found guilty of his murder

Ling (centre) being escorted away from court.

SIBU: The 36-year-old widow of a branch manager here was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of the murder of her husband.

High Court judge Justice Nurchaya Arshad said the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that Ling Hang Tysr was involved in the murder of her husband Wong Jing Kui.

Justice Nurchaya added that the accused had lied in her defence. She however

ordered for the accused to be held in Kuching Prison pending an appeal against the sentence.

The court had on June 14, ordered Ling to enter her defence after it found that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against her.

She was found guilty under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Ling and her 30-year-old boyfriend Tiong King Guan were charged with killing Wong, 31, at his Jalan Ulu Sg Merah home at 1.30am on June 14, 2012.

Both Ling and Tiong were also charged with abetting one Ling Hoe Ing, 28, in murdering Wong, an HSBC branch manager.

Tiong is still at large.

Hoe Ing is serving a 16-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty on Oct 1, 2013 to an alternative charge of culpable homicide in Wong's death.