Couple who starved maid to death get 10 years in jail

Lucky break: File photos of Soh and Chin being led to the Bukit Mertajam magistrate

PUTRAJAYA: A couple who are on death row for starving their maid to death, escaped with a 10-year jail term each when the Federal Court convicted them for a lesser offence.

Chief Justice Tun Md Raus Sharif ordered store owner Soh Chew Tong and his wife Chin Chui Ling to be jailed for committing culpable homicide instead of murder.