PUTRAJAYA: A former wiring consultant and his wife who were initially sentenced to death for murdering their Indonesian maid escaped the gallows after the Federal Court amended the charge to culpable homicide.
A five-man Bench led by Court of Appeal president Justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin then sentenced Fong Kong Meng, 62, and housewife Teoh Ching Yen, 60, to 20 years’ jail.
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