Court of Appeal acquits woman sentenced to death over husband's murder

KUCHING: The Court of Appeal has acquitted Ling Hang Tsyr of a charge of abetting a man in the murder of her husband, bank manager Wong Jing Kui, in Sibu seven years ago.

In a unanimous decision, Court of Appeal judges Justices Zabariah Mohd Yusof, Suraya Othman and Kamaludin Md Said found that there were gaps in the circumstantial evidence used to convict Ling.