Man ordered to stand trial for wife’s murder by suffocation


KUALA LUMPUR: A former contractor was ordered to enter his defence by the High Court here over the murder of his wife who was suffocated using a comforter.

Justice K. Muniandy made the order after ruling that the prosecution had successfully proven a prima facie case against 50-year-old Chuah Chin Hoe yesterday.

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