Yoga ball murder trial: Malaysian professor asked police to leave lover out of case, Hong Kong court hears
Video interview played for jury shows defendant claiming she did not have a ‘full role’ in the experiments that prosecutors said were set up as a ruse
A Malaysian professor accused of murdering his wife and daughter with a gas-filled yoga ball urged police not to get his lover involved in their investigation, a Hong Kong court heard on Wednesday.
Khaw Kim Sun, 53, who denied two counts of murder, is standing trial at the High Court for killing his wife Wong Siew Fing, 47, and daughter, Lily Khaw Li Ling, 16, on May 22, 2015, with carbon monoxide. Prosecutors said he had set up an experiment as a ruse to buy the gas.
The murder trial heard that his lover, Shara Lee – who was Khaw’s student as well as his children’s Chinese-language tutor – had taken part in the experiments.
On Wednesday, however, the court heard that in 2016 when police arrested Khaw, he played down his lover’s role in the incidents.
“I can vouch that she has got nothing to do with this investigation or this incident,” the associate professor at Chinese University said in a video interview with police played for the jury on Wednesday.
