Yoga ball murders: Malaysian professor seeks appeal against conviction and life sentence for killing wife and daughter in Hong Kong
Khaw Kim Sun, 53, killed his wife, Wong Siew Fing, 47, and their second child, Lily Khaw Li Ling, 16, with deadly gas in 2015
Last month, after almost seven hours of deliberation at the High Court, a jury of five men and four women unanimously found Khaw Kim Sun, 53, guilty of murdering his wife, Wong Siew Fing, 47, and their second child, Lily Khaw Li Ling, 16, three years ago.
Mrs Justice Judianna Barnes Wai-ling stipulated the mandatory life sentence for murder, telling Khaw: “It is shocking that a highly educated and successful man would conjure up such a calculated method to get rid of his wife.”
Khaw’s three other children – the eldest in university and the other two still in secondary school – are now living without both parents, as the professor is behind bars in Stanley Prison, a maximum security institution for male adult prisoners who are high security risks.
A Department of Justice spokesman said on Wednesday that the department had received the notice of appeal by the defendant the previous day.
During the 21-day trial, which captivated Hong Kong because of the unusual murder weapon, prosecutor Andrew Bruce SC said Khaw, a specialist in anaesthesiology, had put a leaking inflatable ball containing carbon monoxide in the boot of a yellow Mini Cooper driven by his wife on May 22, 2015.
