A three-member Federal Court panel found that the totality of the evidence was sufficient to establish the guilt of both Seow Pei Chie and her husband, Cheung Chai Ming, from Sibu, Sarawak.PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has upheld the death sentences imposed on a couple who murdered a woman after subjecting her to abuse and forcing her into prostitution over an RM800 debt.
A three-member panel chaired by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Azizah Nawawi, sitting with Justices Rhodzariah Bujang and Collin Lawrence Sequerah, unanimously dismissed the final appeals of Seow Pei Chie and her husband, Cheung Chai Ming, against their convictions and death sentences.
Seow and Cheung, both 44, were convicted of murdering Heng Heow Lin, 38, between 10pm on Oct 4 and 6am on Oct 6, 2020 at a house on Jalan Tong Sang in Sibu, Sarawak.
