Murdered businessman’s wife remanded to facilitate investigation

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REMAND ORDER: The woman being escorted out of the court after being ordered to be remanded for seven days.

SIBU: The wife of the businessman who was brutally killed on Tuesday morning was yesterday ordered by the Sessions Court here to be remanded for seven days to facilitate police investigation.

Judge Indra Ayub ordered the woman remanded under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The woman, a Chinese national, is to appear in court again on Jan 11.

When contacted by the investigation officer yesterday, her family said they would consider getting a lawyer if she was charged with murder. She was brought to Sibu Hospital for a blood test following the remand order.

Timber and shipping businessman Ling Tong Hock, 36, his mother Leong Nyuk Lan, 76, his two children David Ling Chei Qi, 10 and Amy Ling Zi Jiun, 7, were brutally killed at their double-storey terrace house in RTM Road between 7am and 7.30am on Tuesday. His eight-year-old son, Kelvin Ling Chei You, suffered slash wounds on the neck and back.

He is in critical condition, and was flown by helicopter to Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching yesterday.

Press reports quoted the police chief here ACP Shafie Ismail as saying that the killing was unlikely to be a robbery as nothing was taken from the house.

He said the case had been classified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

It was also reported that the CCTV camera installed in front of the house failed to capture the images of the perpetrators.

 

YESTERDAY NEWS (Wednesday, 4 Jan)

Wife of slain businessman remanded

SIBU: The wife of the businessman slain during Tuesday’s quadruple murder was today remanded for seven days to assist with the investigation.

The woman had managed to escape unhurt during the morning bloodbath, which also claimed the lives of her two step-children and mother-in-law.

The Chinese national is set to appear in court again on Jan 11.

When contacted by the investigation officer yesterday, her family members said they would consider consulting a lawyer if she is charged with murder.

She was brought to the Sibu Hospital for a blood test after the remand order.

Meanwhile, the businessman’s eight-year-old son, who suffered slash wounds to his neck and back, will be sent to the Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching for further treatment.

He is still in critical condition.