Tiang is escorted by Prisons Department officers at the courthouse.
KUCHING: The Court of Appeal here yesterday affirmed the High Court’s decision to sentence a businessman to death for murdering his wife and two children in Sibu three years ago.
The judges ruled that there was no merit in the appeal made by Jacob Tiang Lee Yee, 46, who was found guilty of murdering his wife Ling Yung Ming, 14-year-old daughter Christine Tiang Soo Ai and two-year-old son Victor Tang Soon Sheng; as well as the attempted murder of son Vincent Tiang Soon Thai, then 17 years old.
Tiang committed the offences at the family house at Pulau Li Hua on July 5, 2013 between 6.20am and 9.50am.
On Nov 18, 2014, the High Court sentenced him to death for the three counts of murder.
For the charge of attempted murder, an offence under Section 307 of the Penal Code, Tiang was sentenced to 15 years behind bars.