00:00A former lecturer was sentenced to serve 10 years in jail by the Seremban High Court after
00:07she pleaded guilty to a charge of causing the death of her husband in 2022.
00:1258-year-old Lao Sek Yan did not contest the charge under Section 304A of the Penal Code
00:19for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after it was read to her before Judge Rohani
00:26Ismail on Monday.
00:27Earlier, her counsel, Kitson Fung, told the court that the Attorney General's chambers
00:33had accepted the defense's representation to review the original charge.
00:39Lao was initially charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murdering her 55-year-old
00:45husband, Po Seng Hiap.
00:48She had claimed trial when charged on January 28, 2022.
00:54Lao, who contested as an independent candidate in the Port Dixon by-election in 2018, allegedly
01:00committed the offense at their home at the Rasa Kamayan Gulf and Country Township on January
01:0623, 2022.
01:07Po, an accountant, was reportedly stabbed in the chest and abdomen.
01:13Mitigating for a lenient sentence, Fung said Lao was remorseful and regretted the incident.
01:19He said it was a tragedy which unfolded from a disagreement between a husband and wife and
01:24son and her husband escalated into a fight.
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