SIBU: The wife of slain bank manager Wong Jing Kui was found guilty of abetting the killing of her husband five years ago and has been sentenced to death by the High Court this morning.

In passing the sentence, Judge Datuk Norcahaya Arshad convicted the accused Ling Hang Tsyr after considering all the evidence provided.

“Upon considering all the evidence provided, the prosecution has successfully proven its case beyond any reasonable doubt and the court hereby sentences the accused to death,” she said.

She also gave a few reasons for the conviction of the accused.

Pending her appeal, the accused is to be remanded in prison in Kuching.

Hang Tsyr and Tiong King Guan are both charged under Section 109 and Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code, which provides for a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

Hang Tsyr and Tiong committed the offence at a house in Ulu Sg Merah at about 1.30am on June 14, 2012.

The principal offender, Ling Hoe Ing, 28 has been charged and convicted under an alternative charge under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Hoe Ing had pleaded guilty to the alternative charge and was sentenced to 16 years’ jail on Oct 1, 2013.

After Hoe Ing pleaded guilty, the court gave Tiong and Hang Tsyr a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on their abetment charge, but the charge was reinstated in February 2015 after the prosecution filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

A warrant of arrest was then issued against Tiong after he failed to turn up in court when the charge was reinstated. He is presently still at large.

On June 12, Hang Tsyr was ordered to enter her defence after the prosecution had successfully established a prima facie case against her.

She then opted to give sworn evidence in the witness box, in which her father Ling Kuo Song, 64 was also called to give testimony as a defence witness.