A former loan shark was sentenced to death after a High Court found him guilty of setting his wife on fire that resulted in her death

Ex-loan shark gets death for burning wife

Filepic of Chiam Nguang Huat

THE STAR

GEORGE TOWN: A former loan shark was sentenced to death after a High Court found him guilty of setting his wife on fire that resulted in her death about three years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Datuk Nordin Hassan ruled that prosecution had succeeded in proving its case against Chiam Nguang Huat beyond reasonable doubt.

Chiam, 42, was charged with murdering Lai Siew Fong, 36, at their home in Taman Bayu Mutiara, Bukit Mertajam, at around 4pm on June 24, 2013.

Lai's three siblings were present in the court.

Counsel Y. Anbananthan represented Chiam while DPP Amir Hamdzah Othman prosecuted.