Wife, teenage son and two other boys charged with murder of husband

JOHOR BARU: A housewife and her teenage son, together with two underage boys, were charged at the magistrate's court here with the brutal murder of her husband.

Tey Lee Yong, 44, and the teenagers were charged with the murder of Tiu Kok Ying, 45, at No 35, Jalan Nusa Bestari 2, 3/6, in Taman Nusa Bestari here, between 9.30am and 10am on Jan 17.

They were jointly charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same act. They did not record a plea.

Magistrate Azureen Sahira Sauffee Afandi fixed Feb 28 for case management pending the completion of the post-mortem report.

Tey and her son were represented by defence counsel Chuah Shyue Chien. One of the teenagers was represented by Ahmad Yusli Ahmad Fuad, while the second teenager went unrepresented.

A third teenage boy was remanded and is a witness for the prosecution.

Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Mohd Nasir appeared on behalf of the prosecution.

In the brutal crime which shocked the community, police arrested five suspects after Tiu was allegedly stabbed to death by his son.

Iskandar Puteri OCPD assistant commissioner Noor Hashim Mohamad said police had arrested the victim's son, wife and three of the son's friends shortly after police rushed to the scene.

Noor Hashim said police were originally informed of a break-in, but became suspicious when they discovered that no valuables had beeen stolen. Police also learnt that the wife suspected her husband of having an affair, and they believe jealousy was a likely motive for the apparent murder.

In addition, the victim's teenage son had allegedly posted on Facebook that his father refused to give him money to buy cigarettes.

According to sources, the teenager had entered his home with three others at around 8am, before the murder.