Malaysia jails two Filipinos

Malaysia jails two Filipinos

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): A Philippine woman has pleaded guilty to hacking her husband to death and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, a report said yesterday.

In the same court, another Filipino was jailed for 11 years and ordered to be whipped four times for raping his 15-year-old daughter in front of his wife and step-daughter, The Star daily reported.

Karimah Safiewas, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, told the court in Tawau, 1,166 kilometers east of Kuala Lumpur, she suspected her husband, Hamdan Mohammad, 28, was having an affair with another woman.

Prosecuting officer Lukas Aket told the court before she was sentenced Thursday that Karimah killed Mohammad at a house at a construction site in Borneo on Aug. 8, the report said.