Man gets 20 years for murder

Man gets 20 years for murder

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP): An Indonesian pig farm worker
was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Malaysian court yesterday
for killing his one-year-old daughter because he believed his
wife had been unfaithful.

According to testimony, Lambertus Siga, 36, slit the toddler's
throat with a long machete while she was asleep because she bore
no resemblance to him.

He tried but failed to kill his Malaysian wife while she was
asleep beside the toddler at their home in Tuaran, outside this
capital city of Malaysia's eastern Sabah state.

The killing occurred at the end of last year, the court was
told. Judge Nurchaya Arshad of the Kota Kinabalu sessions court
also ordered Siga deported after he has served his sentence.