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.