Sangeet Kaur Deo, lawyer for British woman Samantha Jones, speaks to the media after a court hearing at Langkawi Magistrate court in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Tuesday. (AP photo)LANGKAWI, Malaysia: A British woman was charged Tuesday with murdering her husband, who was found stabbed to death at their home on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi. Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo said Samantha Jones, 51, was asked by a court official if she understood the charge and that her client said yes. Police earlier said Jones confessed she stabbed her husband in the chest during a heated argument. Murder carries a mandatory death sentence by hanging in Malaysia but the government plans to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2018 09:22 UTC