Life imprisonment awaits ex-HKU professor who killed wife and stuffed body in suitcase, East Asia


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HONG KONG - It was a grim tale that gripped Hong Kong: A well-liked professor, trapped in a marriage that had soured, murdered his wife and stuffed her body into a suitcase. On Dec 3, the court will hear former Hong Kong University professor Cheung Kie Chung's mitigation for preventing lawful burial before delivering the sentence of life imprisonment - the only penalty for murdering his wife Tina Chan in August 2018. A seven-member High Court jury returned a guilty verdict on Nov 26 by a majority vote of 5-2, following an 11-day trial and after almost eight hours of...