MasterChef finalist, ex-husband jailed 34 years for maid's murder

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A former MasterChef Malaysia finalist and her ex-husband have been sentenced to 34 years in prison each for the 2021 murder of their Indonesian domestic worker at a condominium in Penampang, Sabah.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2s3w6pkp  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Former MasterChef Malaysia finalist Etika Siti Nurashiken Sulang and her ex-husband

00:07Mohamed Ambri Yunos have been sentenced to 34 years in prison each for the murder of

00:13their Indonesian domestic worker.

00:15The Kota Kinabalu High Court on Friday found the 37-year-old Etika and 44-year-old contractor

00:21Ambri guilty of killing 28-year-old Nur Afia Dengdamin.

00:25The crime was committed between December 8 and 11 in 2021 at their condominium in Penampang.

00:33The court ordered the jail terms to commence immediately.

00:36Ambri was also sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane.

00:39The court ruled that the pair had acted with a common intention, with evidence showing

00:44the victim had suffered fatal injuries deliberately inflicted by the accused.

00:49The prosecution had urged the court to impose the maximum sentence, saying the brutality

00:54of the case had shocked the nation.

00:56They said the maid suffered daily abuse and was denied her basic rights, including unpaid

01:02wages and the inability to return to Indonesia.

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