Nov 18, 2009
TRIAL OF EX-OPPOSITION MAN'S WIFE
Tan's wife gets 16 years
She stabbed husband's younger brother to death and hurt his wife
By Selina Lum & Carolyn Quek
Wife of former opposition figure Tan Lead Shake, Wu Yunyun, was jailed 16 years for murdering her brother-in-law. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
THE China-born wife of former opposition figure Tan Lead Shake was jailed 16 years for killing her brother-in-law and attempting to kill his wife on Tuesday.
Wu Yunyun, 27, looked dazed as the sentence was handed down.
Her mother-in-law broke out into loud sobs in the court's public gallery. Later, outside the courtroom, Madam Ng Bee Hion wailed that the sentence was too light for a crime that cost her a son.
Mr Tan, 40, who had visited his wife only once in her 11/2 years in remand, was not in court.
He was at his Paya Lebar home on Tuesday evening, looking after their two children. He politely declined to be interviewed, saying it was too painful to talk about the incident.
His wife was sentenced to 12 years' jail for killing Mr Tan's brother Lead Sane, 33, and four years for the attempted manslaughter of Mr Tan Lead Sane's wife, Madam Huang Meizhe, 36, who is also from China.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
