Businessman and two others discharged, one told to enter defence


MIRI: Sarawak businessman Datuk Stephen Lee Chee Kiang, charged with abetment in the gangland-style killing of land activist Bill Kayong last year, was discharged and acquitted by the High Court here without his defence being called.

Two other accused – Lie Chang Loon, 38, and Chin Wui Chung, 51, – were also discharged and acquitted without their defence being called.

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