Elderly man defending wife from thieves stabbed to death


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 06 Jul 2017

PARIT BUNTAR: A hardware trader was stabbed in the abdomen when he tried to stop two men from snatching his wife's gold necklace near a fast food restaurant in Taman Wawasan, here, Thursday.

According to a family member, Yeap Ah Kang @ Yeap Bak Seng, 73, and his wife, Teow Siew Gaik, 67, were jogging in the area when two men on a motorcycle appeared and tried to snatch Teow's necklace.

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