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Khaw Kim Sun is making yet another appeal to overturn his murder conviction. Photo: Handout
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Ex-professor convicted in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case files another appeal

A seven-member High Court jury last month unanimously found Khaw Kim Sun, 60, guilty of causing the deaths of his wife and daughter.

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Explainer | Hong Kong yoga ball murder: what has changed since the verdict in 2018?

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The many faces of the ex-professor in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case

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Malaysian professor jailed for life in Hong Kong for yoga ball murders

High Court jury unanimously finds Malaysian anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun guilty of causing the deaths of his wife and their second child.

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Khaw Kim Sun, a former academic at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was arrested on suspicion of murder in 2017. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong yoga ball murder case: ex-professor to face ruling as early as Tuesday

Jury is deliberating verdict following 41-day retrial of Khaw Kim Sun who allegedly killed his wife and daughter.

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Hong Kong yoga ball murder case: ‘lethal gas was to kill shrews lured by ham’

Malaysian academic Khaw Kim Sun says he brought home carbon monoxide from his laboratory to conduct his own pest control.

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Accused in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case dismisses lawyer, defends himself

Malaysian anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun, 60, has opted to defend himself for remainder of his murder retrial.

Evidence in the yoga ball murder case is taken away following previous legal proceedings. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong yoga ball murder case: accused ‘wanted divorce, then said no to wife’

High Court hears about unhappy marriage between defendant Khaw Kim Sun and his wife Wong Siew Fing.

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Ex-professor accused of using ‘sham’ experiment in Hong Kong yoga ball murders

Former anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun, 60, is facing a retrial at the High Court for allegedly murdering his wife and their daughter.

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Professor back in Hong Kong court for retrial in yoga ball murder case

In a rare move, judge reveals to jury that former anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun was earlier convicted of murder but decision was overturned on appeal.

Khaw Kim Sun is alleged to have murdered his wife and daughter in 2015. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Professor wins appeal against murder convictions in Hong Kong yoga ball case

Court orders retrial of case concerning death of Khaw Kim Sun’s wife and daughter from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Police carrying the evidence related to the case out of the court after the ruling was declared. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Professor loses appeal against life sentence for yoga ball murders in Hong Kong

Rejecting all 44 grounds of appeal, court held that Khaw Kim Sun had undergone ‘a thoroughly fair trial’, with ‘cogent and compelling evidence’ to justify the jury’s verdict.

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Explainer | Yoga ball murder: professor who killed wife, daughter deregistered by medical body

Anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun said to be ‘unfit to be a member of the medical profession’.

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Gerard McCoy: barrister who defended dissidents and murderers dead at 63

Milkshake murderer Nancy Kissel, British banker Rurik Jutting, and yoga ball killer Khaw Kim Sun all among McCoy’s clients, but he was also constitutional law expert and well known for human rights cases, defending Occupy ringleaders and others.

Gerard McCoy took on some of the city’s most challenging cases in both criminal and civil court in a career that spanned 40 years. Photo: SCMP

Podcast: Inside the yoga ball murders and how police solved one of Hong Kong’s most calculated crimes - Long Reads

Podcast: Inside the yoga ball murders and how police solved one of Hong Kong’s most calculated crimes - Long Reads
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Malaysian professor appeals against conviction for yoga ball murders

Khaw Kim Sun, 53, killed his wife, Wong Siew Fing, 47, and their second child, Lily Khaw Li Ling, 16, with deadly gas in 2015.

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Exclusive | Yoga ball murder victim's sister recalls their last conversation

The sisters spoke by phone about plan to bring children to France and Spain just one day before tragedy struck

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Exclusive | Yoga ball murderer was a manipulative, bullying husband: sister-in-law

Wong Siew Fong questions moral standards of jailed Malaysian professor Khaw Kim Sun, the man her murdered sister fell for.

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Yoga ball murder victim Wong Siew Fing (left) and her younger sister Wong Siew Fong, aged eight and six respectively. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Exclusive | ‘Professor Kim’, Hong Kong’s yoga ball murderer, was my landlord

Khaw Kim Sun was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering his wife and daughter using a gas-filled yoga ball, in a case that has gripped the city. A former Lantau resident tells how she came to rent his decrepit 1,400 sq ft house in the tiny village of Tong Fuk, and how Khaw kept up the pretence of a popular and sociable family man struggling to deal with personal tragedy.

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Yoga ball murder victim's diary reveals she blamed herself for marriage demise

Wong Siew Fing expresses deep regret at the failure of her relationship with Khaw Kim Sun, two years before Chinese University professor murdered her with carbon monoxide.

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Revealed: how Hong Kong police solved yoga ball murder

Malaysian professor Khaw Kim Sun was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering his wife and daughter by a unanimous jury verdict. This is how police came to solve one of the city’s most intelligent murder cases in recent times.

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Wong Siew Fing and her daughter Lily Khaw Li Ling were found unresponsive inside this yellow Mini Cooper. Photo: Edmond So
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At the heart of yoga ball murder case was a deeply unhappy marriage

Love triangle, while not relied upon by prosecutors, was a key feature of trial that saw Khaw Kim Sun, 53, convicted of killing his wife and teenage daughter with deadly gas.

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Professor Khaw Kim Sun. Photo: Handout
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Life in prison for professor found guilty of Hong Kong yoga ball murders

Khaw Kim Sun, 53, has been convicted of killing wife and teenage daughter with deadly gas.

Don’t let emotions get in way, judge tells jury in yoga ball murder trial

In trial of Malaysian professor accused of killing wife and daughter, judge says main issue is: ‘Who put the yoga ball in the Mini Cooper and why?’

Alibi, ‘nerd mind’ prove accused didn’t commit yoga ball murders, court told

Accused Khaw Kim Sun had suggested his wife got caught up in teenage daughter Lily’s suicide – but defence lawyer said it could all have been an accident

Wong Siew Fing and her teenage daughter Lily were found in the family car. Photo: Edmond So
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Professor in yoga ball murder trial ‘avant-garde’, court hears

Former colleague portrays anaesthesiologist accused of killing wife and daughter as a much sought-after doctor willing to push boundaries.

Khaw Kim Sun, 53, is on trial for murder. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Filling yoga ball with deadly gas a ‘crazy thing to do’, expert tells court

Medical scientist tells jurors in Khaw Kim Sun’s case that releasing carbon monoxide in courtroom could wipe everyone out, while defendant’s friend calls him ‘very clever man who knows how to take care of things’.

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Yoga ball murder trial hears defendant was with students that day

Khaw Kim Sun had been attending a university event just two hours before a passer-by found the victims unresponsive in their car, his lawyer tells court.

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