Doctor Accused of Killing Family With Gas-Filled Yoga Ball

Police vans in 2004 in Hong Kong. Photo: Gp03dhk / Associated Press
Police vans in 2004 in Hong Kong. Photo: Gp03dhk / Associated Press

HONG KONG — An anesthesiologist is on trial in Hong Kong charged with killing his wife and daughter by placing a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide in their car.

Malaysian citizen Khaw Kim-sun, 53, was allegedly having an affair and had become estranged from his family, although they continued to live together.

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Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported Khaw is accused of putting the gas-filled yoga ball in the car driven by his wife, Wong Siew-fung on May 22.

The paper said Wong and their 16-year-old daughter were found unconscious in their car about an hour after leaving home and were later declared dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, although the vehicle showed no defects.

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It said police arrested Khaw on Monday and he appeared in court Wednesday.