Accused admits 'luring' TV star

By The Newsroom
Published 8th Mar 2011, 16:26 BST
Updated 8th Mar 2011, 21:28 BST
A MALAYSIAN has reached an out-of-court settlement after being charged with luring another man's wife into sex.

Rights activists had criticised the charge against businessman Choy Khin Ming as archaic. The decades-old law makes it a crime punishable with two years in prison to "entice" a married woman into sex.

A district court quashed the case after Mr Choy read an apology to Ryan Chong, former husband of TV star Daphne Iking. Mr Chong sued Mr Choy in 2009 for having an affair with Iking. They later divorced.

Mr Chong's lawyer, Chris Lim, said settlement would include a published apology.