Sympathy verdict.’ Upped to 3-year term

The jilted man who pushed his ex-girlfriend into the path of an MRT train last year had received a “sympathy verdict”, the Court of Appeal head yesterday. Kwong Hok Hing, a permanent resident from Malaysia, had been given one year jail for attempted manslaughter and has served his sentence. Yesterday, the three judges hearing the appeal upped his total jail term to three years after unanimously agreeing he deserved a stiffer punishment.