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Friday 21 September 2018

Israeli delegation in Moscow to share data on plane downing

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV rael and Russia." He said he
MOSCOW (AP) — A high- dispatched the Israeli air
level Israeli military dele- force chief, Maj. Gen. Ami-
gation visited Moscow on kam Norkin, to Moscow with
Thursday to present de- a double objective: "One,
tailed information related to continue defending our
to the downing of a Russian citizens, and two, to pre-
warplane by Syrian forces serve the cooperation be-
that responded to an Israeli tween our two countries."
air raid. On Thursday, a delegation
All 15 crew members on of Israeli military officers
board the Russian Il-20 re- led by Norkin, held several
connaissance plane were meetings in Moscow with
killed when it was downed their Russian counterparts.
Monday by Syrian air de- The Israeli military said in a
fense forces that mistook it statement that they pre-
for Israeli jets. The incident sented the situation re-
threatened to derail the port regarding the plane's
close security ties between In this file photo, The Russian Il-20 electronic intelligence plane RF 93610, which was accidentally downing, as well as the pre-
Russia and Israel. downed by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli air strike flays near Kubinka airport, outside mission information and the
Israeli Prime Minister Ben- Moscow, Russia. findings of an Israeli military
jamin Netanyahu quickly Associated Press inquiry. "The meetings were
called Russian President held in good spirits and
Vladimir to express sor- Netanyahu said Thursday to use Syrian territory for at- defense," Netanyahu said, the representatives shared
row over the death of the that while voicing regret tacks against Israel and to adding that "there is also a professional, open and
plane's crew, blamed Syria over the deaths, he told arm our enemies, such as very great importance to transparent discussion on
and offered to share de- Putin that "the root of the Hezbollah." "I told him that maintaining the security various issues," the Israeli
tailed data. problem is Iran's attempt we have the right of self coordination between Is- military said. q

Doctor gets life term in Hong Kong over yoga ball killings

Associated Press tion Wednesday. from severe carbon mon-
HONG KONG (AP) — An an- "It is shocking that a highly oxide poisoning, although
esthesiologist convicted of educated and success- the vehicle showed no de-
killing his wife and daugh- ful man would conjure up fects such as a leaky emis-
ter by placing a yoga ball such a calculated method sions system.
that leaked carbon mon- to get rid of his wife," judge The case initially flum-
oxide in their car has been Judianna Barnes Wai-ling moxed Hong Kong police
sentenced to life in prison in was quoted in media as until the presence of the
Hong Kong. telling Khaw. deflated yoga ball drew
Malaysian citizen Khaw Khaw was accused of put- suspicion. Khaw was arrest-
Kim Sun, 53, had become ting the gas-filled yoga ed in September after col-
estranged from his wife, ball in the trunk of a Mini leagues from the teaching
Wong Siew Fing, 47, and Cooper driven by his wife, hospital where he worked
their four children, although Wong Siew-fung, on May spoke with police.
they continued to live to- 22, 2015. Khaw reportedly obtained
gether while he had an af- Wong and their 16-year-old the carbon monoxide from
fair with a student. daughter were found un- the hospital. He told col-
In this Sept. 19, 2018 photo, Malaysian citizen Khaw Kim Sun, 53, A jury of five men and four conscious in the car parked leagues he wanted to "test
center, covered face, is escorted in a prison bus leaving the
court after sentenced to life in prison in Hong Kong. women found him guilty at at a bus stop about an hour its purity" and its effects
Associated Press Hong Kong's High Court af- after leaving home. They on rabbits, according to
ter seven hours of delibera- were later declared dead accounts.q