Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian "witchdoctor" couple and their assistant were hanged yesterday for murdering a state assemblyman and chopping him into pieces during a black magic ritual in 1993.
Mona Fandey (45), her husband Mohamed Affandi Abdul Rahman (44), and their helper, Juraimi Hussin (31), were executed before dawn at the Kajang Prison on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Bernama news agency reported.
They were convicted of killing Mazlan Idris, assemblyman for central Pahang state, in July, 1993, after he had approached the couple for supernatural help in boosting his political career.