Reporter burned to death, wife arrested

Reporter burned to death, wife arrested

According reports Tran had gambling debts of up to US$47,000 (RM144,122) traced to 22 trips to Cambodia in December.

The Local media has also reported that she had urged her husband to sell their house in Tan An town but Le did not agree to the idea.

Describing the incident at the time of the attack, Vietnam's Dantri.com had quoted Tran, as saying: "The whole family was sleeping, and all of a sudden I heard my husband screaming."

"Just then, he smashed through the door with his body fully engulfed in flames. We rushed to get water to throw on him in an attempt to put out the fire."Source: Agencies

Published Feb 24 2011