Chilean tourists jailed for murder at Malaysia hotel

KUALA LUMPUR – Two Chilean tourists were sentenced to two years in jail for killing a man at a hotel in Malaysia after they pleaded guilty to a reduced charge not amounting to murder.

Defence lawyers had argued that the dead man had tried to “extort” money from the Chilean men, and that they acted in self-defense.

The Malaysian man, described in court as a drug addict, broke a window and tried to attack the Chileans with glass before they subdued him. Ishak died of a heart attack during the struggle. A toxicologist told prosecutors Ishak had drugs in his urine and blood.

The two Chileans could be out of prison by the end of the year.