Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Mother sentenced to life in prison for New Zealand's 'suitcase murders'

INTRO: A mother who murdered her two children and stuffed them into suitcases stashed inside a storage locker was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.

Earlier this year Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was found guilty of killing her children in a crime dubbed the country's "suitcase murders". Laura Westbrook reports from Hong Kong.