A Vietnamese man has died of suffocation after his wife grabbed his testicles in a domestic argument – and refused to release her fierce grip for five minutes. With his face turning purple as his wife squeezed and squeezed, 53-year-old Le Kim Khai choked to death when food became stuck in his windpipe, causing suffocation. It was only when neighbours intervened that Khai’s wife, Phan Thi Kim Chuong, agreed to release her husband’s crushed private parts – but by then he was beyond medical help. Khai, the head of a neighbourhood security unit, reportedly set about his wife with his fists, despite his daughters’ attempts to stop him. In her desperation, Chuong grabbed Khai’s testicles and squeezed – hard. Khai fell to his knees, her hand still grasping him, before she jumped on his stomach to hold him down as she continued squeezing. Hearing screams from everyone involved, neighbours ran into the house, where they found Chuong sitting on her husband, his private area still grasped in her hand, while his face turned purple. She finally agreed to release him as police sped to the house. By then Khai, whose testicles had been crushed for at least five minutes, had slipped into unconsciousness and was found to be dead on arrival at hospital.