| By Malai FadleyRizal
A veteran citizen was imposed a
$2,500 fine or 2 months jail in default by the Magistrates’
Court instead of a custodial sentence after being convicted
under section 323 of the Penal Code yesterday. The sentence was
imposed after a trial regarding the case of the defendant having
voluntarily caused hurt to his niece.
Pg Metali Pg Hj Othman was only
imposed a fine and not a custodial sentence which is carried by
section 323 of the Penal Code as Chief Magistrate Dk Rostaina
considered that he was a first offender, his age being quite old
and that he had 15 children to support.
The facts of the case were
revealed that Pg Metali was furious when he heard that his
niece, Karmiela bte Bisman, had told the people in their village
that he sold Syabu. He then promptly went to a house at No.960
in Kg Pg Setia Negara on January 21, 2002.
It was at 8.30 am on that day
that Pg Metali voluntarily caused hurt to Karmiela by punching
and kicking her, which caused several bruises on her body and
left her eyes swollen.
In the trial before, Pg Metali
wrote a letter to the court swearing that he had never sold
Syabu.
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