KUCHING, Nov 12: A 41-year-old man was sentenced to five years imprisonment and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court today for slapping his mother and throwing an umbrella at her chest after she told him to take a bath.
Mohd Rafizan Joret, a CCTV installer, pleaded guilty before Judge Musli Abdul Hamid to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, an umbrella, against his 62-year-old mother.
The charge was framed under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 326A, which provides for enhanced punishment for offences against family members.
The court heard that the incident took place at a house in Kampung Pulo Hilir at about 9am on June 29.
