Miri court throws man behind bars for three years for slashing 24-year-old son with machete

MIRI, Nov 4 — The Sessions Court here today sentenced a man to three years behind bars and two strokes of the rotan for voluntarily causing hurt to his son using a machete.

Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman convicted Mohamad Rosli Mohamad Omar, 44, on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 324 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 326 of the same Code.

The Section provides for up to 10 years in prison, or a fine, or caning, or any two such punishments, upon conviction.

Afidah also ordered for the custodial sentence to take effect from the date of Mohamad Rosli’s arrest on March 6 this year.

According to the facts of the case, he intentionally injured his 24-year-old son using a machete around 7.30pm at his residence here.

Deputy public prosecutor Marvind Kaliyani handled the prosecution, while Mohamad Rosli was unrepresented by legal counsel. — The Borneo Post