Police arrest an unemployed man with 27 prior criminal and drug records for allegedly beating and slashing his wife in Cheras.
KUALA LUMPUR: Police arrested a local man with 27 prior criminal records on suspicion of beating and slashing his wife with a sharp weapon in Cheras recently.
Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Sazalee Adam said the unemployed suspect, in his 30s, was arrested by a team from the Cheras district police headquarters (IPD) at the Dang Wangi IPD compound at 4.10 pm on Sept 8.
He said the case came to light after police received a report from an Ampang Hospital doctor at 2.19 pm on Aug 29 regarding a local woman in her 40s who was treated for suspected assault and slash wounds.
“The victim sustained injuries and is suspected to have been beaten and slashed by her husband from an unregistered customary marriage. The woman was admitted to the orthopaedic ward before lodging a police report upon her discharge on Sept 4,” he said in a statement today.
Sazalee said background checks revealed the suspect had prior records for 15 criminal and 12 drug-related offences. His initial urine test also returned positive for drugs.
The suspect was remanded for six days until Sept 14 to assist in investigations before being released on police bail, he added.
The case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for causing hurt with a weapon, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine, whipping, or any two of these punishments, upon conviction.
