PETALING JAYA: An oil palm plantation labourer was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment by the Batu Pahat magistrates’ court in Johor today after pleading guilty to threatening his wife and chasing her with a parang over suspicions of infidelity.
Berita Harian reported that magistrate Mustaqim Sukarno sentenced Ahmad Fairus Mohamed, 42, after he pleaded guilty.
The court ordered that Fairus’s prison sentence run from the date of his arrest on Oct 18.
The father of three was charged with threatening his 37-year-old wife with a parang at a house in Senggarang at 8.30am on Oct 18.
The charge was framed under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation, which provides for up to seven years’ imprisonment if the threat is to cause death or grievous hurt.
According to the facts of the case, the incident occurred after an argument between Fairus and his wife. Fairus scolded and threatened her before grabbing a parang from a room and chasing her.
The woman ran to a neighbour’s house for help and lodged a report at the Senggarang police station that same day. Police arrested Fairus at 1.30pm.
The prosecution was led by deputy public prosecutor Nur Shahzleen Ibrahim while Fairus was represented by lawyer Kamarulariffin Nordin from the National Legal Aid Foundation.