Contract worker jailed eight months for threatening mum with scissors

IPOH: A 48-year-old contract worker who threatened his mother with a pair of scissors has been jailed for eight months by a Magistrate’s Court here.

V Kumaran pleaded guilty after charges under Sections 506 and 323 of the Penal Code were read together with Section 326A of the same Code before Magistrate S Punitha on Wednesday (Aug 30).

Kumaran was accused of threatening to kill his mother using a pair of scissors at a house in Pesara Klebang Jaya at about 4pm on Sunday (Aug 27).

He was said to have been dissatisfied after his mother refused to give him money because she only had RM50 left to buy groceries.

He took the money and returned RM20, after which his mother told him to stay at home.

Kumaran then dragged his mother into her bedroom and pushed her, causing her to fall on the bed and onto the floor.

The accused then attempted to choke her before taking the scissors and pointing it at her neck, threatening to kill her and take his own life.

He was arrested at about 3.20pm the following day.

Lawyer Siti Hajar Hamzah, who represented the accused, said her client loved his mother and had been under a lot of stress.

“My client is not married and has been taking care of his mother alone. He is a contract worker and earns about RM60 daily.

“He was stressed as none of his siblings are helping to take care of their mother. Therefore I hope the court would consider a minimal punishment,” she added.

Punitha ordered Kumaran to be jailed for four months for the charge under Section 506 for criminal intimidation, and eight months for the second charge of voluntarily causing hurt.

She ordered the sentences to run concurrently from the date of arrest, so Kumaran only has to serve eight months in jail.

DPP Muhammad Fahmi Kamaluddin prosecuted.