Man remanded after threatening, assaulting wife after concert outing with another man

BATU PAHAT: A 49-year-old lorry driver has been remanded for four days for assaulting and threatening his wife after she attended a concert in Kuala Lumpur with another man last Saturday.

The remand order was issued by magistrate Aimi Nawwar Mohamad Othman today to facilitate police investigations.

Based on a report lodged by his 42-year-old wife, the incident occurred at 8.30am yesterday when the suspect accused her of having an affair with another man.

He reportedly slapped the back of her head before pointing a knife at her and threatening: "You might as well die."

The woman sustained injuries to her head and a scratch on her nose before lodging a police report at the Tongkang Pechah police station.

Initial investigations found that the woman, who works for a water filtration company, had attended the concert with another man without her husband's knowledge.

She had also brought her daughter along to accompany her to the concert.

The case is being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt and Section 506 of the same code for criminal intimidation.