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A 65-year-old man in Singapore has been sentenced to one year and six weeks in jail for violently assaulting a coffeeshop employee, leaving her with a spinal fracture and severe head injuries during an early morning altercation.
Police in Kuala Lumpur have apprehended a Bangladeshi national within 24 hours of allegedly attacking his roommate with a knife at a restaurant in Taman Cheras Baru. The assault stemmed from accumulated tensions between the two men.
Malaysia's High Court has rejected an appeal against a five-year prison sentence handed to a businessman convicted of assaulting his bodyguards during Ramadan. The judge found no grounds to overturn the original Klang magistrates' court decision.