11 Jun 2020
PENDAKWARAYA TIMBALAN PENDAKWARAYA LEE CHIT CHIUNG
- Citation
- AJ-83-14-06/2020 (Mahkamah Majistret)
- Court
- Magistrates' Court
- Case number
- AJ-83-14-06/2020 (Mahkamah Majistret)
The guilty plea was valid because the charge and facts were read in a language the accused understood via a sworn court-appointed Hokkien interpreter; therefore conviction stands and, balancing mitigation against aggravation (use of knife, elderly victim, injury requiring 11 stitches, public interest), a custodial sentence of six months and a fine of RM2,000 (default three months) is appropriate and proportionate.