Accused sent back to mental hospital


Health concerns: Chong is charged with stabbing a bus captain.

GEORGE TOWN: The woman charged with injuring a Rapid Penang bus captain with a dangerous weapon was ordered to be sent to the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta in Tanjung Rambutan, Perak, for psychiatric evaluation for a month.

Magistrate L. Umma Devi gave the order following an appeal by defence council Andy Ooi who told the court that the mental health of vegetable delivery worker Chong Lan Keow had deteriorated.

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