Acquitted of murder due to unsound mind

IPOH, 13 Dis -- Bekas pemandu lori yang dituduh membunuh ibu kandungnya tahun lalu terlepas daripada hukuman gantung apabila dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini setelah dia didapati tidak siuman ketika melakukan perbuatan itu.Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Anselm Charles Fernandis memerintahkan Chan Chee Keong, 56, ditahan di Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Tanjung Rambutan sehingga tempoh yang diperkenan oleh Sultan Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah.--fotoBERNAMA (2017) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

IPOH: A man charged with murdering his mother was acquitted but not discharged by the High Court here on grounds he was insane at the time he strangled and slashed her throat.

Chan Chee Keong, 55, was ordered to be detained at Hospital Bahagia in Ulu Kinta at the pleasure of the Perak Ruler.