Court orders man who ran amok on highway to undergo psychiatric evaluation

KUALA KANGSAR: The Sessions Court here ordered a man who went amok on the North-South Expressway (NSE) at Kuala Kangsar to be referred to Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta for 30 days of psychiatric evaluation and observation.

The order was issued by Judge Rohaida Ishak against Zainordin Mohamed, 36, on Friday (June 17) after allowing deputy public prosecutor Nur Asmaniza Muhamad’s request that the accused be sent to the hospital for evaluation under Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code.