Man charged with murdering Thai girlfriend ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation


SHAH ALAM: The Magistrate’s Court here on Friday (April 19) ordered a lorry driver charged with murdering his Thai girlfriend by pushing the woman off the 23rd floor of a condominium in Setia Alam to undergo a psychiatric examination at Hospital Bahagia Tanjong Rambutan, Ulu Kinta, Perak.

Magistrate Mohamad Redza Azhar Rezali made the ruling after allowing lawyer Sivahnanthan Ragava’s application that V. Nathan, 37, undergo psychiatric evaluation as the accused is believed to be mentally unstable.

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