Shelter manager fined for hurting elder


Sentenced: Vignesvari (left) has been fined RM4,500 in lieu of three months’ jail after pleading guilty to intentionally injuring 69-year-old Tharmalingan. — Bernama

KULIM: A welfare home manager was fined RM4,500 in default of three months’ jail after she pleaded guilty to injuring an elderly person.

L. Vignesvari, 36, made the plea after the charges were read before Magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap, Bernama reported.

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