Blacksmith to be charged for meat cleaver attack in drunken brawl in JB


JOHOR BARU: A 45-year-old blacksmith is expected to be brought to a Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Feb 17) for attacking another man with a meat cleaver.

Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Raub Selamat said the victim, a 43-year-old unemployed man, had received medical attention at Hospital Sultanah Aminah for his head injuries as a result of the drunken brawl, which took place in Jalan Meldrum here last Tuesday (Feb 11) afternoon.

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