Housewife jailed eight years for abusing adopted daughter


KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Kuala Selangor Sessions Court after pleading guilty to abusing her adopted daughter using a mortar and pestle, and slashing the victim with a knife.

Judge Nurul Mardhiah Mohammed Redza imposed the sentence on the 54-year-old woman on Friday (July 4), ordering the jail term to run from the date of arrest, June 28.

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