Adoptive mum jailed eight years for abusing daughter


KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife was jailed eight years by the Sessions Court in Kuala Selangor after admitting to hitting her adopted daughter with a mortar and pestle, and slashing her body with a knife.

The court was told that the 54-year-old woman has looked after the 13-year-old girl since she was a baby and physically assaulted and abused her, resulting in broken teeth and multiple injuries.

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