'Durian' discipline on daughter goes too far: Man jailed five years, wife fined RM18,000


KUALA LUMPUR: A man was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, while his wife was fined RM18,000 by the Sessions Court here today after both pleaded guilty to abusing their daughter with a durian husk last week.

Judge Mohd Zaki Mohd Salleh ordered Bunyamin Sukiman, 42, to serve his sentence from the date of arrest on July 18, while his wife, Yorlini Abdullah Umar, 32, will face three months’ imprisonment if she fails to pay the fine.

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