A man lost his temper and proceeded to hit his wife a total of six times over a simple request she made — to buy some food for her.
As a result of his rash act, he was charged with assault and sentenced to a month in jail after he pleaded guilty in court.
M’sian woman punched 6 times by husband inside car
According to the facts of the case, the incident took place inside a car in Jalan Lukas, Taman Soga in Johor at 2.20pm on Sept 19, reported NST.
The unnamed suspect’s wife had requested him to stop by a shop to buy some food and a verbal altercation broke out when he ignored her.

During the argument, he punched her right arm a total of six times.
Police were alerted of the assault when the suspect’s wife lodged a police report over the incident.
‘I still love my wife’
The suspect, who worked as a contractor, was brought to the Batu Pahat magistrate’s court unrepresented and broke down when appealing for a lighter sentence.
I still love my wife and my child. After 40 months of being in custody, I want to see them. I can no longer bear staying in jail,” he said.
Following his guilty plea, Magistrate Suhaila Shafi’uddin sentenced him to one month in jail. However, he was released today as his sentence began from the date of his arrest on Sept 20.

A statement from the suspect’s wife was also read out in court, where she expressed her dismay over her husband’s frequent display of violence and hot temper.
“I’m scared of him. I don’t want to to live with him anymore. I don’t understand why I am often beaten without reason,” she wrote in the statement.
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