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A 34 y.o foreign worker from Bangladesh, Moni Lal Chan, was sentenced to two months of imprisonment today (11 January) for hitting his dormitory mate, 25 y.o Ahmed Rabbi on the head with a stone pestle.
Moni pleaded guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt.
The incident
Moni had hit Ahmed on his head with a stone pestle as the latter had insulted Moni’s dead mother after Moni had given the younger man some advice on how to be more efficient with the laundry.
Both were in the laundry room and Moni was unhapppy with Ahmed as he only put his own dirty laundry into the washing machine when he could have collected all the dirty laundry from the rest of his roommates and washed them together.
Ahmed was also told by Moni that washing the clothes together could save costs, which made Ahmed unhappy and he insulted Moni’s recently deceased mother.
This affected Moni as his mother had only passed away six months ago and his memory of her was still fresh.
The pair then were separated by the supervisor but Moni did not forget about it.
Hit Ahmed on head
On 1 December, Moni went into the kitchen area where Ahmed was preparing his meals for the following day and confronted him about the previous incident with regards to the washing of laundry as well as the insult where Ahmed had thrown to Moni regarding his mother.
Both of them started to argue again when suddenly, Moni picked up a stone pestle weighing about 500grammes and hit Ahmed once on his left forehead and twice on his back.
This caused Ahmed to bleed on his forehead and he sought the help of his dormitory mates and was subsequently sent to Ng Teng Fong Hospital for treatment.
Moni was then arrested by the Police on 2 December around 1am.
A medical report then confirmed that Ahmed had suffered a 2cm long cut to his forehead which required five stitches and some injuries on his left paraspinal muscle.
For his injuries, Ahmed was given five days of medical leave.
Penalties
Moni could have been given a jail term of up to three years, fined up to S$5,000 or both for voluntarily causing hurt to Ahmed.
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