KUANTAN, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- A housewife was sentenced to 20 months' jail by the Magistrate Court here on Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to two counts of abusing her two stepchildren about two weeks ago.
Magistrate Nor Zaihan Mohamad Ali ordered Noraini Yusoff, 40, from Batu 8 Jalan Gambang here, to serve the sentence from the date of her arrest on Oct 22.
Noraini was charged with two counts of abusing her step-children, the first, an 11-year-old girl , by beating, pinching and biting her in a house at Batu 8, Jalan Gambang here at about 3pm on Oct 16 .
On the second count, she was charged with committing a similar offence on a nine-year-old boy at the same place at about 8am on Oct 22.
In mitigation, Noraini, who was unrepresented, said she had acted such due to domestic problems and requested not to be sent to jail as she had a five-year-old child, from her marriage to the father of the two abused children, to take care of.
Deputy public prosecutor Mahadi Abdul Jumaat prosecuted.
-- BERNAMA
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Postal Votes Not Necessarily An Advantage To The BN, Says Mohamad
SEREMBAN, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- The high number of postal voters in Bagan Pinang is not necessarily an advantage to the Barisan Nasional (BN), said Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
Mohamad, who is also state Umno chief, said in last year's general election, the BN victory margin in the state constituency dropped because more postal votes went to the Opposition.
"The Opposition garnered 1,800 postal votes in that election. As such, they cannot claim that postal votes favour the BN more," he told reporters here Wednesday.
He, however, was confident that the BN would garner more postal votes this time around.
The constituency, which has 13,644 registered voters, including 4,604 postal voters, will be having a by-election on Oct 11.
It is being called following the death of its incumbent, Azman Mohammad Noor on Sept 4.
The BN is fielding former Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Isa Abdul Samad, 59, while PAS has announced its state commissioner Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, 44, as their candidate.
Nomination is on Saturday.
--BERNAMA
Mohamad, who is also state Umno chief, said in last year's general election, the BN victory margin in the state constituency dropped because more postal votes went to the Opposition.
"The Opposition garnered 1,800 postal votes in that election. As such, they cannot claim that postal votes favour the BN more," he told reporters here Wednesday.
He, however, was confident that the BN would garner more postal votes this time around.
The constituency, which has 13,644 registered voters, including 4,604 postal voters, will be having a by-election on Oct 11.
It is being called following the death of its incumbent, Azman Mohammad Noor on Sept 4.
The BN is fielding former Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Tan Sri Isa Abdul Samad, 59, while PAS has announced its state commissioner Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, 44, as their candidate.
Nomination is on Saturday.
--BERNAMA
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