Malaysia jails woman who threw scalding hot water on Down’s syndrome man
- Oo Saw Kee, 39, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined for intentionally inflicting serious injury on the 33-year-old victim, A. Solairaj
- The judge called her actions against a disabled person – which he said were completely unprovoked – ‘cruel and inhumane’
Sessions court judge Ahzal Fariz Ahmad Khairuddin sentenced Oo Saw Kee, 39, on Tuesday and fined her 6,000 ringgit (US$1,255), after she pleaded guilty to committing the offence.
In handing down his judgment, Ahzal said what Oo had done was serious, cruel and inhumane, especially against a disabled person.
He said there was no provocation on the part of the victim during the incident.
“In this case, the court needs to take into consideration the public interest rather than personal interest of the accused,” he said at the Balik Pulau court on Tuesday.
Oo, a sales promoter, earlier pleaded guilty to intentionally inflicting serious injury by throwing hot water at on 33-year-old A. Solairaj inside a lift at a flat block in Bayan Lepas, Penang state, at 9.24am on April 19, causing serious burns.