Apr 29, 2010
Son fined for beating mum
By Elena Chong
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A 34-YEAR-OLD who beat his mother was ticked off by a Community Court judge for being unfilial. Community Court judge Ng Peng Hong told Bu Kien Guan that he should be ashamed of what he had done. He said it was fortunate that there was no serious injury, otherwise he would have sent him to prison. He advised the customer service officer to seek forgiveness from his mother before fining him $2,000 on Thursday.
Bu had admitted to slapping his mother, Madam Lim Swee Kim, 60, once, punching and squeezing her on the left arm, and using a waist belt to hit her once on her right shin. The incident took place at their Clementi Avenue 4 home on May 5 last year when both had an argument over his girlfriend who was a Thai. Madam Lim made a police report five days later after her return from Malaysia. Bu could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined up to $5,000 for voluntarily causing hurt.
