Welfare home manager fined for beating elderly resident with stick

 

Recordings of a man being abused at an elderly care centre had gone viral previously.

KULIM: A welfare home manager was fined RM4,500 in default three months’ jail by the magistrates’ court here today after she pleaded guilty to injuring an elderly resident.

L Vignesvari, 36, made the plea after the charge was read to her before magistrate Jamaliah Abd Manap.

She was accused of intentionally causing injury to P Tharmalingan, 69, with a stick at a house in Taman Desa Aman, Sungai Karangan, at about 3pm on April 22.

The charge was framed under Section 324 of the Penal Code, punishable by imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine or caning or any two of these punishments, upon conviction.

National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer Suhailah Ahmad, who represented Vignesvari, pleaded for a light sentence, saying that she is a single mother of a two-year-old and has no other income.

However, deputy public prosecutor S. Pavitra requested a commensurate punishment, taking into consideration the public interest and to serve as a deterrent to both the accused and the community. - FMT