IPOH: The Magistrate’s Court here today ordered a woman charged with murdering her mother to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
Magistrate Norizan Riduan made the order under Section 342(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code to obtain a psychiatric report to determine whether the accused, Chew Loong Thye, 49, is fit for trial.
The woman is alleged to have murdered her mother, Ching Lai Khieng, 70, at a house at Laluan Kledang Utara 6, Taman Wang, Menglembu here between 7.15 pm and 7.30 pm on Sept 27.
The accused nodded in understanding after the charge was read out to her in Cantonese, but no plea was recorded as a murder case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Earlier, when asked by Norizan whether she was taking any psychiatric medication, Chew replied that she was unsure.
The court then set Nov 2 for case mention for the submission of the psychiatric report and related documents.
The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Ainin Sofiya Azlaini, while the accused was unrepresented.
The media previously reported that an elderly woman was found dead, believed to have been stabbed by her daughter, at the residence.
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