BEAUFORT: Police detained a 35-year-old man for allegedly punching and slapping his wife in a jealous rage while threatening to kill her at Kg Siaun in Menumbok, recently.
The 34-year-old woman, who sustained facial injuries, filed a police report following the 10am incident.
Beaufort District Police Chief DSP Ismail Abdullah said the man was detained at a house here.
Preliminary investigations found that the incident happened in a car in front of the couple’s house.
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The woman suffered injuries to her right cheek and below her brow.
The incident was allegedly prompted by the man’s jealousy, which led him to accuse his wife of cheating.
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