Alcoholic gets 10 yrs for grievous hurt

AN ALCOHOLIC who bashed a construction worker with a long wooden pole for no apparent reason was sentenced to 10 years' preventive detention on Friday.

Madialagan Munusamy, 45, originally accused of murder, was also ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane for causing grievous hurt to Mr Cong Cheng Li, 44, at Block 301 Woodlands Street 31 on March 8 last year. The victim, a Chinese national, died three days later of severe head injury.

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