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Failure to tender medical report delays sentencing

A hospital's failure to tender a medical report has delayed the sentencing of a security guard who threatened to kill his wife.
S. Kannan, 39, of Desa Petaling, was supposed to be sentenced yesterday for intimidating his wife Janet @ Woo Mei Ling, 26.
He has been charged with saying “Macam mana pun saya mahu bunuh awak. Masuk penjara pun tidak apa (I want to kill you no matter what. I don't mind being jailed)” to her at a house in PPR Desa Petaling about 7.30pm on Dec 13 last year.
Kannan, who was arrested on Dec 24, also faces a second charge of causing hurt to Janet, a housewife, by kicking her head at the same place and time.
He had admitted to committing the offences when charged on Dec 31 in a magistrate’s court here.
At the court yesterday, he maintained his guilty plea.
However, prosecuting officer C/Insp Zakaria Alias said he still had not received Janet’s medical report.
Magistrate Nazran Mohd Sham then set April 28 for sentencing.
Later, C/Insp Zakaria said two reminders on the medical report, dated Dec 16 and March 1, had been sent to Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
“This has affected the prosecution’s efforts to clear the case fast. It has also wasted the court’s time,” he told reporters after the case was adjourned.