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Cleaner Toh Choon Seng, 31, admitted contravening the PPO by
hitting his mother on her forehead and right arm, and hitting her
on the left forearm and left foot with a rattan chair three times
on Feb 28.
He also admitted to punching her arm and lower back three days
earlier. Under the PPO issued in 2006, he was not allowed to cause
hurt to Madam Si Kim Sem, 59.
A Community Court heard that he was at home in Yishun Avenue 9
on Feb 28 when he wanted to assault his older brother for scolding
him for not showing respect to their mother. When he could not, he
punched his mother instead and fled.
That evening, he returned and hit his mother on the left forearm
and foot with the rattan chair while she was sleeping on a chair in
the living room. Three days earlier, Madam Si had a dispute with
Toh over his engaging a dating agency to help find a wife.
When her husband returned, she walked out to avoid quarrelling
with Toh, who followed her and punched her a few times on her arm
and lower back.
