Man attacks family over $13

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The woman who was attacked with acid is staying strong - but she will never forgive her husband for scarring their daughter for life.

"I will never forgive the man who harmed my kids. he is not my husband. He is a syaitan (satan). Because of him we are going to have a bleak Hari Raya," said Che Ku Zaimah Ku Awang when Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said visited her yesterday.

Eight-year-old Nurul Dahyatul Fazlina Khalib was so badly disfigured in the acid attack that Ahmad sobbed openly when he saw her.

Even medical officers and members of the media who accompanied him could not hold back their tears.

But Ku Zaimah was strong. "This is takdir (fate)," she was heard murmuring.

Speaking to reporters outside the ward, Ahmad said he was saddened by the attack and would render help to the family.

"Even animals have instincts to not harm their offspring. I am baffled how a father could be so heartless," he said.

In the incident, a jobless man splashed acid on his family members after he failed to get a RM30 (S$12.80) loan from his ex-wife.

Apart from Nurul Dahyatul Fazlina and Che Ku Zaimah, two others, Che Ku Zaimah's mother Minah Omar and her brother Mohd Irfan Firdaus, 28, were injured in the 2am attack at their home in Kampung Sekayu in Hulu Terengganu.

The 32-year-old assailant fled shortly after the attack but was detained by police at 12.55pm yesterday at Kampung Kuala Poh, Pasir Nering in Hulu Terengganu.

The man had in his possession a 6cm-long knife, several morphine ampoules and a syringe when he was arrested.

State Acting CID chief Supt K. Manoharan said the man tried to escape upon seeing the police team but was detained after a brief struggle.

He tested positive for drugs.

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