<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Man gets 12 weeks' jail for scalding colleague
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Kwok had poured hot water over the victim, who was hospitalised for 10 days for burns to his left chest, neck, face, upper arm and left shoulder.
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->BAITED by his long-time colleague during a heated exchange, a hardware store helper threw hot water over him, a district court heard yesterday.
The scalding incident last Sept 4 resulted in the victim being hospitalised for 10 days.
It took place after the two men had an argument over the spilling of hot water on the victim's forearm at the office pantry.
The pair, who work at a hardware company in Penhas Road in Kallang, have had bad blood for some years.
The court heard that Mr Lim Hee Nguang, 47, had boiled a kettle of water that morning when Kwok Yow Kiong, 48, walked in to fill his container.
While doing so, water splattered on the right forearm of Mr Lim, seated nearby.
Both men exchanged harsh words during which Kwok said: 'I have tolerated you for so long, what can you do?'
Mr Lim then challenged Kwok to pour the hot water on him. Kwok did so.
The victim screamed in pain and later called the police. He was warded at the Singapore General Hospital for 10 days for burns to his left chest, neck, face, upper arm and left shoulder.
Pleading for leniency, Kwok's lawyer, Mr Gurdip Singh, said his client and the victim had not been on the best of terms in the last few years.
Kwok claimed that Mr Lim had been nagging and irritating him of late, and he always tried to avoid him as far as possible.
The lawyer said Kwok had apologised to the victim, who had refused his offer of compensation.
He said the company was prepared to keep Kwok, who has two children.
District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng allowed Kwok to start his 12-week sentence on Monday after sorting out his personal affairs.
Kwok could have been jailed for up to seven years, and fined and caned.
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Kwok had poured hot water over the victim, who was hospitalised for 10 days for burns to his left chest, neck, face, upper arm and left shoulder.
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->BAITED by his long-time colleague during a heated exchange, a hardware store helper threw hot water over him, a district court heard yesterday.
The scalding incident last Sept 4 resulted in the victim being hospitalised for 10 days.
It took place after the two men had an argument over the spilling of hot water on the victim's forearm at the office pantry.
The pair, who work at a hardware company in Penhas Road in Kallang, have had bad blood for some years.
The court heard that Mr Lim Hee Nguang, 47, had boiled a kettle of water that morning when Kwok Yow Kiong, 48, walked in to fill his container.
While doing so, water splattered on the right forearm of Mr Lim, seated nearby.
Both men exchanged harsh words during which Kwok said: 'I have tolerated you for so long, what can you do?'
Mr Lim then challenged Kwok to pour the hot water on him. Kwok did so.
The victim screamed in pain and later called the police. He was warded at the Singapore General Hospital for 10 days for burns to his left chest, neck, face, upper arm and left shoulder.
Pleading for leniency, Kwok's lawyer, Mr Gurdip Singh, said his client and the victim had not been on the best of terms in the last few years.
Kwok claimed that Mr Lim had been nagging and irritating him of late, and he always tried to avoid him as far as possible.
The lawyer said Kwok had apologised to the victim, who had refused his offer of compensation.
He said the company was prepared to keep Kwok, who has two children.
District Judge Ch'ng Lye Beng allowed Kwok to start his 12-week sentence on Monday after sorting out his personal affairs.
Kwok could have been jailed for up to seven years, and fined and caned.
