Updated: 10/17/2013 18:35 | By Channel NewsAsia
Man jailed for hitting and threatening wife's alleged lover
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SINGAPORE: A man has been sentenced to 12 months' jail for hitting his wife's alleged lover with a metal pole and threatening him.
40-year-old Qi Liyong confronted his former boss Low Szi Wei in February as he thought the former employer had an affair with his wife.
Mr Low was meeting Qi to discuss a new spa he was about to open.
The accused's wife was to be a trainer there.
But Qi ended up punching Mr Low and hitting him with a metal pole.
He did not stop there.
Between April and June this year, Qi intimidated Mr Low by sending death threats either through text messages or through his wife.
In its submissions, the prosecution said the death threats warranted the higher end of the sentencing range.
But the defence countered that the 27-year-old wife, Wang Xuemei, was having an affair with Mr Low.
In sentencing, District Judge Lee Poh Choo said she will not delve into the relationship between Mr Low and Ms Wang.
She did, however, point out that Qi, being a permanent resident here, would have known that his conduct is not condoned.
The judge said regardless of how enraged Qi was as a husband, he should not have taken the law into his own hands. - CNA/gn
