Wee Hong Shern of Ong & Co. LLC said he had made the request on July 4 and is currently waiting for a clarification report from IMH or"at least some clarification from the prison.”
"I’m not the expert so I asked the prison and for the IMH to conduct another assessment on him . It is more fruitful if we got a longer adjournment,” he said. "Hope we could do a fresh diagnosis again. I have requested for it already. I hope they agree,” he replied.The court had in March ruled the man to be remanded for three weeks to undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the institute.
If convicted, the offence of voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapon under Section 324 of the Penal Code carries an imprisonment term which may extend to seven years, a fine, caning, or any combination of such punishments.