29-04-2025
Father gets DNAA on assault charge after daughter drops case
Jackson Koh, 56, was initially charged with injuring his 22-year-old daughter by hurling a computer hard disk at her in August 2023. (Pexels pic)
PETALING JAYA : A 56-year-old man in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, has been granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to his daughter, 22, after she appealed for the case to be dropped.
Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali granted the DNAA to Jackson Koh after she was informed by the prosecution that they were ordered to request that the accused be discharged.
Koh was charged with hurling a computer hard disk at his daughter, injuring her at a house in Kampung Tunoh, Penampang, around 2pm on Aug 5, 2023, Sabah Media reported.
The charge was framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt, which provides for up to a year in prison, a maximum RM2,000 fine, or both, upon conviction.
The charge was read with Section 326A, which covers the punishment for causing hurt to one's child and allows for the jail term under Section 323 to be doubled.
Earlier, the victim testified in court that she had wanted to withdraw the police report she had lodged against her father, but a trial date had already been fixed for today.
Representing the accused, lawyer Sylvester Kuan said Koh's daughter then wrote to the Attorney-General's Chambers to state that she did not want the case to proceed.
Deputy public prosecutor Arfa Anchal Khan Munir Khan prosecuted.
