Elderly Couple Fight To The Death Over RM20 Meant For Chicken Drumstick

RM20 does not seem worth fighting over, but an elderly couple battled each other with parang and blunt objects after the wife accused the husband of stealing the money.

The woman had allegedly wanted to buy chicken drumsticks when she found that the money was missing from her purse.

The woman, 66, questioned her 73-year-old husband but the man denied that he had taken it and showed his money to prove that he did not need to steal from her, Guang Ming Daily reported.

The incident took place at the Malaysian couple's house in Rimba Panjang, Perak, on Tuesday afternoon, reported China Press.

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The couple started quarrelling in their house after the wife failed to find the money, which she had kept in her wallet, at about 12.30pm on Tuesday. They then attacked each other with parangs and hard objects.

The pair started arguing and Mr Qiu took out a parang and attacked his wife. Madam Huang retaliated with boiling oil and a hammer.

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She managed to wrestle the parang off her husband before hitting him on the head with the hammer. She also poured the boiling oil on him, reported China Press.

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Neighbours said they heard a scream at about noon and went out of their houses to find out what was happening. They called the couple's son and the emergency services.

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Their son was shocked by the sight of his parents when he arrived at the scene, neighbours said. When help arrived, the old man was found meekly sitting at the corridor of his house, while his wife could still stand up.

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An ambulance was called to the scene but the woman refused to go to the hospital in the same ambulance with her husband. Their youngest son had to send the woman to the hospital instead.

Neighbours and relatives said that although the couple were often at loggerheads, this was the first time they resorted to such violence.

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A SENIOR citizen involved in a bloody fight with her husband over RM20 on Tuesday says she has no regrets and will not pray for him "even if he dies". She claimed he had been bullying her for 50 years.

Even when their child fell sick, she was the one who provided them medical care. "I snatched the parang from him and slashed him despite the neighbour shouting for us to stop fighting," she said.

"He never paid a single sen for family expenses and never paid any attention to any family member. I got furious and attacked him with anything I could get. In return, he kept saying he did not steal the money. I refused to believe him as he will never admit it."

The fight left Mr Qiu with cuts from his parang, while his arms and legs were scalded by the boiling oil.
His injuries were more serious than his wife's. Madam Huang suffered only a cut on her head.

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The couple were taken to hospital and the objects used in the fight were taken away by the authorities. The old man had some breathing difficulties, but both were in stable condition without any life-threatening injuries.

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He ended up being warded at the Taiping Hospital with serious injuries. His condition worsened at about 3am yesterday and he was transferred to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, where he died at about 2.30pm.

Police arrested her yesterday. Sungai Siput OCPD Supt Azman Salim said the incident was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

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