Attack on a Member Of Parliment.

I read an article the day before about Mr. Seng Han Thong of the ruling People's Action Party being assailed by an old man. The assailant allegedly strode up to Mr. Seng when the victim was attending a lunch hosted my his party and drenched him with a bottle of thinner and ignited him with a kitchen stove lighter.

The lawmaker's companion tried frantically to douse the flames and got burnt in the process of doing so. They were rushed to the hospital immediately. The attacker tried in vain to escape vailant policemen but was arrested and escorted to the police station to press charges. It was found out that he was Ong Kah Chua, a former taxi driver and mental patient. He has been charged in court for voluntarily causing grievous hurt, an offense punishable by a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Both the MP and his companion are currently recuperating at the hospital after undergoing skin graft operations.

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