KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 3 -- A 50-year-old man was arrested and remanded for three days after slapping his wife, allegedly because she was late returning from buying chicken rice at a supermarket in Kota Warisan.

Sepang District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Norhizam Bahaman confirmed the incident when contacted yesterday, according to a report published today in Utusan Malaysia.

"The reason for the slap was that the wife was late coming out of the mall after buying chicken rice," he said.

The suspect, who had been on the run for six days following the police report, was believed to have been hiding in his car.

"The man was brought to the Teluk Datok Magistrates' Court in Banting yesterday morning to obtain a remand order," Norhizam ad...