KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30 -- Tension erupted at the Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya after Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, the husband of Ismanira Abdul Manaf, shouted angrily at an investigating officer when the court denied his wife's request to defer her sentence.

According to Harian Metro, Zaim, visibly emotional, pointed his finger at Deputy Superintendent Mohd Hafizee Ismail while hurling verbal abuse before being restrained and calmed by family members, including his parents, who were seated in the public gallery.

"May Allah curse you. Just wait, bald one," shouted Zaim, while pointing his finger at Mohd Hafizee.

The outburst followed Judge Syahliza Warnoh's decision to reject a plea from defence counsel Haresh Mahadevan to postpone Ismanira's f...