SINGAPORE, May 21 -- A 49-year-old man who viciously slashed his wife with a cleaver in a frenzied assault along Singapore's Beach Road in 2022 pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder.

According to The Straits Times, Cheng Guoyuan, a Chinese national, launched the attack on his wife, Han Hongli, 44, after becoming fearful she would reveal a past wrongdoing he had committed against her daughter, now 23.

The nature of that wrongdoing was not disclosed in court.

Han, who has a son with Cheng and a daughter from a previous marriage, suffered life-altering injuries.

Her left hand was almost severed as she tried to shield herself.

She is now blind in her left eye, her face permanently disfigured, and the function of her arms significa...