KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 -- Just days after being released from prison for threatening to kill his wife, a factory operator was once again hauled to court - this time for assaulting his son.

The accused, Mohd Samsul Tumiran, 45, pleaded guilty at the Yong Peng Magistrates' Court today to charges of kicking his son in the stomach and hitting him on the head, according to a report published in Harian Metro today.

Magistrate Arun Noval Dass sentenced him to five months in prison.

According to the charge, the father of four was accused of intentionally causing injury to his 18-year-old son in front of a business centre in Sri Gading at around 1pm on July 5.

He was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 326A of...