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ANNOYED that his mother was nagging at his young niece for refusing a bowl of hot porridge, Hong Kia Cheng, 47, threw a wooden dining chair at the 67-year-old woman.
Another man, Koh Kim Swee, 22, was so frustrated by his mother’s nagging that he whacked her on the head with a hammer in their Jurong East flat.
Then there was Tan Su Ann, 39, who also took a hammer to her 79-year-old father after he tried to stop her from shouting at their maid.