Woman who threatened 12-year-old daughter with a knife gets a month's jail

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SINGAPORE - A woman threatened her 12-year-old daughter with a knife and pulled her hair after the girl did not put away her clothes properly.

The 33-year-old mother pleaded guilty on Monday (April 6) to a criminal intimidation charge and was sentenced to a month's jail.

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