Jail for man who slashed brother for turning off home Wi-Fi

Angry with his older brother for leaving dental floss on his toothbrush and turning off the Wi-Fi at home, a man used an improvised flamethrower to set fire to his sibling's bedroom door and slashed the older man multiple times with a chopper.

- Nadine Chua

Daniel Fock Ming Chai, 28, was sentenced to 14 months' jail on Sept 19, after earlier pleading guilty to one charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon. Two charges of mischief by fire were taken into consideration during sentencing.

Fock's 32-year-old brother suffered multiple lacerations, as well as cuts to his forearm tendon and nerves in his right thumb and fingers, which the prosecution said will likely leave permanent numbness.

The brothers had a strained relationship growing up and lived apart for more than two years after their parents divorced in 2000, Deputy Public Prosecutor Colin Ng previously told the court.

Fock lived with his mother in a rental apartment, while his brother lived with their father and younger sister in a flat.