KUALA LUMPUR: A nasi lemak seller was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court here today for caning and causing injuries to his six-year-old stepson after the boy failed to solve mathematical problems.

Judge Norina Zainol Abidin handed down the sentence after the 38-year-old man pleaded guilty to the charge and ordered the accused to serve six months in jail if he failed to pay the fine.

The court also ordered the man to be placed on a five-year good behaviour bond, undergo counselling on parenting organised by the Social Welfare Department (JKM), and carry out 200 hours of community service to be completed within six months starting today.

The man was charged with causing injuries to the boy at a house in Taman Sri Rampai, Wangsa Maju here, at 6 am, on June 23.