SHE tried to kill herself with a Swiss Army knife but ended up hurting her friend, who had tried to stop her, instead.

Tan Pheck Hoon, 50, was jailed six months yesterday for causing a 1cm laceration on the upper right abdomen of her friend, Ms Tan Lee Ngoh, 31, on June 9.

That afternoon, Pheck Hoon had invited Ms Tan over to her Sin Ming Industrial Estate flat. There, she told Ms Tan she wanted to commit suicide and grabbed a knife from a box. While trying to stop her, Ms Tan held Pheck Hoon's hands and a scuffle ensued. Ms Tan was cut during the struggle and called the police. She was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where her wound was stitched.

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