A Malaysian Muslim, displeased with his wife’s new hair color and her refusal to wear the symbol of women’s servitude, decided to teach her a lesson. He scalped her. (Hat tip: FreakyBoy.)

But Malaysian justice is swift, and he may have to go to jail. For three years at the most.

A MALAYSIAN truck driver has admitted scalping his wife because she dyed her hair and refused to wear the tudung.

Mohamad Azhar Ngah, 34, told a court on Friday he attacked her with a knife at their home in Kuala Lumpur last week because of her appearance.

‘I cut her scalp because she did not wear a tudung and she had dyed her hair. I did not like it,’ he said.

He faces a jail term of up to three years, a fine and whipping with a cane when a sentence for the offence of voluntarily injuring his wife is handed down on May 14.

Mohamad Azhar said he sent his wife, accounts clerk Rafidah Ibrahim, 34, to the hospital after the attack.

The prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector A. Vasu, said he was still waiting for a medical report on her condition.

Mohamad Azhar and Rafidah have been married for 13 years. They have two sons and a daughter.

The husband, who is living in Kuala Lumpur, came originally from Kelantan, the state with strict Islamic laws ruled by Parti Islam SeMalaysia.

These include the compulsory wearing of headscarves for Muslim women in public.