SIBU: A youth was today fined RM2,500 in default three months’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court here for committing mischief by smashing a car’s windshield. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar convicted Jerome Beludi from Kanowit on his own plea of guilty to the charge after it was read and explained to
SIBU: A youth was today sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court here for committing housebreaking and theft. When the nature of charge was referred to Khairul, 23, he understood it and the consequences of maintaining his plea of guilt. The charge against the accused stated that he
SIBU: A woman was fined RM2,000 in default two weeks’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court (Aug 8) for failing to carry out social distancing in a COVID-19 infected local area at a music cafe here, in September last year. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji took note of 24-year-old Nurul Syahfina Yusup’s mitigation
SIBU: The Malaysian government needs to work together with foreign organisations such as the Global Anti-Scam Organisation (GASO) to rescue Malaysians trapped by fraudulent activities like job scams abroad. Bukit Assek assemblyman Joseph Chieng Jin Ek said there were still many cases involving Malaysians, especially school leavers, who were deceived
SIBU: A 48-year-old man who faced two criminal charges was today sentenced to six months and fined RM2,500 in default four months’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court here. In the first charge, magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar sentenced Franky from Lorong Satria to six months’ jail for voluntarily causing hurt to
SIBU: Two women were fined RM1,000 each in default one month’s imprisonment here today (Aug 8) for committing affray. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar handed them the penalty after they pleaded no contest to a joint charge. Wong Mee Ling, 33, from Bukit Lan and Tong Chu Ping, 64, of Jalan
SIBU: Bilateral trade between Malaysia and China continues to buck the trend despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The bilateral trade volume between Malaysia and China reached US$176.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 34.5 per cent,” said the Prime Minister ‘s Special Envoy to China, Datuk Seri Tiong King
SIBU: Will Sarawak follow in the footsteps of Sabah, Selangor, Penang and Negeri Sembilan to amend their state constitutions to implement their own laws against party-hopping? Sarawak DAP is claiming that this is the burning issue which “Sarawakians are now anxious to know to protect and honour the sanctity of
SIBU: A 27-year-old man will spend the next 15 months in jail after he was convicted of assault by a Magistrates’ Court, today (Aug 2). Zaipul Engkabang, from Jalan Hua Kiew here, pleaded guilty to the assault charge and the court sentenced him to 12 months’ jail and fined him
SIBU: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and fined RM3,000 in default three months’ jail by a Magistrates’ Court here today (Aug 2) for an assault charge. Zaipul Engkabang, from Jalan Hua Kiew understood and the consequences of maintaining his plea of guilty to the charge after
