KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court today for entering Sarawak without valid travel documents. Jivrilus Jivo, 23, from Kabupaten Landak, West Kalimantan, pleaded guilty to a charge framed under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63,
KUCHING: A 23-year-old woman was fined RM1,000 or one month in jail by the Magistrates’ Court today for openly engaging in online gambling at a café in Demak Laut. Christina Sentunitas, a lottery operator, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali to a charge framed under Section 7(2) of the
SAMARAHAN: A 52-year-old male teacher was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here after being convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old female student. Judge Shafiza Datu Abdul Razak handed down the sentence after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt at
SRI AMAN: An Indonesian man was fined RM10,000 or nine months’ jail by the Sessions Court here for attempting to smuggle four subsidised gas cylinders out of Sarawak last September. Dedi Ahkiong pleaded guilty when the charge was read before Judge Intan Nurul Farena Zainal Abidin. According to the charge
KUCHING: The High Court here upheld the seven-year jail term and three strokes of the cane imposed on two men for seriously injuring their acquaintance in Bau two years ago. Judge Zaleha Mohd Yusuf Pan dismissed the appeal by Kuan Boon Lung, 25, and Larrie Liew Yu Nan, 28, after
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a cashier RM3,300, in default three weeks in prison, for illegally purchasing a public lottery ticket. Mina, 35, pleaded guilty before senior assistant registrar Abdurrahman Abrar Jarni to the charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. If convicted, she could
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months’ jail for possessing a stolen smartphone which had been looted during a break-in at a perfume factory last month. Qamarul, 29, pleaded guilty to the charge read before Senior Assistant Registrar Abdurrahman Abrar Jarni in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Nov 24).
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today has set January 7, 2026, for the next case management mention of a man charged with murdering his three-year-old girlfriend’s daughter last October. Mohammad Shukri Ryan, 32, faces a charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code for allegedly killing the child at a
KUCHING: A 49-year-old woman was fined RM3,500, or in default 10 months jail, by the Magistrate’s Court today for swinging a machete at her nephew, injuring his little finger. Zaleha Mat, from Kampung Tabuan Hilir, pleaded guilty to causing injury to her 21-year-old nephew under Section 324 of the Penal
KUCHING: Two men and a married couple were each sentenced to 10 years’ jail by the Sessions Court today for robbing a man in a budget hotel room last month. The accused, Mohd Ikmarrudin Adery, 30, Mohd Farus Junaidi, Nor Atiesya Mohammad Effindy, 30, and Zaidi Majani, 37, pleaded guilty
