Sunday, 7 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Ex-nurse aide jailed 2 years for CBT

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here has sentenced a former nurse aide to two years in prison for committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM5,790 in ambulance service payments belonging to the Kuching Life Care Society. Bonia Matthew, 32, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman to two charges under

Welder fined RM5k for possessing porn on phone

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court has fined a welder RM5,000, in default six months’ imprisonment, for possessing pornographic videos on his phone last year. Albert Abum, 34, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan to a charge under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code, which carries a penalty of up to

Unemployed jailed six years, two lashes for armed robbery

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced an unemployed man to six years in prison and two lashes of the cane for robbing a convenience store in Padawan earlier this month. Mohd Amirulnizam Naruddin, 25, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman to a charge under Section 395 of the Penal

Indonesian gets two years’ jail for smuggling countryman

KUCHING: The High Court here sentenced an Indonesian man to two years in prison for smuggling a fellow national into Sarawak via Jalan Biawak-Lundu in February. Judge Datuk Farid Gohim Abdullah meted out the sentence to 33-year-old Salim Jono after he pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 26J of

Courier driver fined for retaining stolen goods

KUCHING: A lorry driver working for a courier company was fined RM3,000 in default seven months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for retaining stolen computer equipment belonging to a customer. Alexander Jordan Annie Teresa, 24, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 411

High Court rejects appeal in turtle egg case

KUCHING: Two former civil servants heaved a sigh of relief when the High Court here dismissed the prosecution’s appeal to review a lower court’s penalty for illegal possession of turtle eggs. Judicial Commissioner Zaleha Mohd Yusuf Pan ruled that there were no valid grounds to interfere with the sentence previously

Ten months’ imprisonment for retaining stolen 4WD

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced two men to 10 months in prison for retaining a stolen four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle belonging to a 33-year-old woman. Royce Akong, 45, and Chung Chint Choy, 47, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to the charge under Section 411 of the Penal

Man gets one year in prison for damaging mother’s house

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to one year in prison for running amok and damaging property at his mother’s house in Jalan Sultan Tengah here earlier this year. Mohammad Nor Nasriq Ismail, 36, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge under Section

‘Apam balik’ sellers fined for assaulting fellow vendor

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined two local vendors RM1,400 in default five months in prison for assaulting another vendor during a misunderstanding last month. Dzul Mizal Asley Shah Abdullah, 25, and Samsul Wahed, 37, who both sell ‘apam balik’ (turnover pancake), pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan

Five fined RM4,000 each for possessing stolen TM cable

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined five men RM4,000 each, in default six months in prison, for possessing a stolen coil of cable belonging to Telekom Malaysia (TM). Claint Douglas Jerebi, 27; Martin Stahlmann, 33; Mohammad Affendy Ahmad, 26; Muhammad Zulfiqar Khan Hasnin, 26; and Roberto Rivenerya Chen Ronald, 21,