KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,500 in default of five months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to damaging his father’s bedroom door when his sister refused to buy cigarettes for him. Jannis Teng, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by
KUCHING: A former Nigerian student liaison officer escaped the gallows when the Federal Court reversed his conviction and death sentence for the offence of trafficking methamphetamine weighing 158.30g six years ago. A three-judge panel chaired by Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh with Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli
KUCHING: Two teenage lovers aged 15 and 16 were ordered to be placed at the Henry Gurney School, Puncak Borneo and Sekolah Tunas Bakti, Miri respectively by the Magistrates’ Court here, on Thursday (Nov 11), for dumping their newborn baby last August. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced the duo after they
KUCHING: Four men were each sentenced to 12 months in jail by the Magistrates’ Court for escaping from the Puncak Borneo Prison Transit Centre (PTP), Padawan in July. The accused — Diveni Bumby, 36, Robin Bahan, 29, Mohammad Fikkry Azzarudin Abdullah, 26 and Rahmat Simbolan, 38 — pleaded guilty after
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday (Nov 4) for drug abuse. The accused, Fendi, 30, from Pontianak Utara, Indonesia pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrates’ Court judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was accused of committing
KUCHING: A 43 -year-old man was fined RM2,700 and jailed four months by the Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Nov 3). The man was sentenced by the court for taking amphetamine and methamphetamine last August. Rajah Chung Kong Fatt, 43, pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before
KUCHING: Two friends were each fined RM10,000 in default three months’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here for conducting illegal online gambling activities last August. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Florensi Guchien, 29, and Lenicker Libin, 21, after the latter pleaded guilty to the charge today (Nov 3).
Janetty Ganti Minggu came up with the mobile salon idea after seeing the difficulty that folk, especially from rural areas, had to go through just to get a haircut or hairdressing services. The 55-year-old Iban from Kampung Tuba, Simunjan has now been doing this for almost four decades. She started
KUCHING: A man claimed trial after pleading not guilty on charges of possessing drugs weighing 30.6g last July. The accused, Chong Cin Fah, 32, appeared before Magistrates’ Court judge Zubaidah Sharkawi on Monday (Sept 20). He was charged with committing the offence at the Kuching Sentral Bus Terminal around 6.05pm
KUCHING: Two men pleaded not guilty to charges of trespassing on Monday (Sept 20). The accused, Mohd Nabil Syakir Syamim Abdullah, 24, and Irwan Shah Abdul Khalik, 36, appeared before Magistrates’ Court judge Zubaidah Sharkawi. Mohd Nabil was charged under Section 447 of the Penal Code for trespassing onto the
