KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a habitual offender to one year and two months in prison for attempting to steal a motorcycle in front of a college last month. Siong Siaw Khoon, 41, who has 20 prior criminal records, pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali.
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a car washer to 12 years in prison for setting fire to tissue packages in two supermarkets in separate incidents. Rizam Zawawi, 33, from Kapit, pleaded guilty before Judge Musli Abdul Hamid to two charges framed under Section 435 of the Penal Code, which
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM500 in default two weeks in prison for possessing 12,900 cartons of cigarettes without reasonable excuse. Chieng Kai Shyang, 30, from Saratok, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan to the charge framed under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 30-year-old man to 24 months in prison and one stroke of the cane for cheating a man in a non-existent adoption arrangement. Muhammad Azamuddin Abdullah from Raub, Pahang, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali to the charge read by a court interpreter.
KUCHING: The High Court here allowed an appeal by a man to set aside a Sessions Court decision that sentenced him to 15 years’ imprisonment and four strokes of the cane for two counts of statutory rape involving his underage wife, which resulted in pregnancy. Judge Leonard David Shim delivered
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced an Indonesian man to six months in prison and two strokes of the cane for entering Malaysia without valid travel documents. James, 26, from Sambas, Kalimantan Indonesia, pleaded guilty before Judge Zuraidah Zakaria to a charge read by a court interpreter. He was charged
SERIAN: The Magistrate’s Court here fined an elderly man RM6,000, in default eight months in prison, after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of a woman without intent when he accidentally shot her with a shotgun. Mangkok Mawa, 89, from Tebakang, entered the plea before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here has ordered a 19-year-old youth to be of good behaviour for one year for involvement in online gambling activities. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan made the order after reviewing the social report on the teenager prepared by the Social Welfare Department (JKM). He had earlier
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here has ordered a 19-year-old youth to be of good behaviour for one year for involvement in online gambling activities. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan made the order after reviewing the social report on the teenager prepared by the Social Welfare Department (JKM). He had earlier
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM3,000 in default 12 months in prison for intentionally damaging his sister’s house door, causing RM300 in losses. Mohd Ali Hanafiah, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan to a charge framed under Section 427 of the Penal Code for