KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here has ordered two customers of a telecommunications company to be placed on a six-month peace bond for uploading defamatory posts on Facebook. Liew Siaw Hui, 24, and Vong Tse Fui, 51, admitted to the charge under Section 67 of the Criminal Procedure Code when it
KUCHING: A former inmate who sought revenge on his neighbour, ended up back behind bars after going to the victim’s house with a machete and issuing death threats. Haniffah Abdullah, 29, was sentenced to 10 months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (Feb 27). He pleaded guilty before Magistrate
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM4,000 or, in default, eight months in prison for concealing a Shah Tohatsu outboard engine belonging to an elderly man last month. Mohamad Zakaria Hairani, 42, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 414 of
KUCHING: A businessman has been remanded for seven days to facilitate investigations into the death of a man at an apartment in Jalan Sungai Tapang here last year. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali granted the remand order for the 38-year-old suspect, following an application by investigating officer ASP Sylvarius
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced four men to six years in prison each for an armed robbery at a mini-convenience store two years ago. Chan Kwang Hui, 51, Hanson Kuek Char Ping, 28, Ewan Mortada, 31, and Nicky Lim Wei Chi, 31, each pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a former store employee to one year in prison and one stroke of the cane for criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM18,960.85 belonging to a 24-hour convenience store last year. Awang Aiman Hakimi Abdullah, 21, from Serian, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a jobless man to five years and two months in prison for trespassing into a house and possessing a machete without a reasonable excuse. Mohamad Noh Alin, 42, pleaded guilty before Judge Iris Awen Jon to two charges under Section 7(1)(a) of the Corrosive
KUCHING: A 37-year-old inmate serving time for threatening to kill, has been sentenced to an additional five years in prison and one stroke of the cane for possessing a machete in a public place without a reasonable excuse. Josly Jengit, from Lundu, pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Iris Awen
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here has sentenced an unemployed man to two years in prison and three strokes of the cane for assaulting his wife with a grass cutter cable shaft after she asked him for a cigarette. Muhammad Azru’ul Abdul Aziz, 40, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local woman RM2,500 in default five months in prison for possessing an unlicensed lottery ticket. Norzaimi, 37, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan to the charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which provides for a maximum fine