KUCHING: A Vietnamese boat captain was fined RM1 million or six months’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here yesterday after pleading guilty to the charge of trespassing into the country’s waters on February 4. Meanwhile, 10 other crew members of the boat were each fined RM200,000 or sentenced to three
KUCHING: A local gadget supplier company was fined RM32,000 by the Sessions Court here for selling 199 counterfeit ‘Apple’ brand smartphone accessories. The accused, Aiman, 26, owner of the company, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Judge Iris Awen Jon. According to the charge, the company was accused of
KUCHING: A permanent panel of the Court of Appeal needs to be established in Sabah and Sarawak. A solicitor of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Kee Heng hoped the government could establish a permanent panel for the East Malaysian states in the near future. “Until today, the
KUCHING: The opening of Sarawak’s first law bookstore in the Kuching Court Complex makes it easier for legal practitioners to obtain law books and other law related items. Chief Judge of Sarawak and Sabah Tan Seri Abdul Rahman Sebli was present to officiate the opening of the new branch of
KUCHING: Jeremy, a 25-year-old local man, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today (Mar 8) for attempting to steal funds from a mosque. The sentence was handed down after Jeremy pleaded guilty to the charge presented before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. He was charged under
KUCHING: The Federal Court has amended a life imprisonment sentence to 33 years in jail for a local man guilty of murdering an elderly woman 21 years ago. A three-judge panel led by Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli, and Datuk Mary Tan Thiam Suan
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here has placed a 24-year-old man on a six-month peace bond for impersonating a medical assistant at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Richard Layau Jolin from Serian, committed the act to fulfil his family’s aspirations of seeing their son become a medical assistant, despite him failing to
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to 11 months in prison for possessing two stolen motorcycles last week. Jalil, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, to two charges read out by an interpreter. On the first count, Jalil and his accomplice, who remains
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to six months in prison for abusing drugs in January this year. Rahul, 25, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 15
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Mar 1) imposed a fine of RM2,500 or four months’ imprisonment on a man for disposing of stolen property, namely, three bonsai trees, by selling them to someone else. Michael, 45, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 414 of the Penal Code read