Author: Lydia Aman

Security guard gets six months for copper wire theft

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Jan 11) sentenced Mohad Rizal Juman, a 30-year-old security guard from Tawau, Sabah, to six months in prison. The charges stemmed from his theft of copper wire belonging to a luxury car distributor company in early January. Rizal pleaded guilty to the charges under Section

Courier fined for falsifying police report

KUCHING: Due to using company funds of RM1,200 for personal use, a courier willingly filed a false police report, claiming to have been robbed by two men in an incident at Jalan Demak last November. However, the act backfired when Syafiq, 21, was fined RM700 or one month in jail

Teen pleads guilty to raping 12-year-old girlfriend

KUCHING: In the Sessions Court on Wednesday (Jan 10), a 19-year-old teen pleaded guilty to raping his 12-year-old girlfriend in December of last year. The accused admitted guilt as soon as the charge under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code was read before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. The charges state

Man fined RM3,500 for stealing iron fence

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 9) imposed a fine of RM3,500 or a five-month jail term on a 25-year-old man for the theft of an iron fence belonging to a restaurant owner in Kampung Bako on Jan 4. Noramzee pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 379 of

Habitual flasher gets jail term and caning

KUCHING: A habitual offender who made off with a university student’s bag after flashing at her will pay for his crime, this time in prison. The 20-year-old vegetable farmer was handed a 24-month jail term and two strokes of the cane for robbing the 23-year-old woman. Sessions Court Judge Iris

Duo fined for causing damage after binge drinking

KUCHING: Two former security guards of a food and services supply company were each fined RM2,000 or spend three months in prison for damaging company property after consuming alcohol on its premises. Hafiz, 28, and Rostenlin, 24, pleaded guilty to the charges  before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. They

Indonesian man fined for house break-in

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was fined RM1,500 or two months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today for breaking into a house at Taman Hui Sing here. Tobi Rofiul Muiz, 25, from Karawang, Indonesia, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 447 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura

Man fined RM3,500 for stealing, selling wife’s gold necklace

KUCHING: A husband’s action of stealing and selling his wife’s gold necklace resulted in him being sentenced to a fine of RM3,500 in default of five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Mohd Rozly Abdul Latip, 41, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 414 of the

Student assaults cousin over dad’s neglect

KUCHING: A 20-year-old diploma student at a skills institution appeared in the Magistrates’ Court today (Jan 5) charged with assaulting his 18-year-old male cousin on Dec 31. The student claimed that his cousin had neglected their father, who had been left unattended in the hospital for a month due to

Johor man fined RM3,000 for meth possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a Johorean RM3,000 in default three months in prison for possessing 0.10g of methamphetamine when he was arrested at a rugby field in September last year. Azman Husaini, 39, from Senai, Johor pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section