KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced two men each to six months in prison for possessing a stolen motorcycle belonging to a 54-year-old woman. Zaini Meliki, 39, and Amirul, 29, pleaded guilty to the charges framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court has directed two men to maintain peace for six months following a dispute arising from the relocation of boxes belonging to a homeless individual. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan imposed the order on Tan Kuok Chung, 48, and Mohd Nezzary Abdullah, 52, after they pleaded guilty
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to three months in prison for stealing a tablet from a 31-year-old man. Liew Choi Poh, 22, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code. He committed the offense at a building in
KUCHING: A 35-year-old man was fined RM7,000 or sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here for storing 2,001 litres of subsidised diesel fuel in an unauthorised location. Judge Iris Awen Jon sentenced Wong Tak Leong, 35, after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Subsection 20(1) of
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
