KUCHING: A man was fined RM1,500, in default one month in prison, on Monday (Feb 26) after pleading guilty to illegally possessing RM50,000 in his personal account two years ago.The charge, framed under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offenses Ordinance 1958, carries a penalty of up to three months
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here handed a poultry farmer six years’ imprisonment and six strokes of the cane for having a pistol without a licence. Chia Lee Seng, 32, from Siburan, pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman on today. He was charged under Section 8 of
KUCHING: An Indonesian boat skipper was fined RM1 million in default six months’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here today (Feb 23) for encroaching into the country’s waters on Feb 8. Mulyadi@Bujang, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge read before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi. He and a crew member of
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined two men RM1,400 each in default of five months’ jail for stealing 25 two-foot-long iron rods and four iron plates belonging to a construction company. Fredy, 37, and Christy, 22, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 379
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local woman RM900 in default one month in jail for causing hurt to a 24-year-old woman last week. Fiffy, 23, took it out on her believing the victim was having an affair with her husband. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan meted out the
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a coffin shop assistant to five years in prison and two lashes of the cane for causing grievous hurt to a 23-year-old man last year. Delly, 20, pleaded guilty before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi to a charge framed under Section 326 of the Penal
KUCHING: Two friends were charged in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Feb 21) with attempting to murder a 36-year-old man at a café in Matang last August. Mohd Khaizorie Wasli, 29, and Suhaimi Jamani, 28, pleaded not guilty to the charge under Section 307 of the Penal Code read together
KUCHING: The Magistrate Court fined a local man RM1,500, in default two months in prison, for evading the police during an integrated crime prevention operation at Jalan Belian on Feb 12. Shafik, 21, from Kampung Semerah Padi Baru, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court sentenced a local man to three months in prison and fined him RM1,000 for stealing a smartphone earlier this month. Irrizary, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code. He stole an Honor smartphone belonging to a
KUCHING: The Magistrate Court here fined a fisherman RM4,500, in default 10 months in prison, for drug abuse and splashing red paint on the fence of a house owned by a 37-year-old man. Mohammad Sofian Jais, 37, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to two charges, read out