SERIAN: A 56-year-old man was sentenced to 15 months in jail and fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for cheating an elderly man of RM2,000 under the pretext of needing the money for his sick father in Indonesia. The accused, Ifong Tingang, from Lachau, Pantu, in Sri Aman,
KUCHING: Two accomplices were each fined RM50,000, or in default 15 months jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing electricity at a commercial centre in Jalan Tondong last August. Mazuan Muhamad Muslim Marius, 25, and a 19-year-old youth pleaded guilty to four charges read before Judge Saiful Bahari
KUCHING: A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today (Nov 5) to two counts of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. The incident came to light after the victim was reported missing by her father. The teenager entered his plea after both charges were read before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa
KUCHING: A 44-year-old man was fined RM6,100, in default of 13 months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrate’s Court here today (Nov 4) for possessing and consuming methamphetamine three years ago. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan meted out the sentence on the accused, identified as Isyhak, after he pleaded guilty to two
KUCHING: Two friends pleaded not guilty in the High Court here today to a charge of murdering their friend following a misunderstanding while drinking alcohol. Tan Poh Cheng, 30, and Alexon Julai Robinson, 25, made the plea after the charge was read before Judge Faridz Gohim Abdullah. Based on the
KUCHING: A police constable has been sentenced to five years and two weeks in jail and one stroke of the cane by two separate courts here today for being absent from duty for five months and possessing a machete without reasonable excuse. The accused, Mohd Hastree, 36, from Kampung Demak
KUCHING: A 36-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for possessing two knives in a public place and attacking a female police officer at the Kuching Waterfront. The accused, Boye Ramly, pleaded guilty before Judge Noorhisham
KUCHING: Four vocational college students were ordered by the Magistrate’s Court here to be bound over for good behaviour for six months for intimidating a fellow student by threatening to harm him. The incident stemmed from allegations that the victim had badmouthed the girlfriend of one of the accused. According
KUCHING: A 53-year-old man was sentenced to 54 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for repeatedly abusing his stepdaughter since she was only eight. The man’s horrific crimes finally caught up with him after years of silence and suffering endured by
KUCHING: A 33-year-old woman was fined RM4,000, in default 10 months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing a fake pistol and firing it during a road rage incident along Jalan Kuching-Serian last Monday. The accused pleaded guilty to two charges before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. For
