KUCHING: A local man was fined RM1,000, in default three weeks in jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday (Dec 29) for purchasing illegal lottery tickets last month. Frederick John Kennedy, 29, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which was read
KUCHING: Two men connected to the widely publicised murder of a 51-year-old hotel worker in Batu Kawa here in October have been sentenced to nine months for their involvement in drug abuse activities. Ashley, 25, and Hartley, 33, each pleaded guilty to a charge read separately before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah
KUCHING: A civil servant was fined RM1,800 in default two months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court for causing hurt to his sister-in-law. Sharir, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was charged under Section 323
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for the possession of 0.07 grammes of Methamphetamine last October. Bani, 35, pleaded guilty to a charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charge, he
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to one year in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (Dec 22) for the theft of components from heavy machinery owned by a transportation company last Monday. Ahmad Farhan Amat Yusup, 25, pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 379A of the Penal
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to seven months in jail for possessing 0.16g of methamphetamine. Mohamad Nasrullah Mohamad Ardzuna, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3)
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM2,500 in default six months in prison for abusing three different types of drugs last month. Mohd Shukri Bolhi, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,
KUCHING: The manager of an entertainment centre was fined RM2,500 in default of one month in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for operating without a valid entertainment license from the local authorities. Alexster, 21, from Belawai, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 5(1) of the Entertainment Ordinance
KUCHING: A man took the audacious step of causing harm to his romantic partner, who happened to be a married woman, citing the challenge of sustaining their relationship due to his lover’s unresolved divorce from her husband. However, the act resulted in dire consequences when Stephen, 34, a contract worker,
KUCHING: The Sessions Court imposed a fine of RM54,000 on a man for transporting five illegal foreigners in a van and the unlawful possession of an Indonesian man’s passport two years ago. Hii, 44, pleaded guilty to the two charges before Judge Iris Awen Jon at the end of the