KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Oct 9) sentenced a man to five months in prison for threatening to kill his biological mother. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi delivered the sentence to Awang Jazli Awang Jalal, 24, who works as a catering assistant. He pleaded guilty to the charge under Section
KUCHING: A man with a history of four previous criminal records related to theft and drugs has once again been sentenced for possession of equipment believed to be intended for housebreaking. Mohd Saifullah Mohd Safri, 29, was fined RM1,000, in default one month in jail, by the Magistrates’ Court here
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to a fine of RM2,000 in default of six months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing a 1.74-metre cable which belonged to Telekom Malaysia Berhad, last October 2. Muhammad Ryann Hidayat Abdullah, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge that was read out
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to a fine of RM1,500 in default of three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court for treacherously damaging the wall of his wife’s house after he was not given money that he requested. Muhamad Akbi Muhamad Akbar, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge under
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to seven months in prison for possessing a stolen Modenas motorcycle last August. Muhammad Haikal Abdullah, 41, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code. The section carries up
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a factory worker RM3,000 in default nine months’ jail for concealing the birth of her foetus by flushing it down a toilet at her workplace in June. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan meted out the sentence against the 31-year-old woman from Kota Samarahan after
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to four months in prison for stealing a smartphone and RM25 cash from a woman. Johan Bujang, 36, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 380 of the Penal Code. The charge carries a
UCHING: The High Court here has ordered a 40-year old man to be given six strokes of the cane, instead of 10 strokes, for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter in a rented room two years ago. Judge Dr Alwi Abdul Wahab in his decision yesterday (Oct 3), however upheld the 12-year
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to eight months in prison for possessing 0.13g of methamphetamine. Hidayat, 25, from Landeh, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 12(3) of the
KUCHING: The Sessions Court has sentenced four foreign fishermen to 20 months in prison for their involvement in transporting and possessing subsidised and scheduled controlled items, which included 1,644kg of sugar and 10 gas cylinders. Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi imposed the sentence on Deki Saputra, 44, Masfarudin, 55, Aldi, 48,
