KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a man to a fine of RM1,500 or three months in jail for damaging his younger brother’s motorcycle, causing RM800 in losses, due to a dispute over durians. Alek Dawi, 58, from Kampung Pesa, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 427 of the
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here fined a man RM17,000 for posting an offensive statement on Facebook that hurt the feelings of another man. Sarulnizam Sintong Patar Simamora, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Musli Abdul Hamid to a charge framed under Section 233(1)(a)(ii) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which
KUCHING: Six men, aged between 21 and 48, were each fined RM1,500, in default six months in prison, by the Magistrates’ Court for intentionally causing injury to a 33-year-old man. Awang Mohd Khairul Anwar Awang Zackeria, Koh Chon Hin, Samuel Than Jiun Chiat, Roy Artic, Fami Assikin Salleh and Mohamad
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to one year and two months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here, for threatening to kill his mother and damaging her bedroom door, all because of RM80. Mohd Ikhmal, 27, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali to two charges read out by
KUCHING: A representative of a security service company and a director of a business company each claimed trial in the Sessions Court, on charges of submitting false claims to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for incentives under the Penjana 2.0 programme amounting to RM28,500. Desnee Hung Kah Yee, 27, who
KUCHING: Two foreign students from a university in China were each sentenced by the Sessions Court here yesterday to fine of RM9,000, or in default, six months’ imprisonment, for possessing materials with the intent of taking animals or plants, releasing foreign wildlife, and removing wildlife and plants from Bako National
KUCHING: A local man claimed trial in the Sessions Court to exposing his 13-year-old sister to pornographic videos on a phone last Wednesday. The 33-year-old pleaded not guilty before Judge Musli Abdul Hamid to a charge framed under Section 15(e) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act (SOACA) 2017 and
TRANSLATED BY NATASHA JEE KUCHING: An Indonesian teenager was fined RM1,500, in default two months in prison, after pleading guilty to impersonating as a police officer and possessing a police uniform without authorisation. Her actions were motivated by her desire to become a police officer and to have a boyfriend
KUCHING: A local man escaped the gallows after the Federal Court commuted his death sentence to 33 years imprisonment for murdering his 25-year-old girlfriend yesterday (Sept 20). A three-judge panel comprising Justices Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Datuk Rhozariah Bujang and Datuk Nordin Hassan also ordered Salman Kassim, 31,
KUCHING: A mechanic from Sibu has become one of the first appellants to escape the gallows for the murder of his friend. This follows the implementation of the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 which was passed in the Dewan Rakyat in April. Tony Rambor, 45, from Batang Lassa
