KUCHING: A satay seller was on Tuesday charged with murdering an Indonesian man in Padawan last month. No plea was recorded from the 35-year-old after the charge was read out before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali. He is facing a charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with
KUCHING: The owner of an open-air eatery appeared in the Magistrate’s Court here today (Dec 9), facing a charge of deliberately destroying CCTV footage linked to the murder of an Indonesian man who was found at Jalan Lumba Kuda, Padawan on November 23. The 60-year-old accused pleaded not guilty to
MIRI: A multinational company has been fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court here for operating a storage facility without a valid fire certificate. The branch manager, representing the company, pleaded guilty to the charge in front of Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. According to the charge, the company’s premises, located in
KUCHING: Two men were each fined RM3,000 by the Magistrates’ Court here for smoking inside an eatery, a designated no-smoking area under national health regulations. In a statement, the State Health Department (JKNS) said the first accused pleaded guilty to an offence under Section 16(2) of the Public Health Smoking
KUCHING: A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Dec 8) for involvement in methamphetamine abuse. Krister Patrick Tini pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234) before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan. He was
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court today for entering Sarawak without valid travel documents. Jivrilus Jivo, 23, from Kabupaten Landak, West Kalimantan, pleaded guilty to a charge framed under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63,
KUCHING: A 23-year-old woman was fined RM1,000 or one month in jail by the Magistrates’ Court today for openly engaging in online gambling at a café in Demak Laut. Christina Sentunitas, a lottery operator, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali to a charge framed under Section 7(2) of the
SAMARAHAN: A 52-year-old male teacher was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here after being convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old female student. Judge Shafiza Datu Abdul Razak handed down the sentence after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt at
SRI AMAN: An Indonesian man was fined RM10,000 or nine months’ jail by the Sessions Court here for attempting to smuggle four subsidised gas cylinders out of Sarawak last September. Dedi Ahkiong pleaded guilty when the charge was read before Judge Intan Nurul Farena Zainal Abidin. According to the charge
KUCHING: The High Court here upheld the seven-year jail term and three strokes of the cane imposed on two men for seriously injuring their acquaintance in Bau two years ago. Judge Zaleha Mohd Yusuf Pan dismissed the appeal by Kuan Boon Lung, 25, and Larrie Liew Yu Nan, 28, after