KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was handed a staggering 198 months in prison and 16 lashes of the cane as penalty for 16 counts of scamming people with travel packages to various countries. Mohd Aszlan Mat Muda pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to all of the charges framed
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here acquitted and discharged a primary school headmaster in Padawan of criminal breach of trust involving the Special Needs Pupil Assistance Allowance (EMK). Judge Steve Ritikos made the decision after the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Madahan Busman at the end of
The Magistrates’ Court has handed down a nine-month prison sentence and a fine of RM3,000 to a habitual thief who was found guilty of housebreaking and stealing a sports utility vehicle (SUV) along with various valuable items belonging to a senior citizen. Micheal Entalang Lium from Baram pleaded guilty on
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (Sept 8) for committing a criminal assault against a corporal-ranked police officer last August. Lim Chee Wui, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge read out by the interpreter in front of Magistrate Zubaidah
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today imposed a six-month prison sentence on a local man for threatening to kill his stepbrother earlier this month. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted out the sentence on Mohamad Fadli Taib, 28, from Kampung Lemang Pek after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today sentenced a local man to a fine of RM2,000 or five months in prison for stealing cables in front of a secondary school at Jalan McDougall last August. Nor Ikmal, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 379 of the Penal Code, which
KUCHING: A 38-year-old woman has been fined RM2,000, with a default sentence of one month in jail, by Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi at the Magistrates’ Court here. Intia Empati pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which, if convicted, can result in a
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here has handed down an eight-month prison sentence to a 34-year-old man, for his involvement in a menacing incident where he threatened to kill his father using a meat cleaver. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence after Zamuddi Mospen pleaded guilty to
KUCHING: A man has been fined RM1,500 or faces three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here for damaging his father’s wardrobe mirror.Awang Faridd Shah Awang Zainudin, 41, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan on Tuesday (Sept 5).He was charged under Section 427 of
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM3,300 or three months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today after being found in possession of 0.74 grams of Methamphetamine last June. The accused, Mohd Hafizi Saini, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge read in the presence of Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He
