Friday, 9 January 2026

Author: Lydia Aman

Indonesian fined for online gambling

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to a fine of RM10,000 or three months’ imprisonment from the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 11) for operating an online gambling machine using a mobile phone in a shop in Padungan. Deldianto, a 24-year-old from Selakau, pleaded guilty after the charge was read

Company directors fined for possessing money illegally

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday (July 10) fined two company directors RM500 or two weeks jail each for possessing RM190,000 illegally in their personal accounts. Both Paul Chieng, 36, and Jillkarsten Then, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge which was read separately before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali.

Friends fined or jailed for stolen wires

KUCHING: Two friends were sentence to a fine of RM500 or three weeks in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 10) for failing to provide a reasonable explanation for having a bag of electrical wires on Jalan Pasir Pandak last Wednesday. Saufi Berahim, 48, and Mohd Shahrin, 33,

Man fined RM4,300 for having drugs

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today fined a man RM4,300 fine for possessing 0.29 grammes of methamphetamine. Kamarulzzaman Ismail, 31, pleaded guilty to the charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He was charged under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 having in possession a prohibited

Man gets five months jail, RM16k fine for possessing turtle eggs

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Sessions Court here today (July 5) sentenced a local man to five months in prison and also fined him RM16,000 for possessing 850 turtle eggs in July last year. Muhammad Faiq Suandi, 29, from Tanjung Bundong, Samarahan, pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge Iris Awen Jon.

Engineer fined RM25k, faces prison term for sending offensive texts

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here has imposed a hefty fine of RM25,000 or a 15-month prison sentence on an engineer who pleaded guilty to sending racially and sexually explicit text messages via Short Messaging Service to a telecommunications company three years ago. Sim Ngee Thiam, 45, admitted to five charges

Blind fury lands jobless youth in prison

KUCHING: A 22-year-old jobless youth who had challenged his father to a fight in one of his frequent rampages will spend the next one year cooling off in prison. Hafarizan Johari admitted to shattering the window glass and damaging the door in frustration when his father did not take the

Mother fined RM20k for abusing 10-year old daughter

KUCHING: A mother was fined RM20,000 or 12 months’ jail by the Sessions Court here, yesterday, after pleading guilty to abusing her daughter. Safina John, 27, pleaded guilty to stabbing her 10-year old daughter with a broken glass and hitting her with a stick until she was seriously injured in

Employee behind bars for stealing cash

KUCHING: A female employee was sentenced to three months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for stealing cash amounting to RM668 which belongs to a beauty and spa centre. The accused Margaret, 24, pleaded guilty to three charges which were read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According

Molester jailed for a year

KUCHING: A lorry driver was sentenced to 12 months ‘ jail by the Magistrate’s Court today (June 30) for molesting another man’s wife in a public toilet during a Gawai event. The accused, Sukre, 47, pleaded guilty to the  charge under Section 354 of the Penal Code which was read