KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for escaping from police custody at the Tapah police station on June 12. Kelvin, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 224 of the Penal Code read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali here Tuesday. According to the
KUCHING: Three close friends were sentenced to jail and fined by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing women’s underwear from a clothing store at Tabuan Jaya here recently. The accused individuals, Zaridah (37), Edthma (33), and Fransiska (28), all pleaded guilty to the charges presented before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According
KUCHING: An unemployed man who could not take a restaurant owner talking big vented his anger by riding his motorcycle into a dinner table there, causing injuries to the owner. But unfortunately for Hirman Marty, 40, the law did not see any justification for his action and sentenced him to
KUCHING: A police corporal has been released and cleared of charges by the High Court here today for trafficking 2,296 kilograms of methamphetamine and possessing traces of ketamine two years ago. In the ruling, Judge Dr. Alwi Abdul Wahab stated that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence against 42-year-old
KUCHING: Two Indonesian women were each sentenced to four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today, for engaging in prostitution by offering sex services at a budget hotel in Jalan Rock, last Sunday. Nurhasanah, 31, and Juwita, 21, each pleaded guilty to one charge which was read separately
KUCHING: A homosexual man was fined RM2,500 in default of five months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court for recording an 18-second video of a man defecating in a public toilet at a shopping centre. The accused Raychai, 29, a restaurant worker, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 509
KUCHING: A teenage Indonesian was fined RM10,000 in default of one week’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for involvement in operating an online gambling machine using a smartphone in a hut in Kampung Rampangi. The 16-year-old male accused pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 4B(a) of the
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to one day in prison and fined RM500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to stealing a flashlight worth RM34.25 from a leading supermarket at Jalan Penrissen. The accused, Alan, 28, from Sibu, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 380
KUCHING: An Indonesian woman was fined RM10,000 and sentenced to three months in jail for entering Malaysia without a valid travel permit and being involved in operating gambling machines in a café last month. Felecia Santiani, 23, from Singkawang pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan yesterday to a
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here released and acquitted a 50-year-old man of five counts of sexually abusing his three stepchildren. According to the three charges, he was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act (SOACA) 2017, which is punishable under Section 14 of the same Act
