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
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to seven months in jail for drug abuse that occurred seven years ago. Sim Gee Kai, 33, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (June 13) before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is
KUCHING: An Indonesian man has been fined RM10,000, in default of three months’ jail, for operating an online gambling activity using a smartphone in a shop. Atie, 29, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (June 13) before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming Houses
KUCHING: A young offender was placed on a one-year good behaviour bond after he pleaded guilty to breaking into a house and stealing a smartphone in April. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali handed the sentence after a social report on the 18-year-old was tendered by the Social Welfare Department
