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
KUCHING: An unemployed woman who was accused of trafficking 105.43g of methamphetamine three years ago has been acquitted and released by the High Court here yesterday (June 12). Judge Dr Alwi Abdul Wahab made the ruling because the prosecution failed to prove that Wee Siang Joo, 28, was guilty under
KUCHING: A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to a fine of RM2,000 or four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (June 9) for causing damage to his mother’s property using a machete. Azam pleaded guilty to two charges under Section 427 of the Penal Code, which were read
KUCHING: A man has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for intentionally damaging his father’s car by colliding with a parking pole in front of their house. The incident took place in May when the man became upset after losing a gambling game. Syaifuddin, 38,
KUCHING: A visually impaired drug addict has been fined RM3,500 or faces eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for assaulting his wife and making threats in the children’s ward of Sarawak General Hospital. Sa’adi, a 46-year-old labourer from Kampung Meranek, Kota Samarahan, pleaded guilty to the charges on
KUCHING: A businessman has been sentenced to two days in jail and fined RM2,000 by the Magistrates’ Court after head-butting and biting his wife during an argument in a car. The charges, under Sections 323 and 326A of the Penal Code, were read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar on Thursday (June
