Saturday, 3 January 2026

Author: Lydia Aman

Drug offences land teen at Henry Gurney School

KUCHING: A teenager was ordered to Henry Gurney School for three years by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday after he pleaded guilty to being involved in drug abuse activities in February. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar made the ruling on the 15-year-old offender after hearing a moral report from the Social Welfare

Three men get prison time for robbing convenience store

KUCHING: Three men were each sentenced to three years in prison by the Sessions Court here for robbing a 24-hour convenience store of RM3,273 in cash, in February last year. Mohd Amirul Husini (29), Kamal Abak (30) and Reynolds Cassey Julong Patrick (23), each pleaded guilty to one charge read

Labourer gets seven months for breaking into house, theft

KUCHING: A labourer was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here on today (May 11) for breaking into a house and stealing a pair of sports shoes. Senior Assistant Court Registrar sitting as First Class Magistrate, Sandy Yvette Freddy sentenced Mohd Azlan Liza, 34, from Kampung

Teenage drug trafficker sent to correction centre

KUCHING: The High Court here yesterday ordered a teenage boy be sent to the Henry Gurney School, Puncak Borneo after he was found guilty of distributing methamphetamine drug weighing 76.57g in an oil palm plantation at Kampung Bitokan, two years ago. The 19-year-old had pleaded guilty before Judicial Commissioner Alexander

Fined RM8,000 for illegal gold mining

KUCHING: A father of two was fined RM8,000, in default eight months jail, by the Sessions Court here yesterday, for entering the Dered Krian National Park in Bau and taking geological materials in the form gold ores, in April 2021. Kuan Boon Lung, 23, pleaded guilty to two charges before

Man fined RM8,000 for stealing raw gold from national park

KUCHING: A 23-year-old man, Kuan Boon Lung, was fined RM8,000 by the Sessions Court here for trespassing into Dered Krian National Park in Bau and removing geological rocks in the form of raw gold two years ago. Kuan pleaded guilty to two charges under the National Parks and Nature Reserves

Siblings fined RM1,500 for property damage

KUCHING: Two siblings were each fined RM1,500 in default spend two months in jail for damaging flower pots, the windows of a house and scratching a car belonging to a 30-year-old man. Noor Ishimah Mohamad Zulkifli, 29, and Muhd Isamuddin Mohamad Zulkifli, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to

Jobless man gets six months for threatening his father

KUCHING: A 31-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for threatening his father. Saiful pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, on Monday (May 8). The accused committed

Man gets eight months in prison for housebreaking, theft

KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here for breaking into a house and stealing four bags. Azlan pleaded guilty on Monday (May 8) to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code, which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate

Man fined RM2k for mischief

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court on Monday (May 8) fined an unemployed man RM2,000, in default five months’ imprisonment, for committing mischief. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaition Anuar. Under Section 427 of the Penal Code, the accused could be imprisoned for up