Saturday, 3 January 2026

Author: Lydia Aman

Man fined RM2,500 for threatening girlfriend with knife

KUCHING: A man was arrested for pointing a knife at his girlfriend and stealing her smartphone, including RM150 in cash. The action landed James Ting Wei Liong, 21, in trouble as he was fined RM2,500 in default four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Ting, who works

Indonesian youth fined for selling lotteries without licence

KUCHING: A Indonesian teenager was fined RM1,000, in default three weeks’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for selling public lotteries without a licence. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 18-year-old who pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 9(1) of the Open Gambling Act 1953. According

Illegal Indonesian man gets four months’ jail

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months’ jail ordered to be given one stroke of the rotan by the Sessions Court here today for entering the country without a valid travel permit. Accused Mohd Daniel Al Firdho, 26, from Indonesia pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 6(1)(c)

Man gets 10 months for possessing clozapine

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced an unemployed man to 10 months in prison for possessing 16.43g of the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a scheduled poison, in his bedroom in June last year. Abbas, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman to a charge framed under Section 9(3) of the

Unemployed jailed for stealing RM2, phone

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to three months in jail for stealing RM2 and a smartphone belonging to a female shop assistant. Nurfareezan Matjeni, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 380 of the Penal Code. If convicted, he can

Man fined RM3,000 for damaging car’s rear windshield

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court fined a man RM3,000 for throwing a rubbish bin at a car’s rear windshield, damaging it, after he was not allowed to enter his former sister-in-law’s house. Aloysius Elvin Martin, 25, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 427 of the

Woman gets one day in jail, RM800 fine for stealing bras

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 58-year-old woman to one day in jail and a RM800 fine for stealing three pairs of bras from a clothing store in a shopping mall here. Audrey May V Sebastian from Tabuan Jaya, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a

Jobless man fined RM12,000 for substance abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a jobless man RM12,000, in default 12 months’ imprisonment, on four counts of drug abuse. Thian Nam Fatt, 39, from Siburan pleaded guilty before Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy to four charges framed under Section 15(1)(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952,

Charged with illegal possession of firearm and police uniform

KUCHING: A local man pleaded not guilty in front of two separate courts to charges of possessing a pistol without a licence and possessing a police uniform without valid reasons in a car in front of a hotel at King Centre on April 12. The two charges were read separately

Man gets over 2 years jail for drug possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 55-year-old man to two years and four months in jail for possessing 26.19g of syabu in a house at Batu Kawa. Kammaroxy Kachi pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs