Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Baseball hit leaves man with RM5k fine

KUCHING: A mechanic, 51, was fined RM5,000 by the Magistrates’ Court in default of five months’ jail for injuring a man with a baseball bat during a road rage incident on February 25. Magistrate Sandy Yvette Freddy sentenced the accused known as Chang Sze Ping, on his own guilty plea

High Court awaits forensic report on murder case of boy

KUCHING: The High Court set the date for the re-mention of the murder case of the four-year-old boy Eric Chang Wei Jie on April 6 pending the results of a forensic report. Wendy Chai Xue Zhen, 36, and Ling Kok Liang, 51, the couple who took care of the boy

Park trespasser fined RM10,000

KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM10,000 in default six months’ jail by the Sessions Court yesterday for entering the Dered Krian National Park, Bau and taking geological rocks in the form of raw gold two years ago. Cornelius Lukau, 30, pleaded guilty to two charges read by an interpreter

Man fined RM1,500 for prank

KUCHING: A self-employed man, who pulled a prank by impersonating a police officer while delivering a cake at Tapah police station in Padawan, was fined RM1,500 in default one month in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday The accused Wagner Sabut, 36, from Kampung Simuti in Padawan, pleaded guilty

Threat to kill mum, rape sister: Youth jailed

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to five months in prison for making death threats against his mother and threatening to rape his younger sister after his request for money was turned down. Ramlissari Malim, 24, from Kampung Tabuan Hilir pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506 of the

Illegal gets five months’ jail, caning

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to five months in prison and one stroke of caning by the Sessions Court here for entering Malaysia without a valid travel permit. Accused Aswandi, 26, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman

Gas cylinder thief jailed six months

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to six months in jail for stealing a gas cylinder from a bungalow in Taman Budaya. The accused Osman, 35, from Kampung Rampangi, pleaded guilty to a charge before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According to the charges, he committed a theft of

Salesman gets RM500 fine for illegally having RM9,500

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a salesman RM500 in default 10 days’ jail for illegally having RM9,500 in his bank account after renting his ATM card out to another man. Mohd Ikhmal Arshad, 27, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak

Man fined RM1k for making threats to road user

KUCHING: A man was sentenced to a fine of RM1,000 fine or a month in prison by Magistrate’s Court, here yesterday for making threats towards a road user in an incident where the victim refused to give way to him last January. The accused, Eric Ngelambai, 44, from Kampung Gayau

Teenager fined for owning RM4,290 illegally in bank account

KUCHING: A teenager from Johor Bahru was fined RM1,500 by Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for illegally owning RM4,290 in his personal bank account after pledging his account number as a security for a part time job to an unknown man. The accused, aged 19, pleaded guilty on all three charges