KUCHING: A man escaped the gallows after the Federal Court on Tuesday (Nov 18) substituted his death sentence with 35 years’ imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane for shooting dead his elder brother nine years ago. A three-member panel led by Justice Datuk Azizah Nawawi unanimously set aside the
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for sexually abusing a teenage girl, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of a baby boy two years ago. The 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to one charge
KUCHING: A woman was jailed for three months by the Magistrates’ Court here for stealing a laptop from a vehicle sales and distribution company. Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan meted out the sentence on Asmida Pauzi, 33, after she pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code
KUCHING: A 26-year-old man was ordered by the Magistrates’ Court to enter into a six-month good behaviour bond with RM500 bail (without deposit) for damaging a woman’s Toyota Vios in Kampung Senari, Bako, last October. The men, identified as Selamat, pleaded for leniency after a charge under Section 67 of
KUCHING: A security guard was sentenced to 11 months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for assaulting his colleague with a wooden baton at a hospital here last Monday (November 10). Nur Fikri Hakimi, 29, from Oya, Sibu, pleaded guilty when the charge was read before Senior Assistant Registrar,
KUCHING: Four men were charged in the Sessions Court here today for alleged unlawful assembly and rioting with kwan tao (long sharp Chinese weapon), which left two men seriously injured during an incident at a bistro on Nov 1. The men, aged between 18 and 29, pleaded not guilty to
KUCHING: A man was fined RM350 by the Magistrates’ Court here today after pleading guilty to smoking in a prohibited area at Kuching International Airport (KIA) last April. He was charged under Section 16(2) of the Public Health (Control of Smoking Products) Act 2024, read together with Section 16(3) of
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to 14 months in prison, in default fined RM5,000, by the Magistrates’ Court here today for injuring his uncle while under the influence of alcohol. Steven Linnya, 36, from Padawan, pleaded guilty to two charges read before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali. He was first charged
KUCHING: A factory security guard was sentenced to five years in prison and one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court here for possessing sharp weapons in a public place without valid permission. Ahmad Noor, 34, from Lundu, pleaded guilty before Judge Noorhisham Mohd Jaafar to possessing a knife
KUCHING: A local man was fined RM350, in default one week’s jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing a flower pot from a restaurant and selling it for RM30 last week. Ahmad Martino Mansor, 53, pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 379 of the Penal Code before