Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Two cousins get two months’ jail, fined RM1,500

KUCHING: Two male cousins ​​were each sentenced to two months in prison and fined RM1,500 by the Magistrate’s Court today for stealing items belonging to the mother of one of the accused. Elvin Thomas Nuing, 23, and Janykhal Ujang, 30, pleaded guilty to two charges which were read separately in

Man jailed seven months for possessing meth

KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today for possessing 0.08 grammes of methamphetamine. Wee Chuan Hock, 58, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According to the charge, he was accused of possessing the

Man gets fined for damaging kitchen wall

KUCHING: A 30-year-old intoxicated man who went berserk and caused damages in his mother’s house was fined RM500 here Wednesday. Abdul Manaf Hamden pleaded guilty before Assistant Court Registrar Zubaidah Sharkawi, who sat as a magistrate, to damaging the kitchen wall of the house in December last year. Zubaidah ordered

Two locals get 6 months’ jail for substance abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced two local men to six months each in jail for being involved in substance abuse in January this year. The first accused Iruan Fadizlah Man, 46, pleaded guilty before Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy to one count under Section 15(1)(a) of the

Two Immigration officers remanded to assist in bribery probe

MIRI: The Magistrate’s Court here remanded two Immigration officers for three days to assist with the investigation of a bribery case involving RM5,000. Magistrate Nazira Razi issued the order with effect from today (Feb 22) after allowing the remand application made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). According to MACC

Woman fined RM6,300 for illegal money possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a woman from Skudai, Johor to a fine of RM6,300 for illegally possessing RM13,700 after ‘lending’ her bank account for online scam activities two years ago. The accused Wong Xiang Yi, 24, pleaded guilty to four charges framed under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak

Foreigners jailed 6 months for having stolen bikes

KUCHING: Two Indonesian men were each sentenced to six months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here, for possessing two stolen motorcycles in a palm oil plantation in Lundu, last December. The accused Daniel, 31, and Amirudin, 27, both from West Kalimantan, Indonesia, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to

Three months’ jail for drug possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 25-year-old man to three months’ jail for possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine in early last month. The accused Fateeq , from Matang Jaya pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. According to

Man, 32, fined RM1,500 for mischief

KUCHING: A 32-year old man was sentenced to a RM1,500 fine or one month’s imprisonment in default by the Magistrate Court yesterday for damaging household property because his parents refused to give him money. Judge Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced Nelson, 32, after he pleaded guilty before the judge to a charge

Outlet manager fined RM2k for operating illegally

KUCHING: A manager of an entertainment centre was fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate Court yesterday for operating without a valid licence. Judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Itshikawa, 28, from Sri Aman after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 5(1) of the Entertainment Ordinance 2000 and punishable