KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to three years in prison by the High Court here today after being found guilty of smuggling an Indonesian migrant into the country through the fenced area of the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Biawak, Lundu, three years ago. Judge Dr
KUCHING: A woman was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Feb 15) for keeping stolen property. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced Delaila, 27, after she pleaded guilty to the charge. She was charged under Section 411 of the Penal Code for possessing the stolen
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined seven men RM700 or two weeks’ imprisonment each for being involved in illegal gambling. All the accused, aged between 57 to 73, pleaded guilty to the offence before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. They were jointly charged under Section 7(1) of the Common Gaming Houses
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here for armed robbery. Izzuddin, 22, pleaded guilty before Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd @ Mohd Yusoff on Tuesday (Feb 14). Izzuddin was the second accused out of three others who
KUCHING: Two men were fined RM2,800, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court on Monday (Feb 13) for drugs. Zien Kekek, 31, and Mohammad Ashref Salleh, 45, pleaded guilty before Judge Zubaidah Sharkawi. Based on the fact sheet, Zien was found to have taken amphetamine and methamphetamine at
KUCHING: A man pleaded guilty to two drug-related charges at the Magistrates’ Court here. Shamsul Sulaiman, 27, was charged under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3) of the same Act, for possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine. He committed the crime in a house at Kampung
KUCHING: A 27-year old local man was fined RM2,000 and given three days’ jail by the Magistrate Court here today for stealing a helmet. The accused, Nazruddin pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. Upon conviction the accused is liable to be sentenced to serve a prison
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a man to two years’ imprisonment for injuring his mother with a mop and threatening her with a butcher knife. Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Friday (Feb 10) to Khirul, 28, from Kampung Telaga Air who pleaded guilty on two counts.
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday acquitted a police officer charged with distributing 5.6kg of marijuana. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered that the accused, Aizat, 30, be discharged and acquitted after the prosecution withdrew the case. The court was told that the chemical report presented did not contain
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday (Feb 8) sentenced two scrap metal dealers to eight months in prison each for stealing and selling three transformers belonging to an electrical engineering company. Sia, 35, and Lawrance, 26, pleaded guilty to two charges before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. According to the first charge,
