Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Woman gets good behaviour bond for unlawful possession of money

KUCHING: A woman from Penang was sentenced to a one-year good behaviour bond by the Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Jan 30) for illegally having RM200 in her account two years ago. Lee Xiang Chen, 32, pleaded guilty after two charges under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance

Teen with Nospan pills fined

KUCHING: The Sessions Court on Monday (Jan 30) sentenced a teenager to a RM1,000 fine, in default one month’s imprisonment, for having 8.83g of Nospan in September of last year. The 18-year-old from Kampung Buntal pleaded guilty as soon as a charge under Section 9(1) of the Poisons Act 1952

Teen fined RM200 for illegal cockfighting

KUCHING: A teenager pleaded guilty for his involvement in illegal cockfighting in Batu Kawa in December last year and was fined RM200 in default seven days’ jail. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 19-year-old accused after hearing a report from the Social Welfare Department (JKM) today (Jan 27).

Two Chinese nationals fined RM10,000 each for bribing immigration officer

KUCHING: Two Chinese nationals were each fined RM10,000 in default five months’ jail for giving a RM200 bribe to an immigration officer RM100 to skip inspection of their passports as their Professional Visit Passes (Professional Work Permits) were about to expire. Pu Chaozheng, 36, and Xia Bobin, 35, pleaded guilty

Mechanic gets six months for having, disposing stolen motorcycle

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today sentenced a mechanic to six months in prison for possessing and getting rid of a motorcycle that was stolen by selling its parts. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar meted out the sentence against Alwin, 36, of Kampung Semeba after he pleaded guilty to two charges under Sections

Jailed four months for threatening to kill a cop

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today sentenced an unemployed man to four months in jail for threatening to kill a police officer in December last year. The accused Syaifuddin, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge that was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar He was charged with making death

Security guard fined for possession, drug abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court fined a security guard RM5,400 for having 0.04g of methamphetamine and drug abuse. Before Magistrate Siti Farah Ibrahim, Norasyriq, 35, entered a plea of guilty to two charges read to him by an interpreter today (Jan 26). He was charged with possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine under

Court fines two men for injuring, threatening another

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM1,300 in default of two months in jail for deliberately headbutting a shop assistant at a prominent shopping mall on Jan 13. Magistrate Siti Farah Ibrahim meted out the sentence against the accused Ozzy, 30, from Kampung Sikuduk after pleading guilty

Junkie fined RM1,500

KUCHING: A local man was fined RM1,500 in default of two months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here, for being involved in the abuse of methamphetamine and amphetamine drugs 12 years ago. The accused, Muhd Aminur Syafiq Julaihi, 29, from Kampung Bintangor pleaded guilty to a charge read before

Foreigner jailed one month for trespassing

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to one month in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here, for trespassing into a government building on Jan 10. The accused, Lim Khiong Meu, 49, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 447 of the Penal