Friday, 19 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Woman fined RM30k for operating online gambling

KUCHING: The Magistrates Court here today (Dec 7) fined a 22-year-old woman RM30,000 for operating online gambling machines and selling illegal lotteries. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Olivia Della Jambai from Kampung Rayu, Lundu, after she pleaded guilty to two charges which were read by an interpreter in

Seven months in prison for making threats

KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (Dec 6) for making threats. Maszidi Mohamad, 36, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which was read before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According to the charge, he intentionally made

Two friends jailed five months for robbery, theft

KUCHING: Two friends were sentenced to five months imprisonment each for selling a stolen telephone to a telephone shop last November. Shahrul, 25, and Za’afar, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 414 of the Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same code before Magistrate Syarifah

Man gets four months for trespass

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here, today, for trespassing on the property of an even management company last August. Musa, 48, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 447 of the Penal Code which was read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. He

Youth fined RM5,000 for threatening his father

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today fined an unemployed man RM5,000 for uttering death threats to his biological father. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar also ordered Attirmidzi, 31, to be jailed nine months if he fails to pay the fine. According to the charge sheet, he committed the act at their residence

Burglary attempt foiled, man who stole SGD50 fined RM1,000

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court has sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,000 in default to imprisonment for two weeks for trespassing a house and stealing SGD50 (RM162.41) cash belonging to a 23-year-old man. The accused Alexander Maxwell Buma Amoi, 22, from Kampung Kudei pleaded guilty to a charge

Man who went berserk, runs over house’s dividing fence fined RM3,000

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to a fine of RM3,000 in default to imprisonment for six months for running over and damaging the dividing fence of a house using a compact vehicle while on a rampage in Kampung Semeba on November 27. The accused, Vestson Rindyvon Rikie, 27, pleaded

Local man gets 14 months’ jail for drug possession, abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a 53-year-old man to a total of 14 months in jail for drug possession and drug abuse in 2012 and 2015. Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali meted out the sentence against the accused Ma Chung Chiu after he pleaded guilty to the charges framed under

Woman claims trial to RM37,000 CBT case

KUCHING: A former admin accountant claimed trial before the Sessions Court here to a charge of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM37,097.30. The accused Priscilla Philip, 29, from Lepong Empeliau Undop, Sri Aman made her plea before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman today (Nov 30). She was charged under Section

Duo gets 8 years’ jail, three lashes each for armed robbery

KUCHING: The Sessions’ Court here sentenced two friends to eight years in jail and three lashes of the rotan each for committing armed robbery at an eatery on Nov 23. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman meted out the sentence against the two accused Mohd Ariffin Efendi, 21, and Donavan Elison Impin,