KUCHING: A local man was fined RM2,000 in default of one month in jail after pleading guilty to operating an entertainment centre beyond the allotted time. The accused Easpheren Vellapanaikar, 29, who is the manager of the premises, made his plea to a charge read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced two men to 12 months in jail each after they pleaded guilty to trespassing into a house and stole a laptop and a tablet. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar meted out the sentence against the accused Jekely Silon, 28, and Jarus Russia, 28, after they made
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced with RM3,000 fine or six months in jail in default by the Magistrate’s Court here today for damaging his friend’s iPhone by smashing it onto the road and putting it in hot boiling water. Accused Krishnan Joseph Russell Johnson, 32, pleaded guilty to the
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to five months in prison and one stroke of the whip by the Sessions Court here for entering the country without any valid travel documents. Accused Oktavianus, 23, from Singkawang, Indonesia pleaded guilty after a charge was read by an interpreter before Judge Mohd
KUCHING: A lorry driver was sentenced to a fine of RM4,000 in default three months’ jail for threatening to kill his wife, who allegedly opened his bag, by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday. The accused Junaidi Joni, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code
KUCHING: Police have released Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan along with four other party members who were arrested in connection with three videos that went viral on social media in relation to a protest convoy around Kuching on Wednesday. The five of them are Phang Aik Hua,
KUCHING: An Indonesian woman was sentenced to jail in two separate courts yesterday, after pleading guilty on an account of entering Malaysia without any legal document and involved in online gambling activities. Sessions Court Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman sentenced Nur Hasan, 22, to four months in prison and one stroke
KUCHING: A jobless woman was fined RM6,000 in default of eight months by the Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 22) for two counts of drug abuse and possession in July this year. The accused Sofina Sar Gandang, 30, pleaded guilty to two charges read out by an interpreter in front of
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 22) sentenced a 29-year-old man to 10 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing 0.15g of methamphetamine in September this year. Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy meted out the sentence to the accused Hariss Husaini after pleading guilty to two
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a man to 15 months in prison for wounding his younger brother by slicing the victim with a rusted machete. Accused Doflin, 27, pleaded guilty to one offence under Section 324 of the Penal Code, which was read in conjunction with Section 326A
