Saturday, 19 July 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Fined RM10k for online gambling

KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM10,000 or two months’ jail in default by the Magistrate’s Court here today. This was after she pleaded guilty of engaging in online top-up gambling activities. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted the sentence on the accused Catherine, 28, from Debak, after her guilty plea to

Youth fined RM1,500 for mischief

KUCHING: A local youth was today fined RM1,500 or jailed one month in default by the Magistrate’s Court here. This was after he pleaded guilty splattering the fence of a 34-year-old man’s house using grey-white paint. The accused Eirzan, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out by

Man freed of seven charges

KUCHING: A man walked out a free man after he was discharged and acquitted of all charges by the Magistrate’s Court here today (Aug 2) for allegedly causing RM64,800 in damages to several properties belonging to his ex-wife. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ruled that the prosecution had failed

Foreigner fined RM10k for online gambling

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a foreign man to a fine of RM 10,000 or four months’ jail in default for engaging in online gambling activities. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Saepul, 29, from West Java, Indonesia after he pleaded guilty to a charge that was

Mention of murder case on Sept 9

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today set the mention of the murder case of four-year-old Eric Chang Wei Jie to next Sept 9. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi set the date for the two accused Wendy, 37, and Ling, 51, pending the chemist’s report. The court ordered the two accused be further

Man fined RM900 for theft

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a 22-year-old local man to a fine of RM900 or two weeks’ imprisonment for stealing electrical cables of various sizes belonging to his peers. Shamser Pauzi, the accused, pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali.

Foreigner fined RM4,500 for keeping drugs

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Jul 27) sentenced a Japanese national to a fine of RM4,500 or 10 months’ jail in default, for possession of 2.63 grams of Methamphetamine. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Tomu, 38, after an amended charge was read in front of him.

Six months in prison for theft

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 26) for stealing six gas cylinders in a break-in at an eatery at 6th Mile, Jalan Penrissen, on July 6. Lee Kok Hui, 34, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He and

Two brothers and friend to hang for murder

KUCHING: Three men, two of them brothers, were sentenced to death by the High Court here on Monday for murdering an Indonesian man in Kota Samarahan three years ago. Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew sentenced Keithson Imang Tuba, 21, Raymondson Ding Tuba, 26, and their friend Mccallister Raedy, 21, after finding

Handbag theft lands man in prison

KUCHING: A man was jailed three months on Monday for stealing a handbag at a petrol station near Jalan Song, here. Amil Yet, 39, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. The court ordered him to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest on July 18.