Author: Lydia Aman

Man pleads not guilty to assaulting Good Samaritan

KUCHING: A man pleaded not guilty before the Sessions Court here on Thursday (April 28) on charges of beating a man with a cane during a fatal road accident. Amran Salleh, 42, made the plea after a charge was read out by an interpreter before judge Maris Agan. According to

Jobless man fined for causing damage to property

KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM3,000 by the Magistrates’ Court here on Thursday (April 28) for damaging a hut belonging to a businessman, causing a loss of RM5,000. Rabzi Saini, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge read before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. The accused is looking at six months in

Two friends claim trial to gang robbery

KUCHING: Two friends pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (April 26) on charges of committing gang robbery. Mohd Nazeem Mohd Zailani, 31, and Muhamad Fairud Mezeri, 32, claimed trial after a charge was read out jointly before judge Maris Agan. According to the charges, the accused

Youth gets RM8,400 fine for drug abuse

KUCHING: A youth was fined RM8,400, in default five months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here today on three charges of drug abuse. Steven Ade Donny, 21, from Kampung Sungai Nibong, pleaded guilty to each charge read out by an interpreter in front of magistrate Zaiton Anuar. He was accused

Vietnamese woman pleads guilty to prostitution

KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM2,800, in default three months jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for prostitution. Le Thi Kim Mo, 32, pleaded guilty after the charge was read out by an interpreter in front of magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charge, Le

Fined RM2.5k for damaging car

KUCHING: A man was fined RM2,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here today for damaging a car. Lu Chuan Yuan, 51, pleaded guilty to the charge read to him by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. Lu was charged with causing damage to

People smugglers sent to jail

KUCHING: Four local men aged from 27 to 31 were sent to prison by the High Court after they pleaded guilty to smuggling 17 Indonesian migrants into the country last January. Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew How Wai today sentenced Mohamad Hadi Abdul Karim Boon, 30, and Fery Alam, 31, to

Report on soldier to be heard on April 22

KUCHING: The Sessions Court set April 22 to hear a social report on an army private who pleaded guilty to robbing a woman of RM600 in front of a pharmacy in March. The 20-year-old accused pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman.

Man fined RM3,500 for hurting cop

KUCHING: A 45-year-old man was fined RM3,500 after pleading guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today for injuring a policeman, holding the rank of Lance Corporal, with a cane. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out a sentence of five months’ jail for any failure of the accused to

Fined RM3k for pistol, ammunition possession

KUCHING: A telephone seller was fined RM3,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today (13 April)on two charges of possessing a 9mm pistol and 16 rounds of live ammunition without a valid licence. Accused Chong Chuan Wee, 43, pleaded guilty to two charges read out before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan