Author: Lydia Aman

Babysitter, husband charged with murder

KUCHING: The babysitter of Eric Chang Wei Jie who was reported missing on March 7, and her husband were charged with killing the four-year-old in the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday. However, no plea was recorded from the two accused – Wendy Chai Xue Zhen, 37 and Ling Kok Liang, 51,

Death sentence stays, Bill Kayong’s murderer fails appeal

KUCHING: The Federal Court here today maintained the death sentence on a local man for murdering a PKR Miri secretary Bill Kayong on June 2016. The judges, Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli rejected the appeal made by the accused Mohamad Fitri Pauzi,

Man fined RM4,200 for syabu possession

KUCHING: A man was fined RM4,200, in default nine months’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing methamphetamine weighing 1.71g. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Evan Jay Tyon after he pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter. According to

Habitual offenders jailed five years

KUCHING: Two local men with previous convictions were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court here today for taking and having drugs. Clynton Bell Beledis, 27, and Ng Kia Lung, 34, pleaded guilty before judges Maris Agan and Jason Juga. Clynton was

Accused ordered to enter defence

KUCHING: An unemployed man was asked to defend himself by the Magistrate’s Court here today on two charges of having in his possession the Methamphetamine and Ketamine drugs. Judge Azhahari Kamal Ramli made the court order after finding the prosecution had succeeded in proving a prima facie case against him. The

Jail, fine and whipping for swindling

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to one year and four months imprisonment, one whipping and fined RM4,000 for swindling a licensed moneylender by forging his documents while borrowing a sum of RM7,150. Amathurizzkhand Amran, 25, pleaded guilty to the three charges read separately before Magistrates Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan

Not guilty plea for fraud

KUCHING: A logistic company manager pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here today on two charges of fraud amounting to RM 1 million for the purchase of a luxury car. The 42-year old accused was allegedly asking the 58-year old complainant to deposit RM100,000 to a car dealer company

Family pleads not guilty to cheating charge

KUCHING: Three members of a family pleaded not guilty at the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (March 8) to the charge of cheating 14 people of RM1.5mil. The accused, aged between 27 and 53, made the plea after 40 charges were read individually to them by an interpreter in court.

Two foreign women fined for vice

KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM3,300, in default four months’ jail, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (March 8) for prostitution. The accused, Nguyen Thi Van, 33, pleaded guilty to the charge read to her by an interpreter before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. Nguyen was accused

Civil servant claims trial to incest

KUCHING: A civil servant facing a charge of committing incest with his daughter claimed trial in the Sessions Court here today. The accused, who worked as a security guard, was accused of raping his 19-year-old daughter at a government flat in Jalan Batu Kawa, in March last year. He pleaded