KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM5,000 in default 12 months imprisonment for possessing child pornography on his phone. Nicholas Sim, 42, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to the charge framed under Section 292 (a) of the Penal Code. He was found in possession
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here ordered a teenage girl to be placed on a one-year good behaviour bond for stealing an Apple tablet from an optical shop earlier this year. Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan meted out the sentence after reviewing a social report from the Welfare Department, in accordance with
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court fined a food import company RM4,000 for selling fresh mandarin oranges containing pesticide levels above the permitted limit. The company’s representative pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to the charge under Regulation 397(1) of the Food Regulations 1985 and punishable under Regulation 397(2) of
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a teenage boy to Henry Gurney School until he turns 21 for raping a teenage girl whom he had met on social media. The 19-year-old pleaded guilty before Judge Musli Abdul Hamid to a charge under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code. The
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a tenant RM3,000 in default one month in prison for operating an unlicensed entertainment outlet at his rented premises in February. Kiang Loong, 51, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 5(1)(b) of the Entertainment Ordinance 2000,
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a farmer to 20 years in prison and 10 strokes of the cane for sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter using his fingers last month. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty before Judge Iris Awen Jon to a charge under Section 377CA of the Penal Code, which
KUCHING: A paddy farmer was charged before the Sessions Court here on one count of sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter last month. The 34-year-old entered a guilty plea before Judge Iris Awen Jon to a charge under Section 377CA of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a repeat drug offender to five years in prison and one stroke of the cane for abusing methamphetamine and amphetamine drugs. Fedrick Steward Mancha, 34, entered the guilty plea after the charge was read before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi. He was tested positive for
KUCHING: A local man has claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to a charge of possessing a knife without a lawful purpose at Kuching International Airport last Friday (Apr 25). Sazri Sarkawi, 25, pleaded not guilty before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi after the charge was read out under Section
KUCHING: A uniformed civil servant and five others have been remanded by the Magistrate’s Court today (Apr 27), to facilitate investigations into the murder of a man who was shot inside a car along Jalan Stephen Yong. Court Assistant Registrar Heng Yi Min issued the remand order against the six
