Thursday, 29 May 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

Former convenience store employee sentenced to six months in prison

KUCHING: A former 24-hour convenience store employee was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing prepaid cards and money. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced Mohd Amirul Kapli, 23, after the charge was read out in front of him. The Magistrates’ Court ordered the accused to serve his jail term from

Woman jailed 8 months for deceiving car rental man

KUCHING: A woman from Muar, Johor was sentenced to eight months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court for deceiving a man to rent her a Toyota Alphard luxury multipurpose vehicle (MPV) and suffering a loss of RM343,000, two years ago. The accused Ngiw May Ling, 46, pleaded guilty to the charge

Trio plead not guilty to two criminal charges

KUCHING: Three friends pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Feb 9) to charges relating to an incident that occurred in January. Zulhamizan Roselan, 27, Abdul Majid Ali, 29, and Salehan Rebie, 29, each made the plea after the charges were read before judge Afidah Abdul Rahman.

Farmer claims trial to gang robbery charge

KUCHING: A farmer was charged in the Sessions Court here today for being involved in a gang robbery against a motorcyclist on Dec 2 last year. The accused Kiew Ming San, however, pleaded not guilty before Judge Maris Agan. He was charged with gang robbery using a dangerous weapon and

Youth charged for cannabis possession

KUCHING: A local youth was charged at the Sessions Court here today for possessing 135g of cannabis on Jan 29. The accused Iqmal Zachry Kamal pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter before Judge Jason Juga. Based on the charge sheet, the 29-year-old was

Friends fined RM2,000 for theft

KUCHING: Two friends were on Thursday (Jan 27) fined RM2,000 each in default five months’ imprisonment for stealing 18 pieces of metal gate scraps from an apartment area on Jan 21. Abdul Hafiz Jimi, 38, and Nizam Rahmat, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. They were

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Man gets 12 months for punching aunty

KUCHING: A local man will be spending time in prison after he was convicted of punching and criminally threatening his aunty in December last year. Haniffah Abdullah, 26, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Thursday (Jan 27) after he pleaded guilty to two charges.

Local woman, 32, jailed six months for drugs

KUCHING: A 32-year old local woman was sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Jan 26) on a charge of possessing 0.03 gram of the drug methamphetamine on October last year.  Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Nisha Lo Abdullah after she pleaded guilty

Eight months’ jail for strangling own father

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to eight months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for strangling his father who refused to give him his car keys. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Ramlissari Malim, 23, after he pleaded guilty to the charge read before him in

RM4,500 fine for slapping ex-wife and damaging her friend’s car

KUCHING: A local man was penalised with a fine of RM4,500 or eight months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday (Jan 25). He faced two charges of slapping his ex-wife and damaging the signal light of a car belonging to his ex-wife’s friend. Mohd Roy Haslam Mohd Farious,