Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Author: Lydia Aman

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

Fined for illegal possession of money

KUCHING: A local man who face three charges was fined RM1,500 by the Magistrates’ Court here yesterday. He had illegal possession of RM15,060 in his account. Muhamad Amirul Mawardi, 26, pleaded guilty to all the charges read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to

Two friends in trouble for stealing chicken meat

KUCHING: Two friends were sentenced to a Compulsory Attendance Order (CAO) for two months and a RM1,000 bail bond with one surety by the Magistrate’s Court here for stealing 20kg of chicken. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali on Friday (April 8) meted out the sentence on Muhamad Fuad Abdul

Unemployed man who threatened to kill his wife gets fine

KUCHING: A 42-year-old unemployed man who threatened to kill his wife when she refused to give him money for drugs was fined RM2,700 in default three months’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here yesterday. Tan Kok Peng, who was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation

Appeal of alleged arsonist rejected

KUCHING: An unemployed man’s appeal for maliciously setting fire to his mother’s house in Kampung Malaysia in Petra Jaya was rejected by the Sessions Court here today. Judge Maris Agan rejected Azirul Shamsul Tahir’s confession after he filed an appeal claiming that the fire was an accident. According to the

Jailed for disposing of stolen property

KUCHING: Two good friends were sentenced to six months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday for disposing of stolen property. The accused Syah Rizmanie Iswandi, 27 and Asadur Rahman, 30 pleaded guilty to the charge which was read together by an interpreter in front of Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah

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