Man threatens own mother via WhatsApp fined RM3,500
KUCHING: A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to threatening his own mother via Whatsapp message, was fined RM3,500 in default of five months by the Magistrate’s Court today. The accused, Joel, who works as a courier, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. The accused is charged under Section […]
Fined for not social distancing
SIBU: A woman was fined RM2,000 in default two weeks’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court (Aug 8) for failing to carry out social distancing in a COVID-19 infected local area at a music cafe here, in September last year. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji took note of 24-year-old Nurul Syahfina Yusup’s mitigation and her guilty plea. “The […]
Man jailed for six months for attacking woman with machete
SIBU: A 48-year-old man who faced two criminal charges was today sentenced to six months and fined RM2,500 in default four months’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court here. In the first charge, magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar sentenced Franky from Lorong Satria to six months’ jail for voluntarily causing hurt to a 35-year-old woman with a […]
Fined RM10k for online gambling
KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM10,000 or two months’ jail in default by the Magistrate’s Court here today. This was after she pleaded guilty of engaging in online top-up gambling activities. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted the sentence on the accused Catherine, 28, from Debak, after her guilty plea to a charge that was read […]
Youth fined RM1,500 for mischief
KUCHING: A local youth was today fined RM1,500 or jailed one month in default by the Magistrate’s Court here. This was after he pleaded guilty splattering the fence of a 34-year-old man’s house using grey-white paint. The accused Eirzan, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter in front of […]
Man jailed for 12 months for attacking another man with axe
SIBU: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and fined RM3,000 in default three months’ jail by a Magistrates’ Court here today (Aug 2) for an assault charge. Zaipul Engkabang, from Jalan Hua Kiew understood and the consequences of maintaining his plea of guilty to the charge after it was read and explained […]
Man gets RM4k fine for trespassing
SIBU: A man was fined RM4,000, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Aug 1) for trespassing. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji passed down the sentence on Aeddy Suhai, 32, from Batang Rassai after he pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged with committing trespass by breaking an auto-lock steel door […]
Contraband McMuffins cost traveller to Australia US$2,000
SYDNEY: A traveller arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with an almost US$2,000 fine after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack. Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport prompting an eye-watering fine, officials said Monday. “This will be the […]
Man fined RM900 for theft
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a 22-year-old local man to a fine of RM900 or two weeks’ imprisonment for stealing electrical cables of various sizes belonging to his peers. Shamser Pauzi, the accused, pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charges, he […]
Woman fined for operating unlicensed music joint
SIBU: A 32-year-old woman was fined RM3,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by a Magistrate’s Court here today for operating a music cafe without licence from the local authority. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mohktar imposed the fine on Dora from Kanowit after she pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, she was found […]