Woman fined RM500 for fraud
KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM500 or spend ten days in jail here today for selling her own ATM card for RM200 and using it for fraudulent purposes. Jawai Gindi, 32, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. She was charged with illegally having RM400 in a CIMB account at Jalan Satok at about 2.44pm […]
Six months in prison for theft
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 26) for stealing six gas cylinders in a break-in at an eatery at 6th Mile, Jalan Penrissen, on July 6. Lee Kok Hui, 34, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He and another two men still at […]
Junkie fined RM2,500 or four months jail
KUCHING: A local youth was fined RM2,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for involvement in drug abuse activities. Mohd Shafiee, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali who sentenced the accused to four months in jail if he failed to pay the fine. […]
Duo fined RM2,500 each for drugs
KUCHING: Two individuals who are lovers were each sentenced to a fine of RM2,500 or six months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing 0.83 grams of Methamphetamine last April. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali passed the sentence on Abdul Arif Aiman, 29, and Ezzattul Fitri, 28, after they pleaded guilty […]
Mischief lands local in prison
SIBU: A local man will spend the next three months in prison after he failed to pay a fine for committing mischief. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji fined Gerald Chua Kah Cheah a sum of RM2,500, in default three months’ imprisonment after convicting him of the offence. Chua, 30, from Jalan Selasih Timur pleaded no contest to […]
Fined and jail for housebreaking
KUCHING: An unemployed man caught breaking into a house and stealing RM10 in cash was fined RM1,500 and sentenced to two weeks’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 18). Mohamad Azhar, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code for breaking into the house of a 34-year-old woman […]
Two fined RM800 each for rioting
SIBU: A man and a woman found guilty of fighting in a public place were each ordered by the Magistrate’s Court here today to pay a fine of RM800 or 10 days’ imprisonment in default. The accused, identified as Ekih, 45, and Patreccia, 29, each pleaded guilty to the charges read out. The two were […]
Mule account owner fined RM500
KUCHING: A woman was fined RM500, in default 10 days in jail, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (July 5) for having in her possession money obtained illegally amounting to RM2,500. According to the charge, Norshafina, 32, originally from Kajang, Selangor, committed the offence at a bank in Pending at about 12.42pm on May […]
Women fined RM1k each for buying illegal lottery
KUCHING: Two women were each fined RM1,000, in default one month’s imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (July 5) for buying illegal lottery. Carolyn, 22, and Mildred, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. The duo were charged with buying lottery tickets illegally at a grocery store in Siburan around […]
For slashing another, man gets five months in prison
SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here has fined a 37-year-old man RM4,000, in default five months’ imprisonment, for assault. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar passed sentence on Zapril from Jalan Masjid after he pleaded guilty today. According to the charge sheet, the accused had voluntarily caused hurt to a 46-year-old man by using a machete, a weapon […]