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 […]
Man gets RM1,500 fine for punching another
KUCHING: A 22-year-old man was fined RM1,500, in default one month’s imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (June 28) for punching another man. Wan Abdul Rahman pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He was alleged to have intentionally injure a man, also 22, at Kampung […]
Woman gets fine, teen jailed for online gambling
KUCHING: Online gambling operations have earned a local woman a fine of RM10,000 and a foreign teenager five months’ imprisonment. Xian, 24, and the 19-year-old Indonesian pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. Zaiton ordered her to be jailed for five months if she fails to pay the fine. The teenager was ordered to serve his […]
Theft earns good friends RM5,000 fine
KUCHING: Two good friends were fined RM5,000 or spend five months in jail for stealing iron bars belonging to a construction company. Mohammad Saufik Abdul Rauf, 24, and Ajis Faizal Bolkipli, 37, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. They were charged with jointly stealing eight iron bars belonging to a construction company in Jalan Sungai […]
RM5k fine for illegal online gambling
SIBU: A 48-year-old man was fined RM5,000, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here for illegal online gambling. Magistrate Mohd Syukri handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded no contest to the charge. According to the charge sheet, Ho Boon Liang from Jalan Aman here was found to be involved in […]
Prostitution: Foreign teenager fined RM3k
KUCHING: A foreign teenage girl was fined RM3,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for engaging in prostitution. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced the 18-year-old Vietnamese-born accused to two months’ jail should she fail to pay the fine after she pleaded guilty to the charge read out in front of her. According to the charge, she […]
Vietnamese women and local man fined
KUCHING: A local man and two Vietnamese women were each fined RM13,100 here on Tuesday (June 7) for having drugs. Chai Ming Tung, 30, Nguyen Thi My Linh, 24, and Pham Thi Cam Tran, 21, each pleaded guilty to their charges read out before Magistrate Fatimah Azura Wan ali. They were each charged with possessing […]
Fined RM1.5k for having others’ IC
SIBU: A 36-year-old man was fined RM1,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here today for unlawful possession of identification cards belonging to two others. When the charge was read and explained to Timothy James from Saratok, he understood and the consequences of maintaining his guilty plea before Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar. […]
Courier company employee fined for hurting disabled man
KUCHING: A courier company employee was fined RM1,000 by the Magistrates’ Court here for hurting a disabled man (OKU) with firecrackers. Mohd Aidid, 22, pleaded guilty to the charge on yesterday, read before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. The court sentenced him to two weeks in jail if he failed to pay the fine. […]
Longhouse resident fined RM1,200 for committing mischief
SIBU: A 44-year-old man was fined RM1,200, in default two months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court for committing mischief. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar on Tuesday (May 17) handed down the sentence after Stephen Japok from Teku-Pasai Road, pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, the accused damaged property belonging to Catherine Chard, […]