Local youth gets RM3,000 fine
KUCHING: A 20-year-old local man was fined RM3,000 by the High Court here on Tuesday for having methamphetamine weighing 51.45 grams two years ago. Judge Alwi Abdul Wahab ordered him to serve a three-month jail term if he failed to pay the fine. Earlier, he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges under Section 39B […]
RM2.5k fine for threatening father
KUCHING: An aggressive son ended up RM2,500 poorer after he was fined by the Magistrate’s Court here today for threatening to injure his father. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi passed the sentence on Mohammad Nur Fizdris Ideris, 33, after he pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code. The section provides for a […]
Seniors who ignored compound get fined
SIBU: Two elderly men were fined RM2,000, in default two weeks’ jail each by the Magistrate’s Court here today (May 11) for failing to comply with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to curb the spread of COVID-19. Wong Lee Kuok, 65, from Jalan Durin and Hu Seh Leh, 60, of Jalan Sukun pleaded no contest to […]
RM4k fine for selling fireworks and firecrackers illegally
KUCHING: A trader was fined RM4,000, in default two months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (April 29) for selling fireworks and firecrackers without a permit on April 20.Matjaya Sidi, 49, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before magistrate Zaiton Anuar. He was charged under Section 8 of the […]
Labourer fined for making death threats against sister
KUCHING: A labourer was fined RM2,500, in default four months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (April 29) for threatening to kill his sister. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced Mohamad Sahmin Sulong, 39, after the latter pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code for intentionally making […]
Vietnamese woman pleads guilty to prostitution
KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM2,800, in default three months jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for prostitution. Le Thi Kim Mo, 32, pleaded guilty after the charge was read out by an interpreter in front of magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charge, Le was charged under Section 372B […]
Fined RM2.5k for damaging car
KUCHING: A man was fined RM2,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here today for damaging a car. Lu Chuan Yuan, 51, pleaded guilty to the charge read to him by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. Lu was charged with causing damage to a Mitsubishi Mirage vehicle belonging […]
Man fined RM3,500 for hurting cop
KUCHING: A 45-year-old man was fined RM3,500 after pleading guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today for injuring a policeman, holding the rank of Lance Corporal, with a cane. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out a sentence of five months’ jail for any failure of the accused to pay the fine. He was […]
Violent acts cost man RM6,800
KUCHING: A local man learned the hard way that it doesn’t pay to be violent. He was fined a total of RM6,800 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for hitting his brother-in-law with a motorcycle exhaust and for shattering the victim’s car windscreen. Lai Teck Man pleaded guilty to two charges which were read separately […]
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 pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah […]