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 the facts of the case, […]
Man fined RM1k for breaking chair, table
KUCHING: A 32-year old man was fined RM1,000 in default one month’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for intentionally breaking a plastic chair and dinner table belonging to his wife thereby causing a RM35 damage. The accused Kamarolezwan Kadrie from Kampung Kranji pleaded guilty to the charge read to him by an interpreter […]
Duo fined RM2,000 for stealing a bag of ‘ikan bilis’
KUCHING: Two good friends were sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment and fined RM2000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today on a charge of stealing a bag filled with anchovies (ikan bilis) weighing 10 kilograms at a supermarket at Jalan Matang on Feb 14. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali passed the sentence on Nor Atiqah […]
RM2,000 poorer for hitting lover
KUCHING: A 38-year-old man was fined RM2,000 or three months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for hitting his lover with a chair and causing injuries to her. The accused, Christphor Jembu Jenang, 38, from Layar, Betong pleaded guilty to committing the offence before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He was charged with deliberately causing injuries to […]
Macau scammers: Mule account owners fined RM500
SIBU: Three mule account owners of Macau scam syndicates here were each fined RM500 in default seven days jail by the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday (Jan 19). The accused are Noor Fazeelah Omar, 36, from Petaling Jaya; Nurul Ashikin Mahmood, 25, from Selangor and Wong Lee Zee, 29, from Kuala Lumpur. They were charged under […]
Indonesian fined RM50.8 million, jailed for possessing pangolin scales
MIRI: A 32 year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to one year imprisonment and fined RM50,850,000 in default six months jail for possessing 5,058 pangolin scales. Sessions Court Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd @ Mohd Yusoff meted out the sentence after the accused Agus Tallasi pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged under Section 29(2) of […]
Viet woman fined for vice
KUCHING: A 33-year-old Vietnamese woman was handed a fine of RM2,200 in default four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution here. Tran Thi Huyen from Hai Phong, Vietnam committed the offence at about 8.30 pm in a room at Hotel Hua Kuok Inn at Ban Hock Road on […]
Online gambling lands Indonesian with RM10K fine
KUCHING: An Indonesian teenager was fined RM10,000 in default of one month’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for engaging in an online gambling activity. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 16-year-old accused from Bengkayang, Indonesia yesterday (Nov 17). The court also ordered the accused to be referred to the Malaysian Immigration Department […]
Jobless man fined RM1,500 for damaging bedroom door
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,500 in default of five months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to damaging his father’s bedroom door when his sister refused to buy cigarettes for him. Jannis Teng, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton […]
Escapee gets four months imprisonment
SIBU: A convict who escaped from prison was on Monday (Nov 8) sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and slapped with a fine of RM2,000, in default of two months’ jail by the Magistates’ Court here. Lee Ka Yieng, 49, from Jalan Kuari, Batu 20 was indicted under Section 224 of the Penal Code which provides […]