Driver fined for reckless fast lane change
SIMANGGANG: A local man was fined for a traffic violation after hastily entering the fast lane along KM9, Jalan Sri Aman-Kuching on Tuesday. The incident was detected by the police after a dashcam footage capturing a Proton Wira vehicle exiting the underpass of Sri Aman flyover and swiftly manoeuvring into the right lane towards Kuching, […]
Woman fined RM900 for hurting another
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local woman RM900 in default one month in jail for causing hurt to a 24-year-old woman last week. Fiffy, 23, took it out on her believing the victim was having an affair with her husband. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan meted out the sentence after Fiffy, from Kampung […]
Technical assistant fined RM1k for falsifying medical leave cert
KUCHING: For altering the date and number of days on a medical leave certificate solely for rest purposes, a technical assistant was fined RM1,000 or two weeks’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Farzari, 24, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 471 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 465 of […]
Hard of hearing elderly driver fined for not giving way to ambulance
BINTULU: A hearing impaired elderly driver was compounded for not giving way to an ambulance along Jalan Tanjung Kidurong here. The incident, which went viral on social media, happened around 4.40 pm on Tuesday (Jan 30) where a Toyota Vios on the fast lane was not giving away to an ambulance with its siren blaring. […]
Man fined for ferrying undocumented migrants
KUCHING: A local man has been fined RM15,000 or sentenced to six months in prison by the High Court today for allowing undocumented migrants in his van. Sahrim Cicci pleaded guilty to an alternative charge read by the language interpreter before Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew How Wai. According to the alternative charge, as a van […]
Man fined RM3,500 for stealing iron fence
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 9) imposed a fine of RM3,500 or a five-month jail term on a 25-year-old man for the theft of an iron fence belonging to a restaurant owner in Kampung Bako on Jan 4. Noramzee pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 379 of the Penal Code when presented […]
Indonesian man fined for house break-in
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was fined RM1,500 or two months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today for breaking into a house at Taman Hui Sing here. Tobi Rofiul Muiz, 25, from Karawang, Indonesia, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 447 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the […]
Man fined RM3k for reselling stolen smartphone on Facebook
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM3,000 in default three months in prison for reselling a stolen Samsung smartphone for RM100 on Facebook. Ariffuddin Sabri, 44, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 414 of the Penal Code, which carries a prison term of up to seven […]
Civil servant fined RM1,800 for hurting sister-in-law
KUCHING: A civil servant was fined RM1,800 in default two months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court for causing hurt to his sister-in-law. Sharir, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code for […]
Man fined RM2,500 for drug abuse
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM2,500 in default six months in prison for abusing three different types of drugs last month. Mohd Shukri Bolhi, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 15 (1) […]