Man gets 36 years in prison for raping stepdaughters
SIBU: A 35-year-old man was today sentenced to 36 years’ imprisonment and six strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for committing three charges of violating Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017. The accused from Mukah understood the charges read and explained to him through an interpreter and pleaded guilty to the charges […]
Man gets one year in prison for damaging mother’s house
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to one year in prison for running amok and damaging property at his mother’s house in Jalan Sultan Tengah here earlier this year. Mohammad Nor Nasriq Ismail, 36, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge under Section 427 of the Penal Code. […]
Six years six months in prison for 34.85g drug possession
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six years and six months in prison by the Sessions Court here for possessing 34.85 grams (g) of methamphetamine in March last year. Mahadhir Madon, 52, pleaded guilty to a charge read by the court interpreter before Judge Iris Awen Jon. According to the charge, Mahadhir was charged […]
Grasscutter gets 57 years, 10 lashes for raping daughter
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a local man to 57 years in prison and 10 lashes of the cane for raping his 13-year-old daughter four years ago. The grasscutter, aged 57, was found guilty on three counts by Judge Iris Awen Jon at the end of the trial yesterday (Jan 7). On the first […]
Man fined RM10,700 for operating gambling machine, purchasing unlicensed lottery tickets
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a man RM10,700 for operating an online gambling machine and purchasing unlicensed lottery tickets. Failure to pay the fine will result in a four-month and two-week prison sentence. Azizan, 35, pleaded guilty to two charges read before different magistrates. For the first charge, he was charged under Section 4B […]
Man jailed for bag snatch
SIBU: A 52-year-old man was sentenced to six months in prison today (Sept 13) for stealing a bag containing various items, including a smartphone and laptop. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern convicted Azid Lau, 52, from Jalan Ban Hock, Kuching, after he pleaded guilty to the theft charge, under Section 379 of the Penal Code. Lau […]
Former soldier gets nine years for causing injury
KUCHING: A former soldier was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined RM8,000 for injuring his two sisters and an 11-year-old boy. Madeng Sibon, 53, from Kampung Stenggang pleaded guilty to two charges which were read before Judge Iris Awen Jon. He was charged with intentionally causing serious harm to an 11-year-old boy by […]
Self-selection bias
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world. – Roald Dahl, British author Malaysians are reportedly outraged at the recent Pardons Board decision to reduce the prison sentence and the fines imposed upon a former prime minister. In the first place, voters chose their government in GE-15, and now they are […]
Trio fined RM250 each for possessing illegal cigarettes
KUCHING: Three young offenders were sentenced to a fine of RM250 each in default one month in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing 1,237 cartons of various brands of cigarettes illegally. All three accused, aged 19 to 20, pleaded guilty to charges under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958. […]
Six months’ jail for possessing stolen laptop
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing a stolen laptop in December last year. Ammy’een, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charge, he and another accomplice were accused of possessing a stolen […]