Teacher sentenced to 90 years jail for sexually assaulting male students
KUCHING: A school counsellor was sentenced to 90 years imprisonment and 24 strokes of cane by the Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to six charges for sexually assaulting his male students in 2018. The 32-year-old from Sabah was sentenced by Sessions Court Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman after the accused had failed to explain his […]
Prisoner found hanged to death in Sibu Prison
SIBU: A prisoner hanged himself to death in what appeared to be suicide. Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said a report was received on the day of the incident — at 4.13am, Sunday (Sept 11) — from the prison warden. The prisoner, aged 52, had hung himself in Sibu Prison’s transit cell, Jalan Awang Ramli […]
Cable theft lands man in prison
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to four days’ jail and fined RM3,000 for stealing two rolls of cable at a construction site in Batu Kawa. Masyhur, 31, of Simunjan, was handed the penalty by Magistrate Zaiton Anuar after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code here today. Should he […]
Man fined RM900 for theft
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a 22-year-old local man to a fine of RM900 or two weeks’ imprisonment for stealing electrical cables of various sizes belonging to his peers. Shamser Pauzi, the accused, pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charges, he […]
Jobless man fined for having stolen property
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM2,000 in default spend two months in prison here today for having a stolen helmet, mobile phone and a helmet case. Abdul Rahman, 29, pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He committed the offence in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Petra Jaya here, […]
Arson lands man in prison for two years
SIBU: The Sessions Court sentenced a 37-year-old man to two years’ imprisonment on Friday (Oct 22) for committing arson. Andrew Sanggau of Kampung Sentosa Salim was charged with committing mischief by using fire, with the intent to cause the destruction of a house at about 12.12pm on Oct 13. The offence, punishable under Section 436 […]
Eight years in prison, two strokes for raping underage girlfriend
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to be given two strokes of the rotan for raping his underage girlfriend. Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Carlos Vebelee Tomy after he pleaded guilty under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code today. The 23-year-old from Taiping, […]
Foreigner gets five-month jail, two whippings
KUCHING: A male Indonesian national who entered Sarawak illegally, was sentenced to five months in prison and two lashes of the cane today. Sessions Court judge Steve Ritikos ordered the accused, Syafaruddin, 27, to serve his sentence starting today. The accused from Pontianak, Indonesia pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 6 (1) (c) of […]
Imprisonment for foreigner who pleaded guilty to two criminal offenses
KUCHING: A foreigner, who pleaded guilty to two criminal offenses, namely trespassing and injuring, was sentenced to one year in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here on Tuesday (Oct 13). Magistrate Mohamad Syukri Mokhtar also ordered the 20-year-old Indonesian to be referred to the Immigration office after completing his term. For the first offense of […]
Back in society is no easy task
Ahmad (not his real name) was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for waging war against the King, and was among 13 convicts who were granted early pardon by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah in conjunction with the country’s 63rd National Day. Looking forward to better days ahead Having spent […]