KUCHING: A young woman, who pleaded not guilty to dumping her newborn baby girl in a monsoon drain last January 19, was on Tuesday released on a RM3,000 bail with a local surety. Senior magistrate Aida Montong ordered the 21-year-old woman to be released on bail pending the date of
KUCHING: A man, whose claim of being a human organ trafficker was found by police to be false, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to be caned six times for committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) today. Sessions Court Judge Steve Ritikos meted out the sentence on
KUCHING: A man, whose claim of being a human organ trafficker was found by police to be false, has pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here on Thursday to three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT). The 48-year-old man entered the plea after the charges were read to him
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to eight years in prison and four strokes of the rotan after pleading guilty to armed robbery, today. Sessions Court Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd Yusof ordered the 34-year-old man from Siniawan to carry out the sentence imposed from Sept 26 last year. The accused
KUCHING: The High Court here sentenced a local man to death after he was found guilty of drug trafficking yesterday. High Court Judge Datuk Supang Lian ordered Jason Hew, aged 29 years, to be hanged to death after the court found him guilty of drug trafficking under Section 39B (2)
KUCHING: A man, who pleaded guilty for involvement in money laundering activities, was fined RM3,000 or six months in jail on three charges on Tuesday (Aug 11). The court ordered the 22-year-old to pay the fine after pleading guilty under Section 424 of the Penal Code. For the first charge,
KUCHING: A man who pleaded guilty to hijacking a garbage truck belonging to a garbage transport company, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Tuesday (Aug 11). Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar meted out the order to the 35-year-old man to be sentenced from Tuesday (Aug 11) after pleading guilty
KUCHING: Three men suspected of drug trafficking were further detained at the Puncak Borneo prison here pending a chemical report on September 9. In Kuching Court on Tuesday (Aug 11), Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar meted out the order to the three men, aged between 25 and 47 years old, to
KUCHING: Ten men, who were involved in a riot at Jalan Stutong Baru were fined RM2,000 each by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday. The accused, aged between 22 and 51, admitted to rioting, and caused injuries to the public and damage to properties at 12.30am on June 21 at a
KUCHING: The Kuching High Court today dismissed an application by the state Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen to amend his defence involving a civil suit filed by the Sarawak government and State Financial Authority. Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin also ordered the Sarawak government and State Financial Authority
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