KUCHING: A part-time insurance agent who was detained at Kuching International Airport after authorities found drugs in her baggage was charged with distributing 18.264kg of cannabis in the magistrate’s court here today (May 6). Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Maxine Rose Frederick, 26, from Kampung Cemerlang to be further detained at
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today acquitted an unemployed man, Norisyam Abdullah from Kampung Haji Baki here of a drug possession charge. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi said the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused. “With that, the court decided to acquit the accused of the
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today ordered a drug trafficking case to be transferred to the High court after allowing an application by the prosecution. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered the case against Samuel Max Sigar Tabat to be heard in the high court after allowing the application
KUCHING: A former barber was today fined RM6,000 or a month in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing several boxes of firecrackers. Yap Chin Hui, 31, pleaded guilty to possessing 57 boxes of various types of firecrackers in his house. In mitigation, Yap told the Magistrates’ Court here that
KUCHING: A 21-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing 34.61g of methamphetamine. Sessions Court judge Maris Agan ordered Lisa Noorhayati Mohamad Yusuf to begin serving the sentence from Tuesday (May 4). For a second offence, the accused was fined RM2,000 or sentenced to
KUCHING: A foreign man, who pleaded guilty to overstaying, was sentenced to three months’ jail today (May 4). Kuching Sessions Court judge Maris Agan ordered 28-year-old Ilham to be jailed in Puncak Borneo prison after pleading guilty under Section 15 (1) (c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. Ilham admitted to
KUCHING: The Kuching Session’s Court on Monday (May 3) ordered a chairman of a staff association of his department to be released on bail after he pleaded not guilty to six main charges and six alternative charges involving losses amounting to RM91,300. Session’s Court Judge Steve Ritikos ordered the chairman
KUCHING: A businessman, who tried to bribe an Immigration officer with cash after he smuggled several Indonesians into the state illegally, was sentenced to a month’s jail on Monday (May 3). Kuching Session’s Court Judge Steve Ritikos ordered Wong Zhong Zhan to be detained in Puncak Borneo prison after he
KUCHING: A local man who pleaded guilty to trespassing on a quarry area belonging to Cahaya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMS) Quarry was fined RM1,300 or two weeks jail yesterday. Lee Kok Hui, 33, from Taman Sinn Juak Jalan Foochow was sentenced after pleading guilty under section 447 of the Penal
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today fined a carpenter RM1,500 in default five months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and injuring his girlfriend. Asfarizan Asfrin Zaini, 28, from Kampung Stapok pleaded guilty to injuring his girlfriend Nur Melody Aurora by punching her in the face, causing bruises on
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