KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court sentenced an unemployed man to seven months in prison for possessing 0.23g of methamphetamine. Remplesskin Kitih, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and is punishable under Section 12(3) of the same
KUCHING: Two friends were each sentenced to 12 months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (Sept 12), for stealing a motorcycle belonging to a 44-year-old man last month. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan handed down the sentence to Mohd Hafiq Hassen, 28, and Shahrizal Tanggal, 20, both of whom
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court for intentionally causing injury to his older sister. Mohd Adam, 32, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Section 323 of the Penal Code read together with Section 326A
KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was handed a staggering 198 months in prison and 16 lashes of the cane as penalty for 16 counts of scamming people with travel packages to various countries. Mohd Aszlan Mat Muda pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to all of the charges framed
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here acquitted and discharged a primary school headmaster in Padawan of criminal breach of trust involving the Special Needs Pupil Assistance Allowance (EMK). Judge Steve Ritikos made the decision after the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Madahan Busman at the end of
The Magistrates’ Court has handed down a nine-month prison sentence and a fine of RM3,000 to a habitual thief who was found guilty of housebreaking and stealing a sports utility vehicle (SUV) along with various valuable items belonging to a senior citizen. Micheal Entalang Lium from Baram pleaded guilty on
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (Sept 8) for committing a criminal assault against a corporal-ranked police officer last August. Lim Chee Wui, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge read out by the interpreter in front of Magistrate Zubaidah
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today imposed a six-month prison sentence on a local man for threatening to kill his stepbrother earlier this month. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted out the sentence on Mohamad Fadli Taib, 28, from Kampung Lemang Pek after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here today sentenced a local man to a fine of RM2,000 or five months in prison for stealing cables in front of a secondary school at Jalan McDougall last August. Nor Ikmal, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 379 of the Penal Code, which
KUCHING: A 38-year-old woman has been fined RM2,000, with a default sentence of one month in jail, by Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi at the Magistrates’ Court here. Intia Empati pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which, if convicted, can result in a
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