KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM500 in default of ten days in prison for illegally possessing RM18,180 in his account in January last year. Wong Yeak Jun, 28, from Perak pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak
KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman has been fined RM1,500, with a default sentence of three months in prison, for her role in a prostitution case at a budget hotel in Padungan here last December.Le Thi Hong, 40, admitted guilt in front of Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi, facing a charge under Section 372B
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to a year in prison for going berserk and threatening to injure his father at their Bako home on June 26. Hafarizan, 22, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayang to a charge framed under Section 506 of the Penal
KUCHING: A stepmother was granted court bail totalling RM12,000 for five charges by Magistrate’s Courts for withdrawing RM50,000 from her stepdaughter’s bank account using an ATM card. Arinie Ghani, 39, the owner of a restaurant in Satok, pleaded not guilty to five charges read separately before the Magistrate. According to
KUCHING: A Thai woman was sentenced to a RM3,000 fine, in default of four months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrate’s Court for being involved in prostitution at a budget hotel on Jalan Ban Hock early this month. Miss Nongnapas, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 372B of the Penal
KUCHING: An electrician was fined RM2,000 in default one month’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to trespassing into the premises of the General Operations Force (GOF) Sarawak Brigade Headquarters, Batu Kawa on August 6. Chew Pok Voon, 50, was charged under Section 448 of the Penal Code
KUCHING: An e-hailing driver has been slapped with a fine of RM2,500 or a jail term of four months by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Aug 9) for deliberately damaging a sedan-type car’s front windshield, leading to a loss of RM900 for a property company. Charles, 26, hailing from
KUCHING: A former student of Henry Gurney School pleaded guilty after being charged at the Magistrates’ Court here with making a criminal threat to burn down his father’s house. The 20-year-old defendant appeared before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan on Wednesday (Aug 9) as charges under Section 506 of the
KUCHING: The Magistrates Court here today sentenced a local man to two years in prison and three strokes of the cane for possessing 25.12g of methamphetamine. Chua Zhi Yik, 26, from Landeh, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah
KUCHING: A female cook was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for allegedly reaching into a woman’s handbag and taking her iPhone 14 Pro Max during the Kuching Food Festival 2023 earlier this August. Marani Rais, 50, pleaded not guilty to a charge under Section 379 of the Penal
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