Author: Lydia Aman

Repeat offender gets one year in prison for construction company break-in

KUCHING: A habitual criminal involved in break-ins was sentenced to 12 months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here today (Mar 22) for breaking into a construction company, causing RM10,000 in damages. Hew, 45, pleaded guilty to the charge read by the interpreter before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According

Man gets six years for hotel robbery

KUCHING: A man was sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes the Sessions Court here today (Mar 22) for committing armed robbery against a female receptionist at a budget hotel two years ago. Khairul, 37, pleaded guilty to one charge read by the interpreter before Judge Saiful Bahari

Man jailed for death threats, teenager gets peace bond

KUCHING: A couple in a drunken state, who brandished a weapon and threatened to kill an elderly woman after they were reprimanded to stop making noise, faced the consequences as they were sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court today (Mar 21). Andry Jani, 27, received an eight-month prison sentence for criminal

Local jailed seven months for meth, nimetazepam possession

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to seven months in prison for possessing 0.17g of methamphetamine and 0.03g of nimetazepam in October last year Mohamad Shaffieudin Mohamad Lihee, 24, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to two charges framed under Section 12 (2) of

Six-month peace bond for wielding machete at SGH

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here placed a local man on a six-month peace bond for wielding a machete at a security guard at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on Mar 14. Chai Fah Kiong, 58, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to the charge framed under Section 67 of

Man fined for illegal possession of RM5,000 in personal account

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a 54-year-old man RM1,000, in default one month in prison, for the illegal possession of RM5,000 in his personal account. Ng Hock Cheng pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offenses Ordinance 1958. If

Two men jailed six months each for possessing stolen motorcycle

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced two men each to six months in prison for possessing a stolen motorcycle belonging to a 54-year-old woman. Zaini Meliki, 39, and Amirul, 29, pleaded guilty to the charges framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the

Peace bond for duo involved in homeless individual’s dispute

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court has directed two men to maintain peace for six months following a dispute arising from the relocation of boxes belonging to a homeless individual. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan imposed the order on Tan Kuok Chung, 48, and Mohd Nezzary Abdullah, 52, after they pleaded guilty

Man jailed three months for stealing tablet

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to three months in prison for stealing a tablet from a 31-year-old man. Liew Choi Poh, 22, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code. He committed the offense at a building in

Man fined RM7,000 for unpermitted diesel storage

KUCHING: A 35-year-old man was fined RM7,000 or sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here for storing 2,001 litres of subsidised diesel fuel in an unauthorised location. Judge Iris Awen Jon sentenced Wong Tak Leong, 35, after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Subsection 20(1) of