KUCHING: A teenage boy pleaded guilty to involvement in the abuse of the drug known as syabu two years ago and has been ordered to attend the Henry Gurney School (for young offenders) for a period of three years. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar issued the order on Thursday (June 22) after
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court in Kuching fined two Indonesians RM1,000 each or sentenced them to two weeks in prison for purchasing public lottery tickets without a licence in a hut located in Petra Jaya. Detta Pasetta, 18, and Yanto, 32, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 9(1) of the
KUCHING: A former policeman was fined RM1,500 or in default three months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for impersonating a police officer to apprehend a man riding a modified motorcycle. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar meted the sentence on Asri Gapar, 30, from Kampung Semariang Jaya, who currently works as an
KUCHING: Two close friends who broke into a house and stole a wallet belonging to a 47-year-old woman were each sentenced to three months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Shah Rahul Larendera, 25, and Frazer, 26, pleaded guilty to the charges read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for escaping from police custody at the Tapah police station on June 12. Kelvin, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 224 of the Penal Code read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali here Tuesday. According to the
KUCHING: Three close friends were sentenced to jail and fined by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing women’s underwear from a clothing store at Tabuan Jaya here recently. The accused individuals, Zaridah (37), Edthma (33), and Fransiska (28), all pleaded guilty to the charges presented before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According
KUCHING: An unemployed man who could not take a restaurant owner talking big vented his anger by riding his motorcycle into a dinner table there, causing injuries to the owner. But unfortunately for Hirman Marty, 40, the law did not see any justification for his action and sentenced him to
KUCHING: A police corporal has been released and cleared of charges by the High Court here today for trafficking 2,296 kilograms of methamphetamine and possessing traces of ketamine two years ago. In the ruling, Judge Dr. Alwi Abdul Wahab stated that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence against 42-year-old
KUCHING: Two Indonesian women were each sentenced to four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today, for engaging in prostitution by offering sex services at a budget hotel in Jalan Rock, last Sunday. Nurhasanah, 31, and Juwita, 21, each pleaded guilty to one charge which was read separately
KUCHING: A homosexual man was fined RM2,500 in default of five months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court for recording an 18-second video of a man defecating in a public toilet at a shopping centre. The accused Raychai, 29, a restaurant worker, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 509
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