Author: Lydia Aman

Man fined RM8,000 for stealing raw gold from national park

KUCHING: A 23-year-old man, Kuan Boon Lung, was fined RM8,000 by the Sessions Court here for trespassing into Dered Krian National Park in Bau and removing geological rocks in the form of raw gold two years ago. Kuan pleaded guilty to two charges under the National Parks and Nature Reserves

Siblings fined RM1,500 for property damage

KUCHING: Two siblings were each fined RM1,500 in default spend two months in jail for damaging flower pots, the windows of a house and scratching a car belonging to a 30-year-old man. Noor Ishimah Mohamad Zulkifli, 29, and Muhd Isamuddin Mohamad Zulkifli, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to

Jobless man gets six months for threatening his father

KUCHING: A 31-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court for threatening his father. Saiful pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, on Monday (May 8). The accused committed

Man gets eight months in prison for housebreaking, theft

KUCHING: A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here for breaking into a house and stealing four bags. Azlan pleaded guilty on Monday (May 8) to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code, which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate

Man fined RM2k for mischief

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court on Monday (May 8) fined an unemployed man RM2,000, in default five months’ imprisonment, for committing mischief. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaition Anuar. Under Section 427 of the Penal Code, the accused could be imprisoned for up

Man fined RM2,500 for threatening girlfriend with knife

KUCHING: A man was arrested for pointing a knife at his girlfriend and stealing her smartphone, including RM150 in cash. The action landed James Ting Wei Liong, 21, in trouble as he was fined RM2,500 in default four months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Ting, who works

Indonesian youth fined for selling lotteries without licence

KUCHING: A Indonesian teenager was fined RM1,000, in default three weeks’ jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today for selling public lotteries without a licence. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 18-year-old who pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 9(1) of the Open Gambling Act 1953. According

Illegal Indonesian man gets four months’ jail

KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months’ jail ordered to be given one stroke of the rotan by the Sessions Court here today for entering the country without a valid travel permit. Accused Mohd Daniel Al Firdho, 26, from Indonesia pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 6(1)(c)

Man gets 10 months for possessing clozapine

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced an unemployed man to 10 months in prison for possessing 16.43g of the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a scheduled poison, in his bedroom in June last year. Abbas, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman to a charge framed under Section 9(3) of the

Unemployed jailed for stealing RM2, phone

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to three months in jail for stealing RM2 and a smartphone belonging to a female shop assistant. Nurfareezan Matjeni, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 380 of the Penal Code. If convicted, he can