KUCHING: Jeremy, a 25-year-old local man, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today (Mar 8) for attempting to steal funds from a mosque. The sentence was handed down after Jeremy pleaded guilty to the charge presented before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. He was charged under
KUCHING: The Federal Court has amended a life imprisonment sentence to 33 years in jail for a local man guilty of murdering an elderly woman 21 years ago. A three-judge panel led by Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Sebli, and Datuk Mary Tan Thiam Suan
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here has placed a 24-year-old man on a six-month peace bond for impersonating a medical assistant at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). Richard Layau Jolin from Serian, committed the act to fulfil his family’s aspirations of seeing their son become a medical assistant, despite him failing to
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to 11 months in prison for possessing two stolen motorcycles last week. Jalil, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, to two charges read out by an interpreter. On the first count, Jalil and his accomplice, who remains
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to six months in prison for abusing drugs in January this year. Rahul, 25, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 15
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Mar 1) imposed a fine of RM2,500 or four months’ imprisonment on a man for disposing of stolen property, namely, three bonsai trees, by selling them to someone else. Michael, 45, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 414 of the Penal Code read
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Mar 1) fined a man RM2,000 in default three months’ imprisonment for drug abuse. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali imposed the fine on Bazi, 21, from Kampung Cemerlang, after he pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, he was involved
KUCHING: A labourer who raped and sexually assaulted an underage girl here two years ago will spend the next 22 years in prison for his crimes. Additionally Sessions Court Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi also handed him five lashes of the cane as penalty. He found him guilty at the end
KUCHING: An Indonesian woman was sentenced to four months in jail on Wednesday (Feb 28) for entering Malaysia without a valid travel permit. Jamilah, 22, pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, as read under Section 6(3) of the same act, before Judge Afidah
KUCHING: An 18-year-old boy was ordered to be sent to Henry Gurney School until he turns 21 for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, which led to her giving birth to a baby girl. Sessions Court Judge Iris Awen Jon meted out the sentence after the young offender pleaded guilty and a
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