Two armed robbery cases believed solved
MIRI: Police believed they have solved two armed robbery cases involving valuables more than RM100,000 in Bekenu and Miri with the arrest of 10 suspects including a foreign national, on November 16. According to Sarawak Police Commissioner Dato’Mohd Azman Sapri all suspects aged between 40 and 50 years-old were apprehended during an operation dubbed Ops […]
Juvenile pleads guilty to robbing cafes
KUCHING: A youth pleaded guilty in two separate Sessions Courts to two counts of gang robbery at two cafes using samurai swords and “kwang tao”. The accused, a juvenile offender, confessed after an interpreter read the charge sheet in front of two judges, Jason Juga and Maris Agan. According to the first charge, he committed […]
Held for threatening man with knife
MIRI: A 39-year-old man has been detained by the police for allegedly threatening a man with a knife during a robbery bid on Saturday. In the 10am incident in Taman Jade Manis here, the victim sustained cut injuries. According to a police source, the victim had just stepped out from a bank in the area […]
Man goes berserk, tries to rob supermarket
SIBU: A mentally unstable man was arrested after going berserk and trying to rob a supermarket in Sibu Jaya here on Wednesday (Oct 13). Sibu deputy OCPD Supt Collin Babat said the 37-year-old suspect was armed with a knife. The incident happened around 1.15pm when the suspect entered the supermarket and went into a rage. […]
Eight years’ jail, four lashes each for robbing housewife
KUCHING: Two Indonesian men were sentenced to eight years’ jail and four lashes each today (25 May) after pleading guilty to robbing a housewife while armed with a meat cleaver. The Section court judge ordered Dandi Adytia Firnanda, 22, and Romi, 21, to be sentenced after they pleaded guilty under Section 395 of the […]
Armed robbers loot house; spare houseowner and maid
MIRI: A double-storey house in Pujut 5 was broken into around 2.30am this early morning (April 6) by two men armed with machetes. The burglars stole a Toyota Fortuner, electronic goods including a 42-inch flat-screen television and two smart phones. According to Miri Residents Committee (RC) chairman, Malateh Mahmud, only the houseowner in his 70s […]
Juvenile pleads guilty to armed robbery
KUCHING: A juvenile from Long Ikang in Baram, who pleaded guilty to an armed robbery charge, was today released on RM5,000 bail with two local sureties. The Magistrate Court ordered the accused to be released on bail pending his probation report set for April 22. He was accused of robbing a mother and her daughter […]
Poor sexagenarian robbed of possession
MIRI: A senior citizen’s trip to receive treatment at Miri Hospital almost turned into a tragedy after he was robbed at knife-point of his possessions while sleeping at the Visitors Information Centre in Jalan Padang, here yesterday (Jan 27). District police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari who confirmed the incident, said the 64-year-old unemployed man from […]
Failed robbers arrested at convenience shop
KUCHING: Two men have been arrested for attempted armed robbery at a 24-hour convenience store at Taman Sukma on Wednesday (Nov 4). One of them was apprehended by a worker, here. Kuching district police chief, ACP Awang Din Awang Gani, said at 2am there was a scuffle between a suspect and a store employee. The […]
Jobless man gets eight years for armed robbery
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to eight years in prison and four strokes of the rotan after pleading guilty to armed robbery, today. Sessions Court Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd Yusof ordered the 34-year-old man from Siniawan to carry out the sentence imposed from Sept 26 last year. The accused was charged under Section 395 […]
