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Unemployed man jailed after beating ex-girlfriend for not paying debt of RM390

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to five months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for beating up his ex-girlfriend over her failure to pay the balance of RM390 owed to him. Accused Hamid, 42, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code which was read before Magistrate Zaiton […]

Man jailed for beating own brother with broom stick

KUCHING: A man was sentenced to six months in prison and two lashes by the Sessions Court today after beating his brother with a broom stick, leaving the latter injured. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman sentenced Ajun Harmono Yatni, 35, after pleading guilty to a charge under Section 324 of the Penal Code read together with […]

12 arrested in probe into murder of teenager   

KUCHING: The police have arrested 12 persons including three women to facilitate investigations into a beating that turned into the murder of an 18-year-old boy on July 29. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspects aged between 14 and 50 are locals. He added that the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested from the day […]

Duo arrested in alleged murder case

KUCHING: Two men were arrested on suspicion of beating a teenage boy to death in an incident at Jalan Tun Jugah, here. The suspects, aged 43 and 50, were arrested by a police team from Kuching district police headquarters. Acting district police chief Supt Merbin Lisa said the incident happened at about 1am resulting in […]

Assailant in viral video caught

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KUCHING: A man believed to be involved in an assault against an alleged car thief has been arrested by the police here. OCPD ACP Ashmon Bajah said the local man, 46, was detained at around 9.15pm last Friday (Jul 22). “A special team comprising personnel from the Kuching Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Crime Investigation […]

Police to probe footage of car thief beaten by public

KUCHING: The district police will investigate a footage of a suspected car thief beaten by members of the public. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said, on July 21 at 10pm, the police detected the video going viral on Facebook uploaded by a user named Boboi Sot. “The two minute and 51 seconds video showed […]

Jailed six months for beating father, 86 with a broomstick

KUCHING: An unemployed woman was sentenced to six months’ jail for beating her 86-year-old biological father by the Sessions Court here today. Accused Yeo Ngang Sui, 50, pleaded guilty to a charge read out by an interpreter before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. According to the charge, she was charged under Section 324 and read together […]

Cops on lookout for man in viral video

KUCHING: Police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly beat up another man with a rubber pipe and a wooden plank last Sunday. The alleged incident that happened in front of a supermarket in Bintawa around 4.30pm was caught on camera and went viral on social media. In the video, the 29-year-old victim […]

Woman beaten till paralysed

SIBU: Allegedly refusing to give her brother money resulted in a woman being beaten.   The man was arrested for having beaten his elder sister with a broomstick until she became paralysed from the chest down. The incident happened in their family home at Jalan Sungai Antu around 3pm on Jan 22 this year. It […]