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Married couple charged with trafficking 51kg of cannabis

SUNGAI PETANI: A married couple potentially face the gallows after being jointly charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today, with two counts of trafficking over 51 kilogrammes of cannabis last week. Saiful Syamil Idris, 32, a forklift operator and his wife Nurul Wahida Mohd Adnan, 32, a housewife, merely nodded in understanding when the charges […]

Man released on good behaviour bond over machete possession

KUCHING: A man was released on a two-year good behaviour bond by the Sessions Court here today on charges of possessing a machete in a public place last May 13 without lawful intent. Judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad imposed a bail of RM8,000 with two local sureties after accused Andy James, 32, pleaded guilty […]

Raising airport charges will hamper air travel post-pandemic recovery

KUALA LUMPUR: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that airports and air navigation service providers’ (ANSPs) plans to increase charges will stall air travel recovery and damage international connectivity. It said the increase in charges by airports and ANSPs have already reached $2.3 billion, and the amount could multiply by tenfold if the proposals […]

Man pleads not guilty to fraud charges

SIBU: A 45-year-old man charged with non-existent car buying and selling fraud, pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (Sept 28). The accused, Lee Ling Tong, from Kuching, was charged with 26 charges under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of not less than a year and […]

Fraudster plead not guilty to 21 charges

SIBU: A man who was allegedly involved in nine car buying-selling fraud via his Facebook account was charged at the Magistrate Court here on Monday (Sept 14). State Commercial Crime Investigation Department Chief, Supt Maria Rasid said the accused, 33, from Kuching, however, pleaded not guilty to 21 charges under Section 420 of the Penal […]

Goldman Sachs pleads not guilty

Company faces charges over 1MDB bond sale amounting to RM27.2 billion KUALA LUMPUR: UK-based Goldman Sachs International Ltd and its Asian entities, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC and Goldman Sachs (Singapore), pleaded not guilty at the High Court here today to charges on the sale of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) bonds amounting to RM27.2 billion ($6.5 billion). A representative of […]