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 […]
RM3,000 fine for businessman who threatened couple
KUCHING: A businessman who threatened an engaged couple with a samurai blade after assuming the man had raped his girlfriend was hauled before the court here yesterday. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali fined Teo Lip Seng, 39, a sum of RM3,000 in default five months’ jail for the offence. Teo had earlier pleaded guilty […]
Eric’s murder: Court sets July 29 for re-mention
KUCHING: A couple charged with the murder of four-year-old Eric Chang Wei Jie, who went missing in March, will have the case against them re-mentioned on July 29. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi set the date for Wendy Chai Xue Zhen, 37, and Ling Kok Liang, 51, pending DNA and forensic reports which are not ready as […]
Local couple detained for drugs
MIRI: The Narcotic police here on Monday detained a couple during a raid held at a rented room in Jalan Teochew. Drugs worth RM660 were seized from them. According to Miri Police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, the local couple ahed 33 and 39 years-old were apprehended around 2.50pm and drugs believed to be Methamphetamine […]
Couple found dead on kitchen floor
SERIAN: Police have opened murder-suicide investigations after a foreign couple was found dead inside an oil palm plantation workers’ quarters in Melikin on Thursday (May 19). Serian police chief DSP Aswandy Anissaid the victims aged 44 and 47 were Indonesians. Security guards, who were patrolling the plantation area, found the couple covered in blood on […]
Couple arrested for drug abuse
MUKAH: A couple was arrested for involvement in substance abuse at Jalan Pantai Jebungan here on Friday (Feb 25). The raid, conducted by the district’s Narcotic Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), was carried out at an unnumbered house around 8 pm. Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the team detained a 42-year-old man and a […]
Kitchen helper fined for recording girlfriend taking shower
KUCHING: A kitchen helper was fined RM2,500 in default five months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Feb 16) for recording his girlfriend, 19, while she was taking a shower. The accused, Simon Ragon, 31, from Kampung Ma’ang, Serian pleaded guilty to the charge that was read by an interpreter before magistrate Zaiton […]
RM2,000 poorer for hitting lover
KUCHING: A 38-year-old man was fined RM2,000 or three months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for hitting his lover with a chair and causing injuries to her. The accused, Christphor Jembu Jenang, 38, from Layar, Betong pleaded guilty to committing the offence before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He was charged with deliberately causing injuries to […]
Vegetables for Valentine’s Day
KUCHING: With Valentine’s Day due tomorrow, love is indeed in the air! Lovers will have planned where to celebrate it and what to buy for their sweethearts. When it comes to Valentine’s Day, red roses are favourites for ladies because the colour red symbolises true love. This Valentine’s Day, you can present one rose, or […]
Man held after assault video goes viral
KUCHING: A man has been arrested following a video of him assaulting his girlfriend at a restaurant in Jalan Pending here went viral on social media. Kuching OCPD ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspect was taken into custody when he surrendered at the Kuching District Police Headquarters at about 6pm on Wednesday (Oct 6). “Preliminary […]
