Food delivery man fined for taking video of bathing woman
KUALA LUMPUR: A food delivery man was fined RM4,500, in default four months in jail, by the Magistrate’s Court here today after he pleaded guilty to taking photos and videos of a woman taking a shower last month. Magistrate Noorelynna Hanim Abd Halim meted out the fine on Mohd Khalis Rusli, 32, for outraging the […]
Man pleads not guilty to using forged papers for passport renewal
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A Bangladeshi man pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of using forged documents for the purpose of cheating when applying for his passport renewal. Kazi Monir, 35, made the plea before Magistrate Mohd Harith Mohd Mazlan. He was charged with submitting a forged police report, receipts and […]
Man claims trial to concealing RM400,000
SIBU: A man claimed trial to dishonestly concealing a sum of RM400,000 belonging to another at the Magistrate’s Court here today. Chong Wai Hoong was released on bail of RM20,000 in two local sureties by Magistrate Oon Kork Chern. Chong stands accused of dishonestly concealing the money belonging to one Chieng Mee Ngiik at a […]
Drug abusers get RM2,800 fine in default three months’ imprisonment
KUCHING: Two men were fined RM2,800, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court on Monday (Feb 13) for drugs. Zien Kekek, 31, and Mohammad Ashref Salleh, 45, pleaded guilty before Judge Zubaidah Sharkawi. Based on the fact sheet, Zien was found to have taken amphetamine and methamphetamine at the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division […]
Man pleads guilty to drug-related charges
KUCHING: A man pleaded guilty to two drug-related charges at the Magistrates’ Court here. Shamsul Sulaiman, 27, was charged under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3) of the same Act, for possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine. He committed the crime in a house at Kampung Sungai Bedil Besar on Nov […]
Two friends escape the gallows for drug possession
PUTRAJAYA: Two friends escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal today set aside their convictions, on two counts of trafficking 626.55 grams of methamphetamine, five years ago. However, Mohd Shazril Hafez Ibrahim, 29, and Ahmad Sawal Ramle, 32, as appellants, were convicted of possessing the drug, and were each sentenced to 12 years in […]
Secrets’ societies
Sunshine is the greatest disinfectant.– Associate Justice Louis Brandeis, US Supreme Court (1916-1939) Politicians gloat about the need for transparency, responsibility, accountability as they wield power to classify, or declassify, certain documents deemed surreptitiously secret. The media frenzy over this issue in the USA is on overdrive while most Americans forget the 1971 Pentagon Papers […]
