Woman fined for filing false sexual assault report
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 16) fined a 25-year-old woman RM1,500 after she pleaded guilty to lodging a false police report, claiming she was sexually assaulted at a hotel in Batu Kawa on Oct 30. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi ordered the accused, Ayu, 25, to face a three-month jail term in default of the fine. […]
False motorcycle theft report leads to investigation
KUCHING: A 20-year-old local man is under investigation by the police for filing a false report, alleging that his grandfather’s motorcycle had been stolen near Bintawa Bridge. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said after a thorough investigation by the police, it was determined that the entire story had been fabricated. “The motorcycle was found […]
False police reports increase by 100 pct in Kuching
KUCHING: False reports lodged by individuals in the district are increasing and the problem is worrying because eight cases have been recorded from January to August so far. This is a 100 per cent increase compared to last year’s figure of four cases for the same period. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the […]
Businessman in hot soup for cooking up robbery story
KUCHING: A greengrocer was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here last Monday (Sept 13) for lodging a false report that he was robbed. The 29-year-old man who claimed to have been robbed of over RM5,000 at knifepoint, admitted filing a false report after spending the money belonging to him and his partner to modify his […]
Manager held for false report
MIRI: A project site manager was detained for allegedly making up a story, casting himself as the victim of a crime and falsely reporting it to the police. According to Miri Police chief, ACP Lim Meng Seah, the 37 year-old local man, told the police that his company’s cash amounting at RM11,000 and a laptop […]
