Man fined RM1,000 for unlicensed lottery ticket purchase
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to a fine of RM1,000 in default three weeks in prison for purchasing unlicensed public lottery tickets last week. Wong, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. If convicted, […]
Woman gets RM10,000 fine for unregistered products
SIBU: The Sessions Court fined a woman RM10,000, in default, six months’ imprisonment on two counts of violating the Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulatons 1984.Judge Marutin Pagan fined 42-year-old Nurmala Zakiah Mohamad, RM5,000 in default three months’ jail on each charge.According to the first charge, she was accused of selling 12 unregistered products at […]
Stock market manipulator’s jail sentence reduced, RM5 mln fine upheld
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today reduced the five-year prison sentence to one year against Repco Holdings Bhd’s former executive chairman Low Thiam Hock, who was found guilty of manipulating the company’s share price. Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid ruled that the five-year prison sentence meted out against Low, 60, also known as Repco […]
Housewife fined RM10,000 for insulting Agong
KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife was fined RM10,000, in default nine months’ jail, by the Sessions Court today for uttering seditious and insulting remarks, as well as transmitting offensive communications against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the royal institution and ministers on her Twitter account. Judge M.M. Edwin Paramjothy meted out the fine against Nur Faizah Wahid, […]
42 SOP violators fined
KUCHING: Police fined 42 people for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the movement control order (MCO) on Sunday (July 4). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most compounds with 25, followed by Miri (five), Sibu (five), Bintulu (four), Serian (one), Padawan (one) and Lawas (one). “The violations include failing […]
Obstructing firemen can land you in jail
LAWAS: Any person who intentionally obstructs, assaults or interferes with a firefighter in the course of his duties can be fined up to RM50,000 or jailed up to five years, or both upon conviction by a court of law. This is provided for under Section 51 of the Fire Services Act 1988. The section stipulates […]
Woman fined RM10k for illegal online gambling
KUCHING: A 37-year-old woman was fined RM10,000 in default four months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here on Monday (June 14) for illegal online gambling activities. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Nurima Mohamad after she pleaded guilty under Section 4(B)(a) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 which […]
Chukai assemblyman fined RM2,000 for breaching Aidilfitri Sops
CHUKAI: Another Terengganu executive councillor has been compounded RM2,000 for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Aidilfitri under the movement control order (MCO). State Welfare, Women Development, Family and National Unity Committee chairman Hanafiah Mat was compounded after giving his statement at the Kemaman district police headquarters last night. Kemaman district police chief Supt […]
Four weddings and a fine: Taiwan couple maximise leave with repeat weddings
TAIPEI: Keen to make the most of a statutory holiday for newlyweds, a couple from Taiwan found a novel way to maximise their honeymoon — by marrying four times in just over a month. The unusual story, confirmed by Taipei’s Labour Department on Wednesday, is the latest to go viral and highlight innovative, if somewhat […]
Woman fined RM2,800 for spraying paint on vehicles, biting cop
PETALING JAYA: A woman was fined RM2,800 by the Magistrate’s Court today for spraying green paint on three vehicles and biting the arm of a policewoman who tried to stop her from escaping police custody. Magistrate Muhammad Iskandar Zainol meted out the sentence after Lee Yoke Hwa, 45, pleaded guilty to all three charges against […]
