Man gets RM4k fine for trespassing
SIBU: A man was fined RM4,000, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here on Monday (Aug 1) for trespassing. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji passed down the sentence on Aeddy Suhai, 32, from Batang Rassai after he pleaded guilty to the charge. He was charged with committing trespass by breaking an auto-lock steel door […]
Contraband McMuffins cost traveller to Australia US$2,000
SYDNEY: A traveller arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with an almost US$2,000 fine after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack. Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport prompting an eye-watering fine, officials said Monday. “This will be the […]
Man fined RM900 for theft
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a 22-year-old local man to a fine of RM900 or two weeks’ imprisonment for stealing electrical cables of various sizes belonging to his peers. Shamser Pauzi, the accused, pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charges, he […]
Woman fined for operating unlicensed music joint
SIBU: A 32-year-old woman was fined RM3,500, in default three months’ imprisonment by a Magistrate’s Court here today for operating a music cafe without licence from the local authority. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mohktar imposed the fine on Dora from Kanowit after she pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, she was found […]
Woman fined RM500 for fraud
KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM500 or spend ten days in jail here today for selling her own ATM card for RM200 and using it for fraudulent purposes. Jawai Gindi, 32, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. She was charged with illegally having RM400 in a CIMB account at Jalan Satok at about 2.44pm […]
Six months in prison for theft
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 26) for stealing six gas cylinders in a break-in at an eatery at 6th Mile, Jalan Penrissen, on July 6. Lee Kok Hui, 34, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. He and another two men still at […]
Junkie fined RM2,500 or four months jail
KUCHING: A local youth was fined RM2,500 by the Magistrate’s Court here today for involvement in drug abuse activities. Mohd Shafiee, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali who sentenced the accused to four months in jail if he failed to pay the fine. […]
Duo fined RM2,500 each for drugs
KUCHING: Two individuals who are lovers were each sentenced to a fine of RM2,500 or six months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing 0.83 grams of Methamphetamine last April. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali passed the sentence on Abdul Arif Aiman, 29, and Ezzattul Fitri, 28, after they pleaded guilty […]
Mischief lands local in prison
SIBU: A local man will spend the next three months in prison after he failed to pay a fine for committing mischief. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji fined Gerald Chua Kah Cheah a sum of RM2,500, in default three months’ imprisonment after convicting him of the offence. Chua, 30, from Jalan Selasih Timur pleaded no contest to […]
Fined and jail for housebreaking
KUCHING: An unemployed man caught breaking into a house and stealing RM10 in cash was fined RM1,500 and sentenced to two weeks’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today (July 18). Mohamad Azhar, 33, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code for breaking into the house of a 34-year-old woman […]
