Pensioner fined RM32,000 for false claims
KUCHING: A pensioner from the Tatanegara Bureau Sarawak was slapped with a fine of RM32,000 or ten months jail after he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of alternative charges involving a false claim up to RM45,000, on Monday (Nov 16). Sessions Court Judge Nixon Kennedy Kumbong ordered the accused, Abang Sapawi @Abang Sepawaie Abang Nor, […]
Clerk jailed two and a half years for CBT
SERIAN: A woman was fined a total of RM25,000 and sentenced to two years of jail after she pleaded guilty to committing five counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM1.26 million belonging to a company. Head of Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID), Supt Maria Rasid said Magistrate Afidah Abdul Rahman sentenced the accused – […]
Two fined for violating SOPs
SIBU: Two individuals were fined RM1,000 each for not complying with standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced under the recovery movement control order (RMCO) yesterday (Oct 22). District police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the men aged 26 and 38, were arrested at an entertainment centre in Jalan Lau King Howe around 10.20pm. The arrest […]
Compounds for nine
MIRI: Nine individuals were each issued with a RM1,000 compound for flouting the recovery movement control order (RMCO) on Thursday. The individuals were fined at several locations during an operation carried out around Marina Square and Centre Point from 10pm to 12am on Thursday. The compounds were issued on the spot after these individuals failed […]
Breaking plates act leads to RM1k fine
KUCHING: A local man who pleaded guilty to damaging plates belonging to his own father today was fined RM1,000 or a month’s jail. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered the 25-year-old man from Taman Mesra, Jalan Bako to be fined after pleading guilty under Section 427 of the Penal Code. The accused admitted to breaking two plates […]
Man fined RM4,900 for drug possession
KUCHING: A local man who pleaded guilty to drug possession, was on Friday (Oct 16) fined RM4,900 or six months’ jail. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered the 23-year-old man to be fined after pleading guilty to an offence under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. The man admitted to possessing 6.55g of methamphetamine […]
Three fined RM4,700 each for drug possession
KUCHING: Three men were each fined RM4,700 in default three months’ jail after they pleaded guilty to drug possession in the Magistrates’ Court here today. They were charged with possessing drugs under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952, respectively. In the first case, Azhar Bolhi, 28, a mechanic pleaded guilty to possessing […]
Duo fined for power theft
MIRI: A cryptocurrency mining operator and a co-proprietor of a premise here pleaded guilty to power theft charges at the Sessions Court today. According to a press statement by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), the accused identified as Sim Lei Yean, 42, and Jong Min Siong, 48, pleaded guilty to three charges under the Electricity Ordinance. […]
Woman in pharmacy incident fined RM1,000
SIBU: A woman suffered the consequence of not wearing a face mask when she was slapped with a RM1,000 compound for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedure guidelines. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said a video went viral on social media showing the woman shouting at a pharmacy staff when she was asked […]
Foreigner fined RM3,000 for prostitution
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here on Thursday (Oct 1) fined a Vietnamese woman RM3,000 for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution in default five months’ imprisonment. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar read the sentence to Tran Thi Thuy An, 35, under Section 372B of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of one year or a […]
