Outlet manager fined RM2k for operating illegally
KUCHING: A manager of an entertainment centre was fined RM2,000 by the Magistrate Court yesterday for operating without a valid licence. Judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Itshikawa, 28, from Sri Aman after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 5(1) of the Entertainment Ordinance 2000 and punishable under Section 5(3) of the […]
Illegal gamblers fined RM700 each
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined seven men RM700 or two weeks’ imprisonment each for being involved in illegal gambling. All the accused, aged between 57 to 73, pleaded guilty to the offence before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi. They were jointly charged under Section 7(1) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953 read together with […]
Babysitter fined RM5,000 for causing burns on toddler
KUALA LUMPUR: A babysitter was fined RM5,000 in default five months’ jail by the Sessions Court today for causing a toddler, aged one year and seven months, under her care to suffer burns on her left leg. Judge Izralizam Sanusi also ordered the 20-year-old woman to be placed on a good behaviour bond of RM1,000 […]
Vietnamese woman fined RM10k for overstaying
KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM10,000, in default four months’ imprisonment, by the Sessions Court here for overstaying after her social visit pass expired in December last year. H Bui Bya, 26, from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Feb 1) after a charge under Section 15 (1)(c) of the Immigration Act […]
Teen fined RM200 for illegal cockfighting
KUCHING: A teenager pleaded guilty for his involvement in illegal cockfighting in Batu Kawa in December last year and was fined RM200 in default seven days’ jail. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 19-year-old accused after hearing a report from the Social Welfare Department (JKM) today (Jan 27). The Magistrates’ Court heard that […]
Two Chinese nationals fined RM10,000 each for bribing immigration officer
KUCHING: Two Chinese nationals were each fined RM10,000 in default five months’ jail for giving a RM200 bribe to an immigration officer RM100 to skip inspection of their passports as their Professional Visit Passes (Professional Work Permits) were about to expire. Pu Chaozheng, 36, and Xia Bobin, 35, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under […]
Security guard fined for possession, drug abuse
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court fined a security guard RM5,400 for having 0.04g of methamphetamine and drug abuse. Before Magistrate Siti Farah Ibrahim, Norasyriq, 35, entered a plea of guilty to two charges read to him by an interpreter today (Jan 26). He was charged with possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine under Section 12 (2) of the […]
Two companies fined for flouting Act
SIBU: A trading company was fined RM3,500 by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for contravening Employees’ Social Security Act 1969. The fine was imposed by Magistrate Oon Kork Chern after the company’s representative entered a guilty plea. The charge against the company located at Teku stated that as a principal employer to an employer had failed […]
Armed robber gets 6 years’ jail, 3 lashes
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here on Tuesday (Jan 10) for robbing an elderly man at knifepoint and hijacking his car in September, last year. Accused Mohd Niqa Qastalani Mohamad Ismail, 27, pleaded guilty to charges under Section 392 […]
Costly affair for man in love triangle
KUCHING: A local man was fined RM3,500 or three months’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court for damaging a four-wheel drive pickup belonging to his wife’s boyfriend last August. Mohamad Nur Fizdris Ideris, 33, from Lawas, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 427 of the Penal Code which was read out by an interpreter to […]
