Five fined RM800 each for scuffling
SIBU: Five men aged between 29 and 50 were each fined RM800 in default two weeks’ imprisonment by a Magistrate’s Court here for brawling today (26 Aug). Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar passed down the sentence after the accused understood and pleaded no contest to the joint charge against them. Yii, 34, from Jalan Jeruwit Timur; […]
Drug store gets RM5,000 fine
SIBU: A drug store was fined RM5,000 by the Sessions Court here Tuesday for having two unregistered products. Judge Marutin Pagan imposed the fine after the company’s representative pleaded guilty to the charge. According to the charge sheet, the company was found to have had two unregistered products at its premises in the Rejang Park […]
Man fined RM4,000 for impersonating Raja Muda of Perak
ALOR SETAR: A man was fined RM4,000 by the Magistrate’s Court here today after he pleaded guilty to impersonating the Raja Muda of Perak last June. Magistrate Muhammad Zulhilmi Latif also ordered Mohammad Fadhil Lope, 39, an odd-job worker, to serve 10 months in jail if he failed to pay the fine. Mohammad Fadhil was […]
Man fined RM500 for scamming another of RM35,690
SIBU: A 28-year-old man from Kuala Lumpur pleaded guilty in the Magistrates’ Court here for possessing RM35,690 that was unlawfully obtained. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar today fined him RM500, in default seven days’ imprisonment. Jaywinder was indicted under Section 37(1) of the Minor Offence Ordinance Sarawak, which provides for a jail term of up to […]
Man threatens own mother via WhatsApp fined RM3,500
KUCHING: A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to threatening his own mother via Whatsapp message, was fined RM3,500 in default of five months by the Magistrate’s Court today. The accused, Joel, who works as a courier, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. The accused is charged under Section […]
Fined for not social distancing
SIBU: A woman was fined RM2,000 in default two weeks’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court (Aug 8) for failing to carry out social distancing in a COVID-19 infected local area at a music cafe here, in September last year. Magistrate Punitha Sivaraji took note of 24-year-old Nurul Syahfina Yusup’s mitigation and her guilty plea. “The […]
Man jailed for six months for attacking woman with machete
SIBU: A 48-year-old man who faced two criminal charges was today sentenced to six months and fined RM2,500 in default four months’ imprisonment by a Magistrates’ Court here. In the first charge, magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar sentenced Franky from Lorong Satria to six months’ jail for voluntarily causing hurt to a 35-year-old woman with a […]
Fined RM10k for online gambling
KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM10,000 or two months’ jail in default by the Magistrate’s Court here today. This was after she pleaded guilty of engaging in online top-up gambling activities. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi meted the sentence on the accused Catherine, 28, from Debak, after her guilty plea to a charge that was read […]
Youth fined RM1,500 for mischief
KUCHING: A local youth was today fined RM1,500 or jailed one month in default by the Magistrate’s Court here. This was after he pleaded guilty splattering the fence of a 34-year-old man’s house using grey-white paint. The accused Eirzan, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read out by an interpreter in front of […]
Man jailed for 12 months for attacking another man with axe
SIBU: A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and fined RM3,000 in default three months’ jail by a Magistrates’ Court here today (Aug 2) for an assault charge. Zaipul Engkabang, from Jalan Hua Kiew understood and the consequences of maintaining his plea of guilty to the charge after it was read and explained […]
