Nine years’ jail for robbing grocery store
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to nine years in prison by the Sessions Court here today for robbing a mini grocery store and taking RM345 in cash and several packs of branded cigarettes. Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Addian, 27, after he was found guilty under Section 395 of the Penal […]
Two fined for keeping stolen item
KUCHING: Two friends’ joy of owning an ultrasound scanning machine (medical) was short-lived, when they were found guilty of possessing the item as it was a stolen property. In the Magistrate’s Court here today, each was fined RM1,500 for having in their possession a stolen property an offence under Section 411 of the Penal Code. […]
Companies found guilty of damaging fiber optic cable network
SIMANGGANG: Two companies were fined RM100,000 and RM40,000 in default of not more than two months’ imprisonment for causing damage to a 48-core underground fiber optic cable network around Sri Aman five years ago. Judge Muhamad Yasser Mohd Nasri on Wednesday (Jan 19) meted out the sentence after representatives from both companies pleaded guilty to […]
Farmer charged with negligently causing death of woman
KUCHING: What was to have been a farmer’s normal hunting trip with two of his women relatives went tragically wrong when one of the women was killed and the other, injured. In the Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 18) was Domanic Ridis, 46, who was slapped with two charges. On the first charge, he was […]
Man claims trial to raping daughter
KUCHING: A 36-year-old man stands accused of raping his 12-year-old daughter at the family home in Bintawa last month. Under the law he can be jailed up to 30 years and also whipped should he be found guilty of the offence. The court released him on a RM15,000 bail with two sureties and ordered the accused […]
Man to spend 14 years behind bars for causing serious injury
KUCHING: An unemployed local man was sentenced to 14 years in prison and six lashes today after he was found guilty of two charges of causing serious injury to a man and his own wife. Sessions Court Judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad ordered Acheng Husen to serve his jail term from the date of […]
Baby killers to know their fate on March 3
KUCHING: An Indonesian couple suspected of killing and burying their two-day-old baby alive in 2013 will know their fate on March 3. A panel of Federal Court judges led by Tun Tengku Maimum Tuan Mat, Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Zawawi Salleh and Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, set the appeal for that date as they still […]
