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 […]
Ku Nan gets 12 months’ jail, fine RM2 mln
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today sentenced former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to 12 months in jail and RM2 million fine, in default six months’ jail, after finding him guilty on a graft charge with receiving RM2 million from a businessman in 2016. However, Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan granted […]
You can run but cannot hide
In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates. — Roger B. Taney The old adage “you can run but you cannot hide” truly hits the nail on the head pertaining to a good number of convicted cases thus […]
Guilty!
Najib found guilty on all seven charges in SRC trial KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was found guilty on all seven charges of Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT), money laundering and abuse of position, involving RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds. High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali […]
Civil servants found guilty violating MCO may lose pension
KUALA LUMPUR: Civil servants and government retirees are at risk of losing their pension if found guilty of violating the movement control order (MCO). Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) president Adnan Mat said civil servants and government retirees should always bear in mind that the various “privileges” enjoyed by them including their […]
RM4,000 fine for injuring cat
BINTULU: A 57-year-old man was fined RM4,000 by a Magistrate’s Court here for causing injury to a neighbour’s cat. Magistrate Zuraini Ali Musa imposed the penalty on Fung Kuat Yaw after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Fung was charged with causing injury to a cat belonging to his neighbour at Pine Court Apartment at […]
Man who mocked MCO while filming ‘goat head feast’ video pleads guilty
ALOR SETAR: A man who mocked the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) while filming a video clip of a ‘kenduri kepala kambing’ (goat head feast) in Langgar, here recently pleaded guilty to the offence at the Sessions Court here today. Judge Juraidah Abbas, however, fixed May 11 as the date of sentencing for the accused, Mohd […]
