Repeat offender gets one year in prison for construction company break-in
KUCHING: A habitual criminal involved in break-ins was sentenced to 12 months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here today (Mar 22) for breaking into a construction company, causing RM10,000 in damages. Hew, 45, pleaded guilty to the charge read by the interpreter before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According to the charge, he and […]
Five years for habitual drug offender
SIBU: A habitual drug offender was today sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for consuming illegal substances. Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan also ordered Ngien, 43, to be given two strokes of the cane. He was also directed to be placed under police supervision for three years upon his release and to report himself at Sungei […]
Habitual offender held — this time for snatch thefts
KUCHING: A man with numerous past criminal records was re-arrested by the police here on suspicion of being involved in two snatch theft cases recently. District police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspect, 37, was arrested in Jalan Tabuan Melayu, here around 5pm on Tuesday (Sept 7). “As a result of the initial interrogation, […]
