Indonesian worker gets 13 years’ jail for countryman’s death
SIBU: The High Court here today sentenced an oil palm plantation worker to 13 years’ jail for culpable homicide not amounting to murder of his countryman. In his judgement, Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin Soo Yin found the accused named only as Odang, 33, from Indonesia guilty of the amended charge of culpable homicide not amounting […]
Indonesian gets six months for drug abuse
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday (Nov 4) for drug abuse. The accused, Fendi, 30, from Pontianak Utara, Indonesia pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrates’ Court judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was accused of committing the offence last September. The […]
Indonesian envoy calls on Abang Jo
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg received a courtesy call from Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, His Excellency Hermono at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Petra Jaya on Wednesday (Oct 13). It was Hermono’s first meeting with Abang Johari and the envoy’s inaugural visit to Sarawak. When met by reporters after the meeting, Hermono expressed […]
14 illegal immigrants ordered to return home
KUCHING: Fourteen Indonesian illegal immigrants were ordered to return to their home country after they were caught entering Sarawak via rat trails in Tebedu and Biawak, Lundu recently. They were caught in three separate incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Malaysian army guarding the Sarawak-West Kalimantan border. A spokesman for the First Infantry Division […]
Indonesian man dies after barrier crash
MIRI: An Indonesian man died after the motorcycle that he was riding on crashed into a barrier at the gate of an oil palm plantation in Logan Bunut last Saturday evening. According to Sarawak Traffic Investigation and Enforcement chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu in a statement on Monday (Sept 27), the deceased identified as Ahmad […]
Miri police looking for perps in assault case
MIRI: Police are investigating a case involving a 44-year-old unidentified Indonesian man, who was found unconscious by the roadside near Binu Farm in Bekenu here, early this morning (Aug 12). Miri OCPD ACP Hakemal Hawari said the man was spotted lying shirtless in a weak condition by a guard on duty at the farm at […]
Firemen thwart foreign woman’s suicide try
TATAU: An Indonesian woman who threatened to commit suicide by jumping off from a double-story building here this morning was saved by firemen. Earlier, the distressed woman whose identity is yet to be released was seen sitting on the roof of the building. Concerned members of the public immediately called up the emergency services for […]
Couple charged with murder
MIRI: An Indonesian husband and wife was charged yesterday (Tuesday) at the Magistrate Court here with the killing of their fellow countryman last month. The charge was read out by senior assistant registrar Eleanor Mako Timothy to Madali Basri, 44, and his wife, Asmira Kadir, 38. No plea was taken from the couple. They were charged with […]
Three months’ jail for overstaying
KUCHING: A foreign man, who pleaded guilty to overstaying, was sentenced to three months’ jail today (May 4). Kuching Sessions Court judge Maris Agan ordered 28-year-old Ilham to be jailed in Puncak Borneo prison after pleading guilty under Section 15 (1) (c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. Ilham admitted to being in Malaysia illegally for […]
Indonesian man held after gruesome find
LAWAS: A shirtless dead body of an Indonesian man with multiple slash wounds was found in a drain of an oil palm plantation in Kampung Siang Siang Laut here this morning. According to Acting Lawas police chief ASP Liong Tindan, the discovery was made by a member of the public at around 9.30am. He later […]
