Govt mulls home detention to ease prison overcrowding
BY JACQUELINE DAVID KUCHING: The government has agreed in principle to implement home detention for prisoners serving jail sentences of four years and below in an effort to reduce overcrowding in the country’s prisons. The Licensed Release of Prisoners initiative will particularly apply to senior citizens, people with disabilities and pregnant women serving out such […]
Woman fined for filing false sexual assault report
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 16) fined a 25-year-old woman RM1,500 after she pleaded guilty to lodging a false police report, claiming she was sexually assaulted at a hotel in Batu Kawa on Oct 30. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi ordered the accused, Ayu, 25, to face a three-month jail term in default of the fine. […]
Man gets five years for Batu Kawa hotel murder
KUCHING: A 33-year-old man was sentenced to a five-year jail term by the Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 16) in connection with the murder of a 51-year-old man outside a hotel in Batu Kawa on Oct 30. Hartley pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan, who sentenced the accused to five years’ […]
Man jailed, faces six strokes of rotan
KUCHING: A grade N19 administrative assistant of the state Department of Islamic Development (Jakim), who was charged with criminal breach of trust, was sentenced to 12 months’ jail and six strokes of the rotan on Friday. Sessions Court Judge Steve Ritikos meted out the sentence on Mohd Hishamuddin Sulhi, 40, after he pleaded guilty to […]
Five years’ jail, whipping for drugs
KUCHING: A self-employed man will “celebrate” the Gawai Dayak behind bar after he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment plus two strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to drug offences on Monday (May 17). Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan meted the sentence on John Arrieyo Isa,28, under Section 39C (1) of the Dangerous Drugs […]
Foreigner jailed three months for illegal stay
KUCHING: A foreign woman who was found without a valid travel document, was sentenced to three months in jail starting Monday (May 17). Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on 25-year-old Saiyah Muhamad from Senuju Village, Sejangkang Sub-district of Sambas region for staying in the country without any valid document. The accused […]
Robbers’ sentences reduced to 13 years’ jail, six lashes
KUCHING: Two inmates, who have been sentenced to 18 years’ jail and six lashes of the cane for robbery, have their penalties reduced to 13 years in prison and six lashes yesterday (Mar 22). In their appeal Mohamad Hasrul Seliman from Kampung Tanjung Pisang, Simunjan and Mohd Kamarul Wahab from Kampung Tabuan Lot argued that […]
DUI drivers to get up to 15 years jail, fine
KUALA LUMPUR: The jail sentence for those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs to the extent of causing death has been increased to between 10 to 15 years and a fine of between RM50,000 to RM100,000 for the first offence. For the second and subsequent offence, the jail sentence will be […]
Two days’ jail, RM10,000 fine for bribing cop
MIRI: A coffee shop owner was sentenced to two days in jail and fined RM10,000 by the Special Corruption Court on Monday (June 15) for attempting to bribe a police inspector two years ago. The accused, Wong Teck Sing, 50, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the charge read before Judge Nixon Kennedy Kumbong. […]
Unemployed gets eight years for hurting guard
SIBU: A jobless man was sentenced to eight years’ jail and two strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court yesterday for voluntarily causing hurt to a security guard during an attempted robbery. Justice Caroline Bee Majail ordered the accused, Nelson Tungku of Rumah Gramong Pasir Putih Agam Tiga, Jln Entabai, Julau to serve the […]
