Two cops under probe, remanded for fake claims
KUCHING: Two police officers were remanded for four days by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday for investigations on fake claims totalling RM19,980 to carry out remaining service work and building repair at the Julau district police headquarters. Magistrate Siti Farah Ibrahim allowed the two suspects to be remanded for four days beginning January 18. Both […]
Youth gets RM3k fine for mischief
SIBU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined a youth RM3,000, in default of three months’ jail for committing mischief. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern imposed the fine on Dave Wong Yan Dao after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Wong, 20, from Upper Lanang was charged with wrongful loss namely causing destruction of the mobile phone […]
Junkie fined RM4k or 10 months’ jail
KUCHING: A local guy who pleaded guilty for being involved in the abuse of methamphetamine six years ago was fined RM4,000 or ten months’ jail in default. After having a charge read in front of him, Zammel Jamani confessed before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. After serving his or her prison term, the defendant was sentenced by […]
Prison inmate gets 4 months jail for drug offence
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to four months in prison today by the Magistrate’s Court for attempting to smuggle in 0.4 grams of cocaine in shoe liners while incarcerated at Puncak Borneo Prison. Abdul Khalid Ali, 37, was sentenced by Magistrate Zaiton after an interpreter had read the charge against him. He was accused […]
Duo gets 8 years’ jail, three lashes each for armed robbery
KUCHING: The Sessions’ Court here sentenced two friends to eight years in jail and three lashes of the rotan each for committing armed robbery at an eatery on Nov 23. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman meted out the sentence against the two accused Mohd Ariffin Efendi, 21, and Donavan Elison Impin, 26, after they pleaded guilty […]
Man gets 10 months’ jail for possession of drugs
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Nov 22) sentenced a 29-year-old man to 10 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to possessing 0.15g of methamphetamine in September this year. Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy meted out the sentence to the accused Hariss Husaini after pleading guilty to two counts read by an interpreter. […]
Accused gets 15 months for grievous hurt
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a man to 15 months in prison for wounding his younger brother by slicing the victim with a rusted machete. Accused Doflin, 27, pleaded guilty to one offence under Section 324 of the Penal Code, which was read in conjunction with Section 326A of the Penal Code before […]
Six months jail for threatening mother
KUCHING: The Magistrates Court here yesterday sentenced a man to six months in prison for threatening his mother after she failed to give him RM50 to buy fastfood. Yazid, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to the charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code. Syarifah Fatimah ordered the accused to […]
Painter gets jail and fine for drugs
KUCHING: A painter was sentenced to jail and fined by the Magistrates’ Court here on Today (Aug 24) for drug-related offences. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced Tiagu Ramen Alien, 33, after he pleaded guilty to two charges read before him. For the first charge, he was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment under Section 15(1)(a) of the […]
Chronology of Najib’s SRC case
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today failed in his final appeal to quash his conviction and sentence for misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds. This follows the unanimous decision of the Apex Court’s five-member bench led by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat in dismissing his appeal against his conviction, […]
