Indonesian jailed for online gambling
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months in prison today (Mar 25) by the Magistrate’s Court here for operating an online gambling machine using a mobile phone. Dino, 25, from Sambas, Indonesia, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali […]
Trio jailed 12 months each for stealing rims, tyres
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced three friends each to 12 months in prison for stealing two tyre rims as well as two car tyres from a house in Kampung Sungai Bedil last month. Nawaziz Yusup, 33, Awang Shifa’a Awang Sebawi, 35 and Mohd Safwatullah, 29, each pleaded guilty to the charges framed under Section […]
Jailed seven months for meth possession
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a jobless man to seven months in jail for possessing 0.16g of methamphetamine. Mohamad Nasrullah Mohamad Ardzuna, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3) of the same Act. Upon […]
Man jailed six months for drug abuse
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Oct 16) sentenced a local man to six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to being involved in substance abuse. Teo Lip Seng, 40, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali as soon as the charge was read out by an interpreter. He was charged under […]
Molester jailed for a year
KUCHING: A lorry driver was sentenced to 12 months ‘ jail by the Magistrate’s Court today (June 30) for molesting another man’s wife in a public toilet during a Gawai event. The accused, Sukre, 47, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 354 of the Penal Code which was read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According […]
Man jailed for impersonating police officer, robbery
KUCHING: A man has been sentenced to three months in prison for impersonating a police officer and robbing a 21-year-old youth in the parking lot of a cafe in BDC here last May. Salidan, 40, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 170 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi on Thursday (June 22). […]
Eight years’ jail, caning for slashing brother with machete
KUCHING: An unemployed man will celebrate his first Raya behind bars when he was sentenced to eight years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Session Court here yesterday for causing serious injury to his elder brother by slashing him with a machete during a rampage last Saturday (April 15). Izzat, 31, […]
Man jailed 5 months for house break-in
KUCHING: An unemployed male was today sentenced to five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here for breaking into a 29-year-old woman’s house with intent to steal in early March. The accused, Fu Ten Foo, 48, from Tapah, pleaded guilty to one charge under Section 457 of the Penal Code read before Magistrate Syarifah […]
Ex-Hollywood star gets 16 years for rape
LOS ANGELES: Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York, was sentenced in Los Angeles Thursday to an additional 16 years in prison for rape, Xinhua quoted a US media report. Weinstein’s sentencing was held in downtown Los Angeles, in the western US state of California, on […]
Man jailed seven months for possessing meth
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today for possessing 0.08 grammes of methamphetamine. Wee Chuan Hock, 58, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According to the charge, he was accused of possessing the drug in a house in […]
