Two locals get 6 months’ jail for substance abuse
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced two local men to six months each in jail for being involved in substance abuse in January this year. The first accused Iruan Fadizlah Man, 46, pleaded guilty before Senior Assistant Court Registrar Sandy Yvette Freddy to one count under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Sandy […]
Foreigners jailed 6 months for having stolen bikes
KUCHING: Two Indonesian men were each sentenced to six months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here, for possessing two stolen motorcycles in a palm oil plantation in Lundu, last December. The accused Daniel, 31, and Amirudin, 27, both from West Kalimantan, Indonesia, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section […]
Three months’ jail for drug possession
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 25-year-old man to three months’ jail for possessing 0.04g of methamphetamine in early last month. The accused Fateeq , from Matang Jaya pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar to a charge framed under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. According to the charge, he possessed the […]
Man jailed three years for smuggling migrant
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to three years in prison by the High Court here today after being found guilty of smuggling an Indonesian migrant into the country through the fenced area of the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Biawak, Lundu, three years ago. Judge Dr Alwi Abdul Wahab sentenced Addy […]
Has jailed for accepting funeral arrangement gratificatio
SHAH ALAM: Three health care assistants (PPK) at Serdang Hospital were each sentenced to between three and five months in jail and fined between RM5,000 and RM20,000 by the Sessions Court here today for accepting gratification concerning funeral arrangements of dead patients. Judge Rozilah Salleh handed down the sentence on Mohd Shah Rizan Yasak, 43; […]
Ministry bans cosmetic products containing mercury
KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned the public against buying and using two types of cosmetic products as they contain mercury. The products are Karisma Turmeric Booster Cream and Flashskinzz Treatment Cream. They will no longer be sold in Malaysia. “Sellers and distributors of these cosmetic products need to stop selling and distributing […]
Woman jailed for 7 months after testing positive for meth
KUCHING: A 38-year-old woman was sentenced to seven months’ jail by the Magistrate Court here today (Dec 19) for involvement with drug-related activities last September. The accused Lydiawati Saharie, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge read by an interpreter before Magistrate Nursyaheeqa Nazwa Radzali. The court also ordered the accused to undergo two years police […]
Two foreigners jailed four months for overstaying
KUCHING: Two foreigners were each sentenced to four months’ jail by the Sessions Court yesterday, for overstaying and for being in the country without valid travel documents early this month. The accused Dicky Derian, 24, from Singkawang, Kalimantan-Indonesia pleaded guilty to charges under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and can be punished under […]
Man busted in drug raid
MIRI: Police confiscated 93 grams of drugs worth RM93,000 following the arrest of a 30-year-old man. According to Miri police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu, a team from the Miri Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) raided the house in Taman Bayshore, here, around 7.15 pm. The drugs were found inside the bedroom at the upper […]
Unemployed man gets 9 years’ jail for hurting wife, children
MELAKA: An unemployed man was sentenced to nine years in jail by the Ayer Keroh Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts here today after he pleaded guilty to four counts of hurting his wife and two children. In the Sessions Court, Rony Abraham, 37, was sentenced to three years in jail by Judge Mohd Sabri Ismail for […]
