Four fined RM700 each for failing to show IC
KUCHING: Four local men were each sentenced to a fine of RM700 or one month’s jail in default for failing to show their identity cards when detained at an entertainment centre. The accused Kho Thong How, 32; Kon You Liang, 27; Then Mee Teck, 39, and Hwong Yu Fui, 50, each pleaded guilty to one […]
Teenager fined RM500 for buying illegal lottery
KUCHING: A teenage boy was sentenced to a fine of RM500 or two months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for buying a public lottery without a license at a café in Batu Kawah. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 18-year-old accused after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 9(1) […]
Jail for man who stole and sold mother’s kitchen equipment
KUCHING: A 31-year-old man was sentenced to five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today for disposing of stolen property – a steamer and a gas canister belonging to his mother, last August. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Phoo Ah Then, 31, after pleading guilty to the two charges read before him. […]
Ebit Lew’s sexual harassment trial begins tomorrow
KOTA KINABALU: The trial of preacher Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, or Ebit Lew, on sexual harassment charges will be held from tomorrow until Sept 30 at the Tenom Magistrate’s Court. Lew, 37, is facing 11 charges, including insulting the modesty of a 41-year-old woman by sending lewd words to her telephone number via the WhatsApp […]
3 village labourers charged with murdering Orang Asli girl
PEKAN: Three Orang Asli men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of a 14-year-old Orang Asli girl. The three accused — Rosli Bakar, 29, Helmat, 22, and Murad Ahmad, 26, — nodded after the charge was read out to them, but no plea was recorded as the case is under […]
Gardener jailed for beating wife over infidelity
KUCHING: A gardener was jailed for two weeks and fined RM2,000 for beating his wife over her infidelity. He had suspected his wife of cheating with another man after reading their WhatsApp conversations. The Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (19 August) sentenced the 26-year-old accused from Niah after he pleading guilty to two charges read […]
Local woman gets fine
KUCHING: A local woman was fined RM3,800 by the Magistrate’s Court here for possessing methamphetamine weighing 0.37 grams in February. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi fined Zur Kamiena Aida Kamal, 31, after she pleaded guilty to committing the offence. The court ordered her to serve four months in jail if she failed to pay the fine. She […]
