Youth gets community service for kerambit offence
KUCHING: A 20-year-old has been ordered to undergo 200 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to possessing a kerambit (curved knife) in a public area in June this year. Sessions Court Judge Jason Juga handed him the penalty after hearing a social report submitted by the Social Welfare Department as well as submissions […]
Supplier fined for kway teow offence
KUCHING: A noodle supplier here was fined RM5,000 by the Magistrate’s Court for selling kway teow containing benzoic acid above permissible levels last December. The company’s representative pleaded guilty in front of Syarifah Fatimah Azura. According to the charge, the company had sold the noodles at a supermarket in Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce here […]
Viet woman fined for vice
KUCHING: A 33-year-old Vietnamese woman was handed a fine of RM2,200 in default four months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court for soliciting for the purpose of prostitution here. Tran Thi Huyen from Hai Phong, Vietnam committed the offence at about 8.30 pm in a room at Hotel Hua Kuok Inn at Ban Hock Road on […]
Don’t purchase CBR devices from unregistered sources
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has reminded the public not to purchase boosters or cellular booster and repeater (CBR) devices from unregistered sources, and instead only get them from authorised service providers. In a statement today, MCMC said it had issued guidelines on the purchase, and use and ownership of CBRs effective […]
It’s an offence to kill crocodiles
KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) reminded the public that crocodiles are protected species and that killing them has consequences. Its chief executive officer Zolkipli Mohamad Aton expressed his disappointment on the lack of consciousness by the public on the recent news of an 800kg crocodile found inside a drain behind a school in Limbang on […]
Dispose of your PPE properly
By Daryll Law & Natasha Jee KUCHING: Worn as safety precautions against Covid-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) may keep humans safe. But improper disposal of the PPE may pose a potential public health hazard to others and harm the environment. Protective gear such as masks, disinfectant wipes and latex gloves are increasingly becoming part […]
Support for life sentence
KUCHING: The potential amendment to the penalty for drug trafficking offences has been met with expressions of agreement and support. Earlier, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the mandatory death penalty imposed for drug trafficking might be revised to a life sentence, and the government would review laws related to the distribution and […]
Get rid of suicide attempt law: Fatimah
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah supports the idea of removing suicide attempt as an offence from the Penal Code. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said individuals who want to commit suicide should be helped instead of being prosecuted. “They attempt to end their lives because they feel there is no […]
