Son gets seven months for death threats against father
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Feb 9) for threatening to kill his father. Luwis Setar, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge, which was read out by an interpreter before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was charged with making death threats against his […]
Habitual offenders get five-year penalty
SIBU: Four habitual drug offenders will now spend the next five years behind bars for consuming illegal substances. Loh Teck Kian, Kennedy Tansang, both 48, Wellson Gong, 24, and Joseph Benang, 26, who have no less than two previous drug convictions each, were also ordered whipped by Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan. They maintained their […]
Local woman, 32, jailed six months for drugs
KUCHING: A 32-year old local woman was sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Jan 26) on a charge of possessing 0.03 gram of the drug methamphetamine on October last year. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Nisha Lo Abdullah after she pleaded guilty to the charge read to […]
Eight months’ jail for strangling own father
KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to eight months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for strangling his father who refused to give him his car keys. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Ramlissari Malim, 23, after he pleaded guilty to the charge read before him in court. The court also ordered […]
Woman pleads guilty to committing fraud
SIBU: A 25-year-old woman pleaded guilty to obtaining RM31,000 illegally from an investment fraud syndicate. The accused, Jessrene Tan Qiu Tong from Johor, was charged under Section 37 (1) of the Sarawak Minor Offenses Ordinance 1958in the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday. The offence carries a three-month jail sentence and a fine of RM500. According to […]
Jobless man who ran amok fined RM4k
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM4,000 in default of seven month’s imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Jan 12) for damaging his mother’s property early January. Accused Hafizi Yusop pleaded guilty after the charge was read out by an interpreter in front of Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. The 42-year-old was charged with damaging […]
Jobless man fined RM1,500 for damaging bedroom door
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,500 in default of five months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to damaging his father’s bedroom door when his sister refused to buy cigarettes for him. Jannis Teng, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton […]
Four escapees get 12 months in jail each
KUCHING: Four men were each sentenced to 12 months in jail by the Magistrates’ Court for escaping from the Puncak Borneo Prison Transit Centre (PTP), Padawan in July. The accused — Diveni Bumby, 36, Robin Bahan, 29, Mohammad Fikkry Azzarudin Abdullah, 26 and Rahmat Simbolan, 38 — pleaded guilty after the charge was read before […]
Youth gets one year’s jail for cheating money-lending company
SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court sentenced a youth to one year’s imprisonment for cheating a money-lending company. Robert Liun, 23, from Batang Igan pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday (Nov 4) when it was read and explained to him through an interpreter. Robert was indicted for cheating a money-lending company by applying for a loan […]
Indonesian gets six months for drug abuse
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday (Nov 4) for drug abuse. The accused, Fendi, 30, from Pontianak Utara, Indonesia pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrates’ Court judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was accused of committing the offence last September. The […]
