Youth pleads guilty to raping underage girlfriend
KUCHING: A youth who pleaded guilty to raping an underage girlfriend was today ordered to be released on RM5,000 bail with one local surety. A Magistrate’s Court here ordered his release pending his probation report set for April 22. The 18-year-old youth was charged under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code. The underage girl is […]
Foreigner gets five-month jail, two whippings
KUCHING: A male Indonesian national who entered Sarawak illegally, was sentenced to five months in prison and two lashes of the cane today. Sessions Court judge Steve Ritikos ordered the accused, Syafaruddin, 27, to serve his sentence starting today. The accused from Pontianak, Indonesia pleaded guilty to the offence under Section 6 (1) (c) of […]
Man fined RM7k for taking upskirt video of woman
KAJANG: For recording an upskirt video of a woman by placing his mobile phone under her skirt, a food delivery man was fined RM7,000 in default two months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today. Magistrate Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli sentenced Shahidan Mohammad, 46, after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The father of six was charged with […]
Man fined RM1.5K for injuring girlfriend
KUCHING: A man from Kampung Tambirat Hilir, who pleaded guilty to injuring his girlfriend, was fined RM1,500 in default three months’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here today. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar meted out the sentence on the 29-year-old man after he pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code. The accused […]
Employer fined for harbouring illegal immigrants
KUCHING: An employer in Sibu has pleaded guilty before the Sessions Court and was fined RM225,000 — RM5,000 per illegal immigrant that he harboured. In default he would get jail time, and he was also given the option of serving jail time of 135 months (three months per person). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) […]
Local jailed for smuggling in aliens
KUCHING: The High Court here today sentenced a local man to two years’ jail, after he pleaded guilty to smuggling three foreigners into the state last year. Judge Azahari Kamal Ramli ordered the accused, in his late 30s, to be jailed starting October 18 last year. The accused, who pleaded guilty under Section 26J of […]
Teenage rapist sent to correctional school
KUCHING: A teenager who pleaded guilty to raping his underage girlfriend was ordered by the Sessions Court here today to be sent to the Henry Gurney School at Puncak Borneo. After examining the accused’s social report, Judge Jason Juga ruled that the 19-year-old offender should be sent to the school until he turns 21. The […]
Senior citizen fined RM1,000 for criminal intimidation
KUCHING: A septuagenarian was fined RM1,000 in default one month jail after he pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation today. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi sentenced the 78-year-old man under Section 506 of the Penal Code. Kong from Jalan Semaba admitted committing criminal intimidation by threatening to hurt 63-year-old Voon Ah Joon over a debt of RM3,000. He […]
Five years jail for assaulting brother
KUCHING: A jobless man was sentenced to five years’ jail and ordered to be given two strokes of the rotan after he pleaded guilty to causing hurt to his brother with a knife and illegally possessing a kerambit (curved knife) in a public place. Session Court Judge Steve Ritikos ordered Mohamad Ridzuan Aris from Kampung […]
Man fined RM1,000 for theft of properties
KUCHING: A local man was fined RM1,000 in default three months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to theft of properties from the office of Sarawak Media Group Sdn Bhd today. Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi ordered Mohd Zulfiqar Zailan of Taman Satria Jaya to pay a fine after he pleaded guilty to Section 414 of the Penal […]
