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Self-selection bias

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.  – Roald Dahl, British author Malaysians are reportedly outraged at the recent Pardons Board decision to reduce the prison sentence and the fines imposed upon a former prime minister. In the first place, voters chose their government in GE-15, and now they are […]

Trio fined RM250 each for possessing illegal cigarettes

KUCHING: Three young offenders were sentenced to a fine of RM250 each in default one month in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing 1,237 cartons of various brands of cigarettes illegally. All three accused, aged 19 to 20, pleaded guilty to charges under Section 37(1) of the Sarawak Minor Offences Ordinance 1958. […]

Six months’ jail for possessing stolen laptop

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for possessing a stolen laptop in December last year. Ammy’een, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the charge, he and another accomplice were accused of possessing a stolen […]

Security guard gets six months for copper wire theft

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court today (Jan 11) sentenced Mohad Rizal Juman, a 30-year-old security guard from Tawau, Sabah, to six months in prison. The charges stemmed from his theft of copper wire belonging to a luxury car distributor company in early January. Rizal pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 381 of the Penal Code, […]

Habitual flasher gets jail term and caning

KUCHING: A habitual offender who made off with a university student’s bag after flashing at her will pay for his crime, this time in prison. The 20-year-old vegetable farmer was handed a 24-month jail term and two strokes of the cane for robbing the 23-year-old woman. Sessions Court Judge Iris Awen Jon ordered him to […]

Former convenience store employee gets 36-month prison sentence for CBT

KUCHING: A former assistant salesperson at a 24-hour convenience store has been sentenced to 36 months in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here after being found guilty of breaching trust involving a sum of RM436. Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi delivered the verdict after the prosecution successfully proved a prima […]

Woman determined to change for children’s sake after early release from prison

MELAKA: For the sake of her children who always provided support despite several grave mistakes, a woman is determined to change herself for the better and wants to reunite with her family. Suriana, 42, (not her real name) is among the 15 inmates of Sungai Udang Prison who were released through the Licensed Prisoner Release […]

Man gets eight months in prison for meth possession

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to eight months in prison for possessing 0.13g of methamphetamine. Hidayat, 25, from Landeh, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which is punishable under Section 12(3) of the same Act. If convicted, the […]

Indonesian sentenced to prison for involvement in online gambling

KUCHING: A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to one count of involvement in online gambling. Feronika was found guilty under Section 4B(a) of the Open Gambling House Act 1953, as revealed before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. Magistrate Mason Jaro ordered that […]

US gynaecologist gets 20 years for sexually abusing patients

NEW YORK: A Manhattan judge on Tuesday sentenced a “prolific, heinous and predatory” ex-Columbia University gynecologist, Robert Hadden, to 20 years in federal prison, doling out the maximum justice decades after he began abusing his patients and seven years after he avoided jail time, reported German news agency (dpa).  Citing Hadden’s “out of control” and “depraved” […]