Slithering ‘visitor’ caught, released
MIRI: A man who was working in a farm at Taman Da Shing 5, Jalan Taman Tungku, here had a slithering visit from a one-metre-long King Cobra yesterday morning. Civil Defence Force (APM) Miri officer Captain (PA) Usman Harto in a statement, said they received a distress call at 7.48am and deployed a team to […]
Python removed from home into the wild
MIRI: A two-metre python spooked a family of three after falling from the kitchen ceiling. According to Civil Defence Force (APM) Miri Cpt Usman Harto, they received an emergency call at 1.10pm from Miri District Control Operation Centre (PKOD). He said that a team was dispatched to the location at Lintang 3, Taman Tunku here. […]
Man in possession of contraband released after paying RM100k fine
SIBU: The Magistrates’ Court here fined a man RM100,000 in default of six months’ jail for possessing contraband cigarettes. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar also directed the accused to pay leviable customs duty due amounting to RM7,680 in default of two weeks’ imprisonment, within two weeks. Mohd Mazlan Mohamad, 32, who opted to pay the fine […]
Student bullies released on bond of good behaviour
KUCHING: Eleven boarding school students, who allegedly injured three junior students early last year, were released on bond of good behavior for two years without surety, at the Magistrate’s Court here today. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered all the teenagers, aged between 15 and 17, to be released on good behavior bonds after hearing advice from […]
Court release remanded company directors
KUCHING: Two company directors with ‘Datuk’ titles, who were remanded for two days to facilitate further investigation into a corruption case, were released by the Magistrate’s Court here on Sunday (Sept 13). They were released on a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bail of RM100,000 with one surety. They were detained by MACC for alleged submission […]
Duo escape gallows after ‘not guilty’ verdict
SIBU: Two men escaped the gallows after the High Court here found them not guilty of murder, on Tuesday (Aug 18). The accused, Udi Ambo, 31, and Ngumbang Abang, 40, were released. Both were previously charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same Code. The section […]
