Indonesians jailed for human trafficking
KUCHING: Two Indonesian men have been sentenced to prison by the High Court here for their involvement in transporting migrants from their country into Malaysia in April last year. Aprizal, 29, and Joko, 39, pleaded guilty before Judge Alexander Siew How Wai to charges framed under Section 26J of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling […]
Local jailed seven months for meth, nimetazepam possession
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to seven months in prison for possessing 0.17g of methamphetamine and 0.03g of nimetazepam in October last year Mohamad Shaffieudin Mohamad Lihee, 24, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to two charges framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, […]
Two-year sentence for mosque fund theft
KUCHING: Jeremy, a 25-year-old local man, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court today (Mar 8) for attempting to steal funds from a mosque. The sentence was handed down after Jeremy pleaded guilty to the charge presented before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. He was charged under Section 380 of the Penal […]
11-month jail for stolen bikes
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a local man to 11 months in prison for possessing two stolen motorcycles last week. Jalil, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali, to two charges read out by an interpreter. On the first count, Jalil and his accomplice, who remains at large, were charged under […]
Local gets six months’ jail for abusing drugs
KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here sentenced a man to six months in prison for abusing drugs in January this year. Rahul, 25, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali to a charge framed under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 15 of the same Act. If […]
Shop assistant gets five years’ jail, caning for assault
KUCHING: The Sessions Court here sentenced a coffin shop assistant to five years in prison and two lashes of the cane for causing grievous hurt to a 23-year-old man last year. Delly, 20, pleaded guilty before Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi to a charge framed under Section 326 of the Penal Code. He was accused of […]
Jobless man gets one year in prison, RM1k fine for theft, burglary
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to one year in prison and fined RM1,000 by the Magistrates’ Court for the theft of a motorcycle and burglary of a woman’s bedroom in early February. Norhaizammer, 23, pleaded guilty to two charges presented before separate magistrates today (Feb 15). On the initial charge, he was accused of […]
Man gets jail for trying to steal cables
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday sentenced a local man to five months in jail for attempting to steal cables that caused electricity supply to be cut off in a government office building. Iskandar, 31, from Kampung Sri Arjuna pleaded guilty to a charge which was read before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According to […]
Plumber jailed for injuring man suspected of taking his picture
KUCHING: A plumber was sentenced to eight months in prison by the Magistrates’ Court here on Friday (Nov 3) for causing injury to a man he suspected of taking his picture. Don, 29, pleaded guilty to one charge read before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. According to the charge, he, along with several others, intentionally […]
Jobless man gets eight years, caning for assaulting deaf uncle
KUCHING: An unemployed man has been sentenced to eight years in prison and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court for inflicting severe injuries on his deaf uncle, who is a Person with Disabilities (PWD), by assaulting him with a machete. Sahnizam, 27, pleaded guilty to two charges read in front of Judge […]
