Man pays RM1k fine to avoid jail
KUCHING: A man was fined RM1,000 in default of 10 days’ jail by the Magistrates’ Court here n Tuesday (Jan 18) for punching another man. The accused, Lau Hui Lok, 49, was charged with committing the offence on April 13, 2018 at about 5.45pm at a house in Jalan Angsana off Green Road here. The […]
Cop gets jail for graft
SIBU: A police officer was on Monday (Jan 17) ordered to be put behind bars for five months for two charges of graft. Sergeant Wan Bedwi Wan Yusup, 30, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for each charge with the sentences running concurrently. In the first alternative charge, he was accused […]
Man gets seven months for stealing water jet
KUCHING: A 34-year old man will have to spend time in jail after the Magistrates’ Court sentenced him to seven months behind bars for stealing a water jet worth RM600. Taib Jamel, from Kampung Pengkalan Kuap in Kota Samarahan, committed the offence in front of a supermarket at Jalan Sultan Tengah, here at around 4pm […]
Indonesian worker gets 13 years’ jail for countryman’s death
SIBU: The High Court here today sentenced an oil palm plantation worker to 13 years’ jail for culpable homicide not amounting to murder of his countryman. In his judgement, Judicial Commissioner Christopher Chin Soo Yin found the accused named only as Odang, 33, from Indonesia guilty of the amended charge of culpable homicide not amounting […]
Three youths jailed for stealing motorcycle
SIBU: Three youths were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here for stealing a motorcycle. Randi Daud, 25; Raju Talun, 19, and Chritoper Duri, 22, pleaded guilty to the joint charge on Wednesday (Nov 10) when it was read and explained to them through an interpreter. They were jointly indicted for stealing […]
Nine months’ jail for burglar
SIBU: A 32-year-old burglar who broke into a house in Lorong Brooke Drive 22 at 12.45am on Nov 5 and carted away RM2,000 worth of items was on Tuesday (Nov 9) ordered to be put behind bars for nine months by a Magistrates’ Court. The charge against Mohd Khairol Azhar Md Azani from Sri Aman […]
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 […]
Fined and jailed for taking drugs
KUCHING: A 43 -year-old man was fined RM2,700 and jailed four months by the Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Nov 3). The man was sentenced by the court for taking amphetamine and methamphetamine last August. Rajah Chung Kong Fatt, 43, pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan […]
