Druggie gets six months jail
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today sentenced a local man to six months in prison for his involvement in drug abuse activities four years ago. Magistrate Mason Jaro Berayan Lenya sentenced the accused, Hidayat, 33, after he pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 15 (1) (a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Act 234). […]
Foreigner gets 10 years’ jail, RM50,000 fine for causing death of motorcyclist
BINTULU: A foreign man was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined RM50,000 for causing the death of a motorcyclist in an accident along Jalan Sultan Iskandar here on July 2. The Sessions Court meted out the sentence to Usdin on Tuesday (Aug 15) and if he fails to pay the fine, his prison […]
Man gets 702 years jail, 234 lashes for raping daughters
MUAR: A father who raped his daughter until she became pregnant was sentenced to 702 years in prison and 234 strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to 19 charges of rape and 11 charges of sexual assault against his two daughters. However, the 53-year-old accused will have to serve […]
Man gets two months jail for possessing drug
KUCHING: The Magistrates Court here today sentenced a local man to two years in prison and three strokes of the cane for possessing 25.12g of methamphetamine. Chua Zhi Yik, 26, from Landeh, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to […]
Employee behind bars for stealing cash
KUCHING: A female employee was sentenced to three months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court today for stealing cash amounting to RM668 which belongs to a beauty and spa centre. The accused Margaret, 24, pleaded guilty to three charges which were read before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. According to the three charges, she […]
Friends jailed for stealing underwear
KUCHING: Three close friends were sentenced to jail and fined by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for stealing women’s underwear from a clothing store at Tabuan Jaya here recently. The accused individuals, Zaridah (37), Edthma (33), and Fransiska (28), all pleaded guilty to the charges presented before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar. According to the charge, on June […]
Businessman gets jail, fine for assaulting wife
KUCHING: A businessman has been sentenced to two days in jail and fined RM2,000 by the Magistrates’ Court after head-butting and biting his wife during an argument in a car. The charges, under Sections 323 and 326A of the Penal Code, were read before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar on Thursday (June 8), to which Kuan, 52, […]
Welder jailed six months for insulting Perak Sultan on Twitter
KUALA LUMPUR: A welder was sentenced to six months in jail by the Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to making and initiating offensive communications against the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah on his Twitter account in December last year. Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini ordered the accused, Mohd Masri Md Darus, 36, […]
Jail, whipping for habitual drug abuser
SIBU: The Sessions Court here yesterday (Thurs) sentenced a 38-year-old man to five years’ behind bars and a stroke of whipping for repeated drug substance abuse. Ismail from Kampung Datu Baru understood the consequences of pleading guilty to the charge when the nature of charge was read and explained to him through an interpreter. Presiding […]
Thieving attempt lands two in jail
KUCHING: Two friends were sentenced by the Magistrates’ Court here yesterday to a year in jail each for attempting to steal a wheel rim from a car belonging to a 35-year-old woman. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali charged Sze, 32, and Thien, 36, under Section 379A(1)/511 of the Penal Code, and read together with […]
