Trial for ex-technician’s alleged sexual acts
KUCHING: A former technician has been ordered by the Session Court here to stand trial on four charges of engaging in unnatural sexual acts with a 15-year-old boy. The alleged incident took place in a rented room in Matang four years ago. Judge Maris Agan made the decision after the prosecution successfully presented a strong […]
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, […]
Man gets three years behind bars for sexual offence
SIBU: A 37-year-old man was sentenced to three years behind bars and given three strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here for a sexual offence.Sessions Court judge Marutin Pagan convicted Osman Abu Bakar on Wednesday (Feb 1) after he pleaded no contest to the charge.In addition, Judge Marutin ordered the accused to attend […]
Singer fined RM27k over pet sun bear
KUALA LUMPUR: Former ‘Rockanova’ reality show participant, Zarith Sofia Mohd Yasin was fined RM27,000 by the Sessions Court here yesterday for keeping and confining a sun bear cub at her apartment in Desa Pandan in June last year. Zarith Sofia, 28 was fined RM20,000, in lieu of six months’ imprisonment, for the charge of keeping […]
