Drug suspect bites cop in bid to escape arrest
MUKAH: A routine arrest in Sepiring, Selangau turned into a bizarre incident that a policeman will not forget for quite some time. The law enforcer was chomped on by a man he was sent to apprehend at an oil palm plantation in Jalan Sibu-Bintulu early Wednesday (July 28). Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said […]
Jobless man held for possessing drugs
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for drug possession at Kampung Segubang here on Monday (July 26). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the police conducted a raid on a house in the village at 5.45am. “The police found a plastic packet containing crystalline lumps believed to be syabu on the floor of […]
Machete-wielding man held
MIRI: A 35-year-old unemployed man was arrested on Monday (July 5) after he threatened a 27-year-old farmer in Batu Niah with a machete. During the 6.40pm arrest, police also recovered the 59cm-long machete used in the incident. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was having an affair with the farmer’s wife. When the farmer learned about […]
Two drug abusers arrested
BAU: Two unemployed men here were arrested for drug abuse today (30 June). Bau district police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the two suspects were caught in two separate raids carried out by the Bau District Police Headquarters (IPD) Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division (NCID) team. He said first to be arrested was a 23-year-old man […]
Jailed six months for threatening mum
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to six months’ jail yesterday (June 28) for threatening his mother. Magistrate Sharifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali meted out the sentence on Ahmad Johamudin Brahim after he pleaded guilty under Section 506 of the Penal Code. The accused pleaded guilty to threatening his 61-year-old mother Siti Jeliha Jalani at […]
Unfilial son gets RM6,000 fine or 14 months’ jail
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM6,000 in default 14 months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today for disposing of several stolen items belonging to his father. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar ordered Abang Mohd Izwandi Abang Ahmad to pay a fine of RM3,000 in default seven months imprisonment for each charge against him under Section […]
Man who killed grandma over RM30 gets 12 years
KUCHING: An unemployed man, who killed his grandmother over RM30, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail by the Sessions Court here. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman yesterday (June 15) ordered Azizan Zainal to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest, Sep 21, 2020. However, as the Prisons Department is currently under the movement control […]
Jobless man fails to pay RM3,000 fine
KUCHING: An unemployed man was fined RM3,000 in default seven months’ jail on Monday for threatening to hurt his mother. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar meted out the sentence on the 23-year-old accused from Kampung Sri Kandong, after he pleaded guilty under Section 506 of the Penal Code. The accused had threatened to hurt his mother at […]
Eight years in prison, two strokes for raping underage girlfriend
KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to be given two strokes of the rotan for raping his underage girlfriend. Sessions Court Judge Maris Agan meted out the sentence on Carlos Vebelee Tomy after he pleaded guilty under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code today. The 23-year-old from Taiping, […]
Jobless man arrested for drug possession
BAU: An unemployed man was arrested for drug possession at Jalan Tongga here today. Narcotics police conducted an anti-drug patrol at 11.45am in the area and spotted the suspect acting suspiciously by the roadside. Bau OCPD DSP Poge Nyaon said the team detained the 24-year-old man for inspection. “They found a plastic packet containing crystalline […]
