Unemployed gets 15 years jail, caning for raping friend’s daughter
KLANG: The Sessions Court today sentenced an unemployed man to 15 years jail and ordered him to be given three strokes of the cane after finding him guilty of raping his friend’s daughter last year. Judge Syafeera Mohd Said passed the sentence on Mohamad Zainol Hafiz Mohamad Azmi, 26, after finding that the defence had […]
Jailed four months for threatening to kill a cop
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today sentenced an unemployed man to four months in jail for threatening to kill a police officer in December last year. The accused Syaifuddin, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge that was read by an interpreter before Magistrate Zaiton Anuar He was charged with making death threats against a police officer […]
Unemployed female, 33, held for drugs
MUKAH: Narcotic police here arrested a jobless woman on suspicion of possessing drugs believed to be syabu yesterday. Mukah district police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias in a statement, said the arrest was made around 11.50am at the Pasar Medan Setiaraja parking lot in an operation codenamed ‘Ops Tapis’. During inspections, the 33-year-old suspect surrendered […]
Man charged with girlfriend’s murder
KLANG: An unemployed man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his girlfriend at his house last month. 24, nodded when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Amirul Asyraf Abd Rasid. However, no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of the High Court. He was […]
20-year-old Junkie nabbed with 0.32g syabu
MUKAH: Police arrested a 20-year-old unemployed youth for possessing 0.32g of methamphetamine drug (syabu) with a street value of RM50 at a house here on Wednesday (Oct 20). Mukah police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said a police team arrested the local youth who was suspected to be involved in drug abuse activities. He added […]
Number of unemployed up slightly in July 2021
PUTRAJAYA: The number of unemployed persons in Malaysia increased slightly by 1.2 percent in July this year to post a total of 778,200 persons compared to 768,700 persons in the previous month. According to Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, July 2021 report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today (Sept 9), this resulted […]
NGO brings hope to the needy
KUCHING: Daily paid workers, who are mostly unemployed now due to the extension of the movement control order (MCO) are grateful as more and more people are coming together to help those in need. Hope Place together with the Federation of Chinese Associations (FCA) contributed a one-off food aid to needy families since the start […]
