SIBU: A woman opted for two months’ incarceration as she could not pay the RM1,500 fine imposed by the Magistrates’ Court here today for prostitution. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar had fined the 29-year-old accused RM1,500, in default two months’ imprisonment, after she pleaded no contest to the charge. She was
SIBU: A 34-year-old man will spend the next six months in prison for failing to pay a RM100,000 fine for possession of contraband goods. Magistrate Mohd Syukri Mokhtar had on Tuesday (June 28) handed Nornikman Sidek the fine in default six months’ imprisonment for the offence. He also ordered him
SIBU: Education plays a very important role in changing the fate of an individual, family, society and the nation as a whole. Dudong assemblyman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said this is why the state government continually implements education initiatives in Sarawak. “Yayasan Sarawak has since 1971 implemented numerous educational
SIBU: Lions Club of Sibu Pahlawan here will hold its prestigious’ 24th Installation of new Board Cabinet officers cum Fund Raising Banquet.This will be held at Kingwood Hotel’s Regalia Ballroom, here on July 30 at 6.30pm. According to the Club’s president-elect Dr David Ling Sien Ngan, overseas special guests included
SIBU: Nine Indonesians aged between 20 and 39 were each sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM500 in default two weeks’ jail by the Kapit Sessions Court yesterday for keeping protected plants without permit. Judge Marutin Pagan handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty to the joint
SIBU: An amorous labourer who caused grievous hurt to a 30-year-old woman will have to spend eight years behind bars. And that’s not all, he will also receive three lashes of the cane. The Kapit Sessions Court imposed the sentence on the accused. Sibu-based Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan, who
SIBU: Sri Minyak Group Berhad (Sri Minyak) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) here will jointly organise a colouring contest for primary school pupils in conjunction with Sarawak Day. According to Sri Minyak general manager Amelia Tiu Siew Yian, the competition would be held at the first floor of Wisma Sri
SIBU: A 48-year-old man was fined RM5,000, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Magistrates’ Court here for illegal online gambling. Magistrate Mohd Syukri handed down the sentence after the accused pleaded no contest to the charge. According to the charge sheet, Ho Boon Liang from Jalan Aman here was
SIBU: The National Registration Department (JPN) is urged to explain and justify its basis for the delay in issuing MyKads to applicants who have been successfully granted citizenship. Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) Political Education Bureau director Irene Chang said two of such cases—which DAP helped to apply and successfully
SIBU: Wishesland Sibu has sponsored a wheelchair to its member Samuel Mudin to help him move around more easily at home and outside. According to its pro tem president Kevin Yeo, the sponsoring of wheelchairs and other welfare support were part of the purpose for setting up Wishesland Sibu. He
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