Author: Lydia Aman

KUCHING: A 31-year-old man was fined RM1,000 or faced six months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for operating an unlicensed business selling 72 boxes of various types of fireworks and firecrackers. Fami Assikin Salleh, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to charges under Section 3(1)

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here ordered a 22-year-old local man to maintain peace for six months after he punched a colleague who had reprimanded him at work. Chong Wee Hong, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 67 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which was read by Magistrate

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM4,200 in default four months in prison for possessing 1.54g of methamphetamine in January last year. Mohammed Azad Aswad Hazar, 21, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi to a charge framed under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952

KUCHING: The two men who snatched a woman’s handbag in Taman Desa Wira in Batu Kawa here that went viral on social media on April 22 have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 10 lashes each by the Sessions Court on Monday (April 29). Judge Musli Abdul Hamid

KUCHING: An Indonesian fishing boat skipper was handed a fine of RM1 million or six months in prison by the Sessions Court here, Monday (Apr 29), for trespassing into Malaysian waters, on March 8. Hamsu Rajukin, 30, pleaded guilty to the charge read before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. He and

KUCHING: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to two months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court here today for stealing a bicycle. Mohamad Azmin Parlan, 25, from Kampung Tabuan Tengah pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali ordered the accused

KUCHING: An administrative staff of a construction company threatened to punch his human resource (HR) management executive after his request for a salary raise of RM4,000 was not approved. However, the action backfired when Kelvin Law Hee Chai was sentenced to a fine of RM1,500 in default four months in

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here fined a local man RM300 for selling 313 boxes of various firecrackers and fireworks without a valid permit. Sofiyan Omar, 31, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge framed under Rule 74 of the Explosives Rules 1923, which carries a RM300

KUCHING: The Magistrates’ Court here on Tuesday (April 23) fined a man RM3,500, in default 13 months in prison, for threatening to burn down his 71-year-old father’s house and damaging property. Faizal Tunimo, 37, from Kampung Arjuna pleaded guilty to two charges before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan. He was

KUCHING: The Sessions Court here yesterday imposed a RM26,450 fine in default of six months in prison on a Turtle Management Board employee for illegal possession of 529 protected turtle eggs. The 22-year-old Norashwan Sulaiman pleaded guilty to the charges under Section 37(1) of the Wild Life Protection Ordinance 1998,