Author: Lydia Aman

Jobless man jailed 10 months for house-breaking

KUCHING: An unemployed man was sentenced to 10 months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (Sep 18) for breaking into an elderly man’s house with the intent to steal last Monday.  Mohd Syafiq Abdullah, 27, pleaded guilty to the charge read before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan.  According to the

Man fined RM3,500 and one day in jail

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to one day in jail and fined RM3,500 by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday (Sep 17) for injuring another man using a wooden stick. The accused, Airwandy Kusin, 43, committed the act out of dissatisfaction after he was alleged of stealing fish at a fish

Junkie gets 5 years 11 months jail, two strokes of the rotan

KUCHING: A drug addict was sentenced to five years and 11 months in prison, and ordered to be given two strokes of the cane, by the Sessions Court here today (Sep 17). Haslan Mahmudi pleaded guilty before Judge Iris Awen Jon to repeatedly abusing drugs. According to the charge, he

Fined RM3,500 for committing mischief

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here today (Sep 12) fined a local man  RM3,500 in default six months’ jail for committing mischief while intoxicated by damaging another road user’s car. Alemon Achong, 40, pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 427 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan

Man placed on six-month peace bond 

KUCHING: A man, who threatened to break his wife’s car window, was today placed on a RM500 bond to keep the peace for six months by the Magistrate’s Court. Azwan Karim, 30, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 67 of the Criminal Procedure

Debt collector jailed for rampage

KUCHING: A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined RM5,000 by the Kuching Magistrate’s Court today (Sept 9) for damaging property and making threats. Jilan Seliboh pleaded guilty to two charges: mischief and criminal intimidation. According to the first charge, Jilan damaged 14 window panes and

Man fined RM2,700 for drug abuse

KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court today (Sept 9) imposed a RM2,700 fine or five-month in prison on a local man for using Amphetamine and Methamphetamine. 34-year-old Ricky Nelson Ungking pleaded guilty to the charges, read by a court interpreter in front of Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Alwi. Ricky was prosecuted

Bike thief’s joyride ends in jail

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court today (Sept 6) for stealing a motorcycle. Sharul, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge read before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan. According to the charge, he was accused of stealing a Yamaha motorcycle belonging to a

Man jailed five months for house-breaking and theft

KUCHING: A local man was sentenced to five months in prison by the Magistrate’s Court for breaking into a house and stealing an Apple electronic device. Alexander Maxwell Buma Amoi pleaded guilty to the charge read before Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan. He was charged under Section 457 of the Penal