KUCHING: An insurance agent, Maxine Rose Frederick, 27, has pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to a charge of trafficking 17.55kg of marijuana. Kuching High Court Judge Datuk Zaleha Rose Pandin fixed Jan 4 next year for mention of the case. She also ordered the accused to be remanded at
KUCHING: The Parti Gabungan Sarawak (GPS) will field several young candidates to contest in the upcoming 12th State Election. According to its chairman, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg described it as a probationary period and early exposure for the young people who are the backbone of the
KUCHING: Incumbent Padungan assemblyman, Wong King Wei, told the High Court here today (Nov 18) that the statement of special assistant to Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Micheal Kong on social media last year concerning Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations (SFCA) president, Datuk Richard Wee, was defamatory and involved personal
KUCHING: An Indonesian teenager was fined RM10,000 in default of one month’s jail by the Magistrate’s Court here for engaging in an online gambling activity. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced the 16-year-old accused from Bengkayang, Indonesia yesterday (Nov 17). The court also ordered the accused to be referred
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of RM1,500 in default of five months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to damaging his father’s bedroom door when his sister refused to buy cigarettes for him. Jannis Teng, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge read out by
KUCHING: A former Nigerian student liaison officer escaped the gallows when the Federal Court reversed his conviction and death sentence for the offence of trafficking methamphetamine weighing 158.30g six years ago. A three-judge panel chaired by Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh with Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli
KUCHING: Two teenage lovers aged 15 and 16 were ordered to be placed at the Henry Gurney School, Puncak Borneo and Sekolah Tunas Bakti, Miri respectively by the Magistrates’ Court here, on Thursday (Nov 11), for dumping their newborn baby last August. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar sentenced the duo after they
KUCHING: Four men were each sentenced to 12 months in jail by the Magistrates’ Court for escaping from the Puncak Borneo Prison Transit Centre (PTP), Padawan in July. The accused — Diveni Bumby, 36, Robin Bahan, 29, Mohammad Fikkry Azzarudin Abdullah, 26 and Rahmat Simbolan, 38 — pleaded guilty after
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday (Nov 4) for drug abuse. The accused, Fendi, 30, from Pontianak Utara, Indonesia pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before Magistrates’ Court judge Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was accused of committing
KUCHING: A 43 -year-old man was fined RM2,700 and jailed four months by the Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Nov 3). The man was sentenced by the court for taking amphetamine and methamphetamine last August. Rajah Chung Kong Fatt, 43, pleaded guilty after the charge was read by an interpreter before
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