JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has postponed the sentencing of a single mother and her female companion after both of them pleaded guilty to abusing and neglecting her seven-year-old son. Lawyer Abd Rahim Ali, who represented both the accused - the boy’s biological mother Nurul Asyiqin Mohamad Zahir, 27, and Singaporean Awiin Chua, 30 -...
JOHOR BARU: Eleven friends, including two underage teens, have been charged at the Magistrates’ Court here with distributing three types of drugs amounting to more than 19.4kg. The accused are Yek Zhu Jie, 19, Tan Chee Seng, 21, How Jia Lerk, 23, Kenny Loo Yee Han, 24, Ooi Zhi Wei, 27, and Chong Chew Nam, 32,...
ALOR GAJAH: Three men were charged at the Magistrate's Court with the murder of their friend, whose decomposed body was found in an overgrown field at a plantation in Pulau Sebang here. However, no plea was recorded when the charges were read to A.A Dinesh, R.C Veeraganeish and V. Sasikumar before Magistrate Nurul Bahiyah Kamaluddin on...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has ordered independent preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin (pic) to begin serving his nine-month prison sentence for publishing offensive words and insulting the Selangor Sultan via Facebook 11 years ago. This followed a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel led by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail to reinstate the Shah Alam...
IPOH: An unemployed man has been charged at the Sessions Court here with raping his 11-year-old sister-in-law. The 22-year-old accused, who is married with one child, pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him before judge Norita Mohd Ardani on Friday (Sept 22). The charge was framed under Section 376(2)(e) of the Penal Code read together...
KUALA LUMPUR: Two contractors pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday (Sept 20) to a charge of cheating a school’s board of governors concerning repair work of facilities at the school, worth RM875,000, three years ago. Mohd Syafeeq Mohd, 40, and Cheah Seng Nam, 48, were jointly charged with cheating the Board of...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will file an application to strike out three charges against him, the Sessions Court heard Tuesday (Sept 19). Lead defence counsel Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said the application for the charges under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act...
PUTRAJAYA: For failing to protect the welfare and rights of their workers, 272 employers have been slapped with compounds worth RM2.17mil by the Human Resources Ministry since Jan 1. Its minister V. Sivakumar said 1,321 investigation papers were also opened against 645 employers found committing acts in breach of laws enforced by the Labour Department,...
TANAH MERAH: An engineer with a shipping company was charged at the Magistrates Court here today, with the murder of a civil servant in Machang on Sept 3. The accused, Harun Narresat Ibrahim, 46, nodded his head in understanding when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Nik Habri Muhamad, with no plea recorded. According...
KUALA LUMPUR: Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil filed lawsuits against three individuals, including blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as 'Papagomo', for allegedly accusing him of giving a political talk in a mosque in Rawang, Selangor. The other two defendants named by the Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament were independent speaker Ahmad Dusuki...
