Company supervisor sentenced to 10 years’ jail, fined RM70,000 for DUI that led to death

MELAKA: An interior design company supervisor was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined RM70,000, in default 12 months in jail, by an Ayer Keroh Magistrate's Court here for driving under the influence of alcohol that resulted in a road crash and caused the death of a car driver, three years ago. Magistrate AzureenSahira Sauffee...

Private medical student admits to having possession of child pornography

MUAR: A medical student enters a guilty plea for having in his possession child pornography videos that were recorded using a mobile phone in a toilet. Desmond Tan Chee Yong, 20, admitted to the charge before Sessions Court judge Abu Bakar Manat here on Wednesday (July 10). The accused, who is the eldest of two siblings, was...

Businessman fined RM200,000 for using fake Datuk title

JOHOR BARU: A 41-year-old businessman was fined RM200,000 by the Sessions Court here for using a fake Datuk title from Pahang. Mohammad Shaiful Nizam Abu pleaded guilty to two counts of the offence, committed at a wellness centre of a resort in Senai, Kulai on Jan 27, 2021. He was initially charged on April 28, 2022 where...

QuickCheck: Did a man steal from a jewellery store in broad daylight in Penang?

RECENTLY, a viral video showed a man running away with a handful of gold from a jewellery store. The video began with a man walking into the jewellery store and showing interest in buying some gold. When presented with the jewellery he requested, and while the shopkeeper was calculating the price of the gold, he grabbed...

59 immigrants charged with overstaying, entering country without valid documents

TELUK INTAN: A total of 59 illegal immigrants were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with entering the country without valid documents and overstaying. The 40 men and 19 women, comprising Indonesian and Nepali nationals, pleaded guilty to the charge before Sessions Court Judge Intan Nurul Farena Zainal Abidin. Thirty of the immigrants were charged with...

JB court postpones sentencing of single mum, friend for abusing, neglecting son

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 -...

Papagomo fined RM2,100 for hurting, insulting Syed Saddiq

KAJANG: Former Umno Youth executive council member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, who is better known as Papagomo, has been found guilty of injuring Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman as well as hurling disrespectful and insulting words at him. He was fined RM2,100 for the offences by the Magistrate's Court here on Tuesday (Sept...