SINGAPORE: A woman lied to the police that a man she did not know had snatched her mobile phone in Geylang when, in fact, her boyfriend was in possession of the device at the time. The prosecution said that she dropped the device when they quarrelled, and she was aware that her boyfriend had picked it...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal upheld the 50-year-jail sentence imposed on a man convicted of two counts of incest with his 14-year-old daughter. A three-member bench comprising Justice Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Datuk Azmi Ariffin and High Court Judge Datuk Noordin Badaruddin, in dismissing the 45-year-old man’s appeal for a reduction of his jail sentence...
A police officer, who has inside info on Kris’ behaviour in the Beijing Chaoyang District Detention Centre, also says the disgraced pop idol has been writing uplifting songs in hopes to reduce his sentence. Chinese-Canadian pop idol and former EXO member Kris Wu, 32, was found guilty of rape last November and sentenced to 13 years in jail. The disgraced...
MUAR: A bomoh, already in jail for rape, is being investigated for a similar crime against a 15-year-old girl he was supposed to be treating in Sungai Udang, Melaka. Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said a police report was lodged on Friday (Oct 27). “The victim was raped while she was being ‘treated’ by...
IPOH: A 38-year-old p-hailing rider pleaded guilty in a Magistrate's Court here Wednesday (Aug 30) to making a false bomb threat last week. Magistrate S Punitha then ordered Mohammad Nasriq Samsudin to serve a day in jail and fined him RM4,000 in default five months' jail on Wednesday (Aug 30). The charge, framed under Section 507 of...
IPOH: A 48-year-old contract worker who threatened his mother with a pair of scissors has been jailed for eight months by a Magistrate's Court here. V Kumaran pleaded guilty after charges under Sections 506 and 323 of the Penal Code were read together with Section 326A of the same Code before Magistrate S Punitha on Wednesday...
SIBU: Two individuals have been fined RM10,000 in default one year's jail each by the Magistrate's Court for stealing three units of solar street lamps on Tuesday (Aug 8). The accused, Tan Jin Hua, 32, and Lau Sie Heng, 36, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Flavian Edward Henry for the offence under Section 379 of the Penal...
SHAH ALAM: A retired soldier known as "Dr Ganja" escaped the gallows after the High Court amended the 16 charges against him for trafficking 77.48493kg and 14.647 litres of drugs to possession. Captain (R) Amiruddin @ Nadarajan Abdullah, 64, also faced 18 counts of cultivating marijuana plants, four counts of possessing marijuana and one for ingesting...
SEREMBAN: A 34-year-old woman who had to deliver and raise her youngest child while in jail after being charged with drug trafficking two years ago was acquitted and discharged by the High Court here. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail acquitted R. Devaki after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against her. "After perusing evidence by...
