Tag - Magistrate's Court

Rompin bus crash: Bus driver pleads not guilty to reckless driving

ROMPIN: A tour bus driver has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here to reckless driving resulting in a crash that caused the death of four people two months ago. Zamry Pon, 50, who appeared in court with crutches and a face mask, made the plea before Magistrate Melody Woon Sze Mun. He was charged with...

Five charged with causing friends death in hotel swimming pool

PORT DICKSON: Five people were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday (July 19) with causing the death of their friend in a swimming pool last week. The accused - D. Maharaj, 36; B. Shanmugaservai, 34; Faezatun Firus Arifin, 42; R. Praveena, 31; and S. Suvipra, 34 - pleaded not guilty when the charge was read...

Highway COO detained for RM300,000 bribe in Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained the chief operating officer (COO) of a highway concessionaire for allegedly receiving over RM300,000 in bribes. According to a source, the suspect, a man in his 50s, was detained around 8pm on Monday (July 15) when he arrived at the MACC headquarters here to have his statement recorded. "The...

Two Singaporeans charged in JB with trafficking 58kg of MDMA

JOHOR BARU: Two Singaporean men have been charged in a Magistrate's Court here with distributing 58.6kg of MDMA in Iskandar Puteri. Tan Xiao Wei, 49, and Ee Choong Kiat, 36, only nodded in acknowledgment after the charges were read to them in Mandarin before Magistrate R. Salini on Wednesday (June 12). Tan also faced four additional charges...

‘The real killer is out there’, claim Zayn Rayyan’s parents

PETALING JAYA: The parents of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin claim that they are being persecuted and that the real killer of their child is still at large. Ilyani Khuszairy, the lawyer for the deceased autistic child's parents, said this during a remand extension application before Magistrate Ainaa Muhamad Kamal at the Magistrate's Court here on Friday...

I filed police report to stop Ebit Lew, says witness

TENOM: The ninth witness in the sexual harassment trial of Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew or Ebit Lew told the Magistrate's Court here that she filed a police report to stop the preacher's actions and prevent further victims. The woman, in her forties, said that initially, she and her husband did not want to lodge a police...

‘I still love my wife,’ says KLIA shooting suspect

PETALING JAYA: The man suspected of attempting to kill his wife at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) says he still loves her. “I still love my wife, Farah Md Isa, thank you," Hafizul Harawi told the media as he arrived at a Magistrate's Court in Kota Baru on Monday (April 22) morning for a remand...

Four suspects remanded for stealing unclaimed money

SIBU: Four individuals, including two civil servants, are held in custody for stealing RM175,000 in unclaimed money. The suspects, three men and a woman aged 29 to 42, were arrested on April 14 and 15. They were alleged to have forged documents to withdraw money from an unclaimed account. They were brought to the Magistrates Court on Monday...

Part-time model charged with lover’s murder

PETALING JAYA: A part-time model has been charged with killing her lover. A. Tamilselvi, 26, clad in purple lock-up garb, nodded to indicate that she understood the charge when it was read out before Magistrate Maslinda Selamat in Teluk Datok, Kuala Langat on Friday (March 22). However, no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the...

Recycling firm owners remanded for bribing enforcement officer

SEREMBAN: The owners of two recycling companies here have been remanded for seven days over an alleged RM4,000 bribe to an enforcement officer. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission obtained the remand order on the duo on Tuesday (Jan 23) following an application by its prosecuting officer Zainab Yahya before magistrate Nurul Saqinah Rosli here. The owners, in their...