Lorry driver gets 14 years, caning for raping underage girlfriend

KOTA KINABALU: A lorry driver was sentenced by the Sandakan Sessions Court on Tuesday (Nov 12) to a total of 14 years in jail and two strokes of the cane for raping his underage girlfriend. Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal meted the sentence to Mohd Zaman Kamrud Zaman, 20, after he pleaded guilty to two counts...

Daim admitted to hospital, Sessions Court told

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told that former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin has been admitted to hospital. Daim's lawyer Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar told Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi that his client was unable to attend the proceedings here today but did not explain the reason behind Daim's hospital admission. The court was initially...

GISB case: Charity home warden charged with sexual abuse of 13-year-old

BUTTERWORTH: A warden employed at a centre linked to GISB Sdn Bhd faces charges of sexual abuse in the Sessions Court on Monday (Oct 14). Muhammad Miqdam Muhammad Amir pleaded not guilty to the charges read to him by Sessions Judge Zulhazmi Abdullah. He is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old two years ago by touching the...

Ex-babysitter sentenced to 14 months in jail for force-feeding toddler

KAJANG: A former babysitter at a childcare centre has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for endangering a toddler by force-feeding her, which could have caused physical harm. Sessions Court Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid delivered the sentence on 24-year-old Nor A’in Ismail, who maintained her guilty plea during sentencing. The sentence will be served from...

Muhyiddin fails in bid to review Court of Appeal decision in abuse of power case

PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has failed in his bid to review the decision by a previous Court of Appeal panel that reinstated four abuse of power charges linked to the misappropriation of RM232.5mil against him. A Court of Appeal five-member panel chaired by Justice Azizah Nawawi said that the earlier quorum had...

Sessions Court sets Sept 27 for mention in Muhyiddin’s Jana Wibawa case

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here is fixing Sept 27 for mention in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's RM232.5mil graft case linked to the Jana Wibawa scandal. Judge Azura Alwi set the date after Muhyiddin's lawyer, Chetan Jethwani, informed the court that the Court of Appeal had rescheduled the date to deliver its decision in Muhyiddin's application...

DBKL enforcem ent deputy director, assistant face bribery charges

SHAH ALAM: The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) deputy director of enforcement and his assistant pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to two charges of corruption. Muhamad Irwan Abdullah, 44, and his assistant Zahari Muhammad, 34, entered their pleas after the charges were read before Judge Datuk Anita Harun. They are accused of jointly soliciting...

Sister of Ulu Tiram police station attacker to undergo treatment for depression

JOHOR BARU: The Sessions Court here has ordered one of the five family members of the man who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station to seek medical treatment after showing signs of depression. Sessions Judge Rasidah Roslee made the decision after the family's lawyer Faizal Rahman requested that Mariah Radin Imran, 19, to be refer to...

Zayn Rayyan case: Defence requests name change after NRD amends birth register

PETALING JAYA: The defence team has asked the Sessions Court here to amend the name of murdered autistic child Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin to Zayn Rayyan Zaim Ikhwan in the charge sheet against his parents. Lawyer Fahmi Abd Moin stated this during Friday's (July 26) proceedings for mention of the child neglect case involving his clients,...

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...