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SIBU (Nov 9): The Sessions Court here today sentenced a man to six years in jail for raping his then underage girlfriend five years ago. Judge Marutin Pagan convicted the 29-year-old on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code, which provides for up to 20 years’ jail

SIBU (Nov 7): A 20-year-old man was fined RM1,000 in default two weeks’ jail for beating up four teenagers during a birthday celebration here last week. Pick Yong from Kuala Baram, Miri pleaded guilty before magistrate Oon Kork Chern after the charge under Section 323 of the Penal Code was read t

SIBU (Oct 30): A 46-year-old Indonesian woman was fined RM2,000 in default six months' imprisonment by the Magistrate's Court here today for soliciting for prostitution. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern imposed the fine on Tatik Wahyuni after she pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 372B of the Pena

SIBU (Oct 4): The Sessions Court here today sentenced a man to 12 years in prison and five strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to causing hurt during the commissioning of a robbery. Frankie Chaong Lagi, 38, made the plea before judge Marutin Pagan who convicted him under Section 394 of th

SIBU (Sept 20): An officer of a security company was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here, over a criminal breach of trust (CBT) charge. Sessions Court Judge Marutin Pagan imposed the sentence on Lorenzo Ayum Ghani, 25, from Permai Jaya h

SIBU (Sept 15): The Magistrates’ Court here today sentenced a 34-year-old man to four months in prison and one stroke of the rotan for theft. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern convicted Abdul Fadilla Abdullah on his own guilty plea to a charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code. The Section provides

MIRI (Aug 16): The Federation of Sarawak Journalist Association (FSJA) paid a courtesy call on Deputy Minister II for Public Health, Housing and Local Government Michael Tiang Ming Tee yesterday. FSJA president Andy Jong led the delegation for the visit to the ministry’s office at Bangunan Baitul

SIBU (July 27): The High Court here yesterday ordered a food court operator to pay RM10,368.08 to her former employee after her appeal against a Labour Court decision was dismissed. High Court Judge Wong Siong Tung made the decision after finding no compelling reason to consider the Labour Court’

SIBU (April 28): Two men were slapped with a fine of RM1,000 in default one month jail each by the magistrates’ court here today after they pleaded guilty to illegal gambling. The accused, Ting, 56, and Khairul, 30, were unrepresented before Magistrate Flavian Edward Henry and paid the fine. T

SIBU (March 30): Six individuals were charged in the Sessions Court here today with illegal possession of logs at a Jalan Telian sawmill near Durin Bridge. A statement from the Sarawak Security and Enforcement Unit (UKPS) said they were allegedly found unloading 202 logs in the sawmill area of tw