Kota Kinabalu: A man and a woman were charged with having 158.6gm of cannabis.
However, no plea was taken from Mohd Jamri Basir, 20, and Syafika Abdul Suaib, 19, after the charge was read to them before Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz, on Friday.
The duo is accused of having the drug at 10.30pm on May 15 this year at the Angkasa Apartment, Jalan Tuaran Bypass, here.
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The offence, under 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, carries life imprisonment and death sentence, and whipping of at least 15 strokes of the cane, on conviction.
The court set Dec 22 for mention the case and no bail was offered to the duo as the charge against them has no provision for bail.
Published on: Wednesday, December 16, 2020
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: A 39-year-old foreigner claimed trial to two counts of committing sexual offence against two siblings.
Selamat Asing made the plea before Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz, after the charges against him was read.
On the first count, Selamat is accused of committing the offence by touching and inserting his finger into the seven years-old girl’s private part in a house in a village in Sipitang between April and August this year.
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On the second count, he allegedly committed the same offence against a five-year-old girl at the same place and time.
Kota Kinabalu: Seventeen Vietnamese were charged with entering the State without identification documents.
All of them were brought before Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz to face the charge against them on Monday.
Eleven of them pleaded guilty to entering the State illegally and were sentenced to six months’ jail each, while the rest pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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The court set Jan 7 next year for case management and Feb 18-19, 2021 to hear the case for those who claimed trial.
The Vietnamese were arrested at 6.15pm on July 1 this year inside a vessel in Pulau Menggalum, here, after failing to produce their identification documents to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement (MME).
Kota Kinabalu: Seventeen Vietnamese were charged with entering the State without identification documents.
All of them were brought before Sessions Court Judge Azreena Aziz to face the charge against them on Monday.
Eleven of them pleaded guilty to entering the State illegally and were sentenced to six months’ jail each, while the rest pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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The court set Jan 7 next year for case management and Feb 18-19, 2021 to hear the case for those who claimed trial.
The Vietnamese were arrested at 6.15pm on July 1 this year inside a vessel in Pulau Menggalum, here, after failing to produce their identification documents to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement (MME).