JOHOR BARU: Five men were fined RM92,000 at the Sessions Court here after pleading guilty to dumping scheduled solid wastes at unauthorised areas last year.
Tan Chee Siong, 49; Nordin Abd Said, 39; Tey Chiou Hwai, 44; Chong Wei Lun, 30; and Chen Wei Xuan, 26, made the plea after the charge was read to them separately before judge Ahmad Fuad Othman.
The five are working for different companies where Tan and Chen are company directors, Tey a company manager while Chong and Nordin are lorry drivers.
They were fined between RM12,000 to RM20,000 each in default of six months jail.
According to the charge sheet, the accused had disposed of solid waste near housing areas and rivers at different locations namely in Plentong, near Sungai Tiram, Tebrau and Kampung Plentong Baru. The offence was committed between July 14,2020 and October 12,2020.
Fraud, gold nuggets and 400kg of concrete: Police speak on the Mt Eden bones in the backyard case
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A picture of David Hart, who is the subject of a homicide investigation, with the Mt Eden house under which his remains were found entombed in concrete. NZ Herald Photo by Alex Burton 07 February 2020
A picture of David Hart, who is the subject of a homicide investigation, with the Mt Eden house under which his remains were found entombed in concrete. NZ Herald Photo by Alex Burton 07 February 2020
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Not guilty pleas for man accused of seriously assaulting Rotorua police officers in cells
15 Apr, 2021 11:39 PM
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Cameron Takuira is accused of assaulting and badly injuring two police officers in the police cells. Photo / Andrew Warner
Cameron Takuira is accused of assaulting and badly injuring two police officers in the police cells. Photo / Andrew Warner
A man who is accused of seriously assaulting two police officers while he was in the Rotorua Police Station custody centre has appeared in court.
Cameron Takuira, 31, appeared in the Rotorua District Court on Wednesday via audio visual link before Judge Greg Hollister-Jones.
He has pleaded not guilty to two charges of injuring with intent to injure and two separate charges of intentional damage of a motel and possession of cannabis.
Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl, three others in Butler County
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A Cincinnati man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of four children, including a 9-year-old girl, according to the Journal-News.
Rodrigo Medina, 47, was indicted by a Butler County grand jury in December on seven counts of gross sexual imposition, seven counts of rape, four counts of sexual battery and four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. It was a superseding indictment to one issued in October for the sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl.