SHAH ALAM: A Malaysian and Indonesian national were both sent to the gallows after being found guilty of drug trafficking by a high court here today.

Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin passed the death sentence after finding the defendants had failed to raise reasonable doubt against charges levelled against them.

 

PETALING JAYA: Thirty-three-year-old lorry attendant M. Rajamorgan sobbed as he was consoled by a relative who stroked his head before he was charged for the murder of 18-month-old K. Haresvarra at the Magistrate Court here today.

SHAH ALAM: Two policemen were charged with three counts of bribery at two Session courts here this morning.

Corporal Muhamad Abdullah, 47, and Corporal Baba Ibrahim, 48, both with the Pandamaran police station in Klang, were first charged under Section 11(a) of the Anti Corruption Act 1997 for corruptly obtaining bribery of RM1,600 from lorry driver Mohd Noorhan Ahmad, 32, on Sept 9, 2008.

SHAH ALAM: In the second day of trial into the alleged criminal breach of trust (CBT) by an aide of a Selangor excutive councillor at a Sessions Court here, the former Pakatan Rakyat voting district committee chairman for the Sg Pelek state assembly refuted allegations that he had

 

SHAH ALAM: The Syariah High Court here this morning sentenced two media members to prison and fine for committing acts of preparation for unlawful sex.

SHAH ALAM: A government pathologist who performed the second autopsy on Teoh Beng Hock, was unable to dismiss the possibility the latter had been strangled and if so, that the strangulation could have resulted in Teoh losing consciousness prior to his fall.

SHAH ALAM: An unemployed man was sentenced to hang by the High Court this morning for the brutal murder of university student Tang Lai Meng three years ago.

Tay Kok Wah, 32, who was calm and smiling when judgment was read out to him, was found guilty of the charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, of murdering the then 20-year-old first-year business administration student of University Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) on Aug 2, 2007, at 4.30am at her rented house, 27, Jalan Putra 4/1, Section 1, Bandar Mahkota Cheras, Kajang.

KUALA LUMPUR: High Court judge Datuk Ghazali Cha overturned the 2007 conviction of former Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) managing director, 57, this morning.

He was convicted on Jan 11, 2007, on five counts of criminal breach of trust involving a total of RM3,874,000 at the AIM office at Jalan Ledang, off Jalan Duta.

SHAH ALAM: The case postponement of veteran actorsinger Raisuddin Hamzah, 53, and second wife Siti Fatimah Subery, versus her father, Subery Abdullah, 49, at the Syariah High Court here this morning was nothing but a drab affair.

 

 

SHAH ALAM: A barber from Hong Kong who pleaded guilty to a drug offence committed five years ago, was  released after the trafficking charge against him was amended to possession.

Tsui Chi Wa Joey, 46, who was arrested five years ago, was originally charged with trafficking in 1066.9 grams  of ketamine.

SHAH ALAM: A policeman who had allegedly accepted a bribe from a foreigner would have his fate decided by the courts next week.

Sessions Court judge Mat Ghani Abdullah this morning set Jan 28 to announce his decision on the five-year-old bribery case involving lance corporal Shaharazman Mazlan, a cop attached to the Section 6 police station here.

Shaharazman, who is in his 30s, was charged on Feb 3, 2006, for accepting RM190 bribe from Indonesian national Holili Hadari, in exchange for not taking action against Indonesian workers from HMJ Enterprise.

KUALA LUMPUR: Electrical engineering student Robert Anthonysamy, 21, was spared the gallows after he pleaded guilty to possessing 872 grams of cannabis at the High Court here this morning.

Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah sentenced him to eight years jail and 10 whippings after accepting Robert's plea to a lesser charge, from Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for drug trafficking to Section 39A(2) of the same Act this morning.

The prosecution agreed to an alternative charge after Robert's counsel sent in a representation.

SHAH ALAM: The coroner's court this morning set Jan 22 for the submission of contempt of court application filed against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Raub Ghani by Teoh Beng Hock's brother, Meng Kee, two weeks ago.

SHAH ALAM: The custody hearing of national astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha's nephew and niece is set to start on May 6.

Syariah High Court judge Mohamad Khalid Shaee today set the trial date for the custody hearing involving the astronaut's parents, Datuk Sheikh Mustapha Sheikh Abdul Shukor, 75, and Datin Zuraida Sheikh Ahmad, 65.

The couple are seeking custody of their two grandchildren, Sheikh Aiman Shukor Al-Masrie, 4, and Siti Balkish Aisha Al-Masrie, 2, following the death of their son, Sheikh Mustaffa Shukor Al-Masrie, three years ago.

SHAH ALAM: The High Court here this morning agreed to consolidate three suits filed by some 400 house buyers of Desa Kerayong Indah housing project, a project that was abandoned since 2003, to be heard as one case.

Three more are being considered.

KUALA LUMPUR: The freeze on new Indonesian maids has resulted in Cambodians taking their place.

The ban was put in place by Indonesia following cases of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia.

Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) president Alwi Bavutty told The Malay Mail that employers were hiring maids from other countries, especially Cambodia.

Before the freeze, a single maid agency would only bring in 20 Cambodians maids, said Alwi.

AMPANG JAYA: The man who allegedly killed his wife in Ampang last December had his remand order extended today by another week to assist police investigations.

The remand was extended to Jan 18 by Magistrate Azaraorni Abdul Rahman.

The suspect was brought to the Ampang magistrate's court at 12.10pm.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in slamming an attempt to burn down a church in Desa Melawati, deemed the act as very disappointing.

He said actions to tarnish or damage places of worship belonging to other religions, must be condemned by all.

"The police and the people at all levels must take responsibility and ensure such incidents do not spread and destabilise the security of the country," he said in a statement today.

PUTRAJAYA: The Education Ministry is making sure that everything is in place before going ahead with the single-session school system, as part of the government's plan to provide quality education in the country.

Ministry director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Md Dom said they had to make sure there were enough schools in the country to cater for the rising number of schoolchildren.