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Daily Express
20-05-2025
- Daily Express
Misuse of over RM430k: Man charged
Published on: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Published on: Tue, May 20, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: Each charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of between six months and five years, whipping and liability of a fine, on conviction. Kota Kinabalu: A man was charged in the Magistrate's Court here with two counts of misappropriation of property amounting to RM431,700.90. Jonathan Benjamin, who appeared before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus pleaded not guilty to both charges. Advertisement On the first count, Jonathan was accused of dishonestly misusing a company property, specifically daily sales cash amounting to RM222,776, between January 2023 and December the same year at the KK Garden Seafood Restaurant Gaya branch. Jonathan was accused of dishonestly using the company's money, namely daily sales cash totalling RM208,924.90 between January and December 2024 at the KK Garden Seafood Restaurant's Gaya branch. Each charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of between six months and five years, whipping and liability of a fine, on conviction. Prosecuting Officer Inspector Mohamad Hamidi Mohamad Hamzah, proposed bail at RM4,000. Advertisement Jonathan's counsel applied for a lower bail amount. The court fixed July 4 for pre-trial case management (ptcm) and released the accused on a bail of RM2,000 in two sureties. In another case, a 35-year-old man was charged with attempting to shoplift. Rabsun Saranglali pleaded not guilty to trying to steal 12 different types of grocery items at Servay Jaya, OneBorneo Mall in Manggatal, on March 4, this year, at 5.52pm. He was charged under Section 380/511 of the Penal Code. The court set July 4 for ptcm and offered the accused RM1,800 bail in two sureties. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Express
Court ‘yes' to Sabar's request for additional documents in Territorial Sea Act case
Published on: Saturday, May 10, 2025 Published on: Sat, May 10, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: A declaration that the territory of Sabah, after the annulment of the Proclamation of Emergency of 1969 on June 19, 2012, includes the continental shelf under the North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954; Kota Kinabalu: The High Court here on Friday granted leave to the Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights' (Sabar) to produce additional documents in its action in challenging the Territorial Sea Act (TSA) 2012. Judge Alexander Siew How Wai in its ruling granted the plaintiff's application to seek leave to adduce additional 500 pages of documents from the British archives on the colonial office correspondence leading up to and after the North Borneo Order in Council (Alteration of Boundaries) 1954 and North Borneo Order in Council (Definition of Boundaries) 1958. In September 2023, the originating summons was filed by Sabar's chairman Datuk Dr Johan Arriffin Samad disputing the validity of the TSA, which limits the State's maritime boundary to only three nautical miles and named the government of the Federation of Malaysia as the sole defendant. The plaintiff is also seeking a declaration that the Continental Shelf Act 1966 and Petroleum Mining Act 1966 is inapplicable, unconstitutional, invalid, null and void in the territory of Sabah after June 19, 2012; A declaration that the territory of Sabah, after the annulment of the Proclamation of Emergency of 1969 on June 19, 2012, includes the continental shelf under the North Borneo (Alteration of Boundaries) Order in Council 1954; A declaration that the Mining Ordinance 1960 is valid in Sabah after June 19, 2012; A declaration that Section 3(3) Territorial Seas Act 2012 which limits the territorial waters of Sabah to three nautical miles is inapplicable, unconstitutional, invalid, null and void in Sabah as of June 22, 2012; A declaration that the territorial waters of Sabah, after the annulment of the Proclamation of Emergency of 1969 on June 19, 2012, includes the 12 nautical miles of sea under the Convention on Territorial Seas and Contiguous Zone 1958 and North Borneo (Definition Of Boundaries) Order In Council 1958; cost and any further or other relief deems fit. Earlier, in Friday's proceedings the defendant's counsel informed the court that the parties agreed and no objections to the application and requested for three months to file the affidavit in response. Siew directed the plaintiff to file the 500 documents by May 23; the defendant to file any response and other documents by Aug 22 and the plaintiff to file any reply by Sept 22. He fixed Oct 3 for further mention. The plaintiff was represented by counsel Roland Cheng while Senior Federal Counsels Shamsul Bolhassan and Ahmad Hanir Hambaly @ Arwi, acted for the defendant. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
10-05-2025
- Daily Express
Man faces gallows for syabu trafficking
Published on: Saturday, May 10, 2025 Published on: Sat, May 10, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: The charge is framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. Kota Kinabalu: A 34-year-old man was tentatively charged in the Magistrate's Court here with trafficking 59.52gm of syabu. However, no plea was recorded from Rosli Jamani after the charge was read out to him. Labourer Rosli was accused of committing the offence on April 30, this year, at 5.10pm, in front of a house at Taman Kepayan here. The charge is framed under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. The court fixed June 25 for mention pending the chemist's report. Rosli, who appeared before Magistrate Marilyn Kelvin via zoom, was ordered to be remanded further pending the date as the charge against him has no provision for bail. In another case, a cake seller woman was charged with theft. Siti Rosidah Siangho, 28, was accused of stealing a tote bag, three sling bags and a sunglasses at the Kaison shop in the Centre Point complex here on May 3, at 4pm. No plea was taken from Siti, after the charge under Section 380 of the Penal Code was read out to her. The court fixed May 13 for mention and released the accused on a bail of RM1,300 in two sureties. Inspector Yusdi Basri prosecuted. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
08-05-2025
- Daily Express
Women syabu pushers charged
Published on: Thursday, May 08, 2025 Published on: Thu, May 08, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: The women were jointly charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. Kota Kinabalu: Two women were charged in the Magistrate's Court here with trafficking 209.19gm of syabu. Undocumented Diana Abdullah and Husna Amirul, 54, who appeared before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus via zoom, allegedly committed the offence on April 21, this year, at 11.40am, in a room of a house at Telipok settlement centre. The women were jointly charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries a punishment of either the death penalty or life in prison and whipping with a minimum of 15 strokes. No plea was recorded from them. The Magistrate fixed June 30 for mention pending the chemists' reports and ordered the duo to be remanded further. Meanwhile, an unemployed man was charged with failing to explain a cash deposit of RM22,500 into his bank account, last year. Johnny Tamin, 32, is accused of failing to provide a reasonable explanation as to how he obtained the money belonging to one Murni Jaiman, which had been deposited into a bank account belonging to him. The offence was committed on July 22, 2024 at Putatan, near here. However, no plea was recorded from Johnny after the charge was read out to him. The charge under Section 22A(1) of the Minor Offences Ordinance provides for a fine of RM100 or up to three months jail or both, on conviction. The Magistrate set May 13 for Johnny's plea to be taken and released him on a bail of RM1,000 in one sureties. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
07-05-2025
- Daily Express
Businessman's acquittal upheld
Published on: Wednesday, May 07, 2025 Published on: Wed, May 07, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: Voo (right) with his counsel Ram (centre) and Prem outside the courtroom. Kota Kinabalu: The High Court affirmed the acquittal of a 44-year-old man charged with misappropriating property. Judge Datuk Dr Lim Hock Leng dismissed the prosecution's appeal against the Magistrate's Court's decision to discharge and acquit Voo Li Kiam of the charge without his defence being called. The Court, in its decision via Zoom, affirmed the lower court's decision. Voo, a businessman, was on Aug 22, 2023 freed of the charge at the end of the prosecution's stage. The charge alleged that Voo fraudulently misused or appropriated for his own use RM41,515 in cash collections belonging to KS Filter Sdn Bhd, between Dec 8, 2018 and Jan 26, 2019, at the company's premises in Inanam. The charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of between six months and five years, whipping and liability of a fine, on conviction. Voo was represented by counsel Datuk Ram Singh and Prem Elmer Ganasan. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man was charged with having access to someone else's bank card without permission. Aqasya Zulfiekri, who appeared before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus via Zoom, allegedly had someone else's payment instrument, namely an ATM GX Bank card belonging to Nursafella Wahid, without lawful authority. Aqasya allegedly committed the offence on May 2, this year, at 2.35pm, at a restaurant near here. No plea was taken from the accused, who is charged under Section 424A of the Penal Code. Dzul fixed May 13 for mention and released the accused on a bail of RM1,200 in one surety. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
