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Borneo Post
19-05-2025
- Borneo Post
Man hit with RM10,000 fine for using phone for online gambling activities in Kuching
Online gambling is a slippery slope that has ruined many lives due to its easy accessibility on mobile devices. – Photo by Desiree David KUCHING (May 19): A 28-year-old man was fined RM10,000, in default six months' imprisonment, by the Magistrates' Court here today for dealing with a gaming machine, namely a mobile phone, used for online gambling activities. Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan imposed the sentence on Tiruparen K. Perumal after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. The section provides for a fine of not less than RM10,000 and not more than RM100,000 for each gaming machine seized, and a jail term not exceeding five years, upon conviction. The offence took place at a café in Kota Sentosa, 7th Mile, at around 3.10pm on Oct 27, 2021. According to the facts of the case, the accused was arrested during a police raid carried out based on information received regarding online gambling activities. He was found holding a mobile phone during the raid and was suspected to be an agent for online gambling credit top-ups. Examination of the phone revealed a website suspected to be used for gambling credit transactions. Following analysis by a gambling expert, the mobile phone was determined to be a device used to manage and facilitate online gambling activities, and therefore constituted a gaming machine as defined under Section 2 of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. The accused was represented by counsel Ratanah Devi. Court mobile devices online gambling
Borneo Post
16-05-2025
- Borneo Post
Foreigner found half-naked by woman in Semariang house jailed 8 months for trespassing
Yonas committed the offence at Lorong Cahaya Damai, Bandar Baru Semariang at around 1.30am on May 12, 2025. – Stock photo KUCHING (May 16): An Indonesian man who trespassed into a house while half-naked was sentenced by the Magistrates' Court here today to eight months in jail. Yonas, 37, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan to a charge under Section 448 of the Penal Code, which provides for up to three years in prison or a fine not exceeding RM5,000, or both. He committed the offence at Lorong Cahaya Damai, Bandar Baru Semariang at around 1.30am on May 12, 2025. Based on the facts of the case, the 21-year-old female complainant had woken up and gone to the kitchen for a drink when she spotted an unknown man—later identified as Yonas—standing half-naked behind the door of her sister-in-law's room. Shocked, she immediately alerted her brother who, with the help of several neighbours, managed to apprehend Yonas as he attempted to flee. Police arrived at the scene and took custody of the accused, who was found to be without any form of identification. Further checks with the Immigration Department confirmed there was no record of him legally entering Malaysia. Meanwhile, the Sessions Court yesterday sentenced Yonas to six months in jail and four strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to illegally entering Malaysia, with Judge Musli Ab Hamid ordering the imprisonment to commence from the date of arrest. The charge against Yonas was framed under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, punishable under Section 6(3) of the same Act, which provides for a fine not exceeding RM10,000 or up to five years in jail, or both, and whipping of not more than six strokes. jail Semariang trespassing
Borneo Post
25-04-2025
- Business
- Borneo Post
Sentoria Borneo director fined RM6,000 for not complying with tribunal's award
Photo shows the exterior of the Kuching Court Complex. — Photo by Chimon Upon KUCHING (April 25): The Magistrates' Court here yesterday fined a director of Sentoria Borneo Land Sdn Bhd RM6,000 for failing to comply with an award issued by the Tribunal for Housing Purchaser Claims Sarawak (TTPRS). Magistrate Mason Jaro Lenya Barayan meted out the sentence against Datuk Gan Kim Leong, who changed his plea to guilty on the first day of trial yesterday (April 24) for failing to comply with the award issued by TTPRS against Sentoria Borneo Land Sdn Bhd related to an unfinished service apartment unit purchased by Monica Lau and Awang Zaidi at the Ataria Resort project in Bandar Samariang. Both the complainants were in court to testify as prosecution witnesses against offences framed pursuant to Section 53(1) of the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Ordinance 2013. During proceedings, the developer's lawyers, Janet Wong Lee Ming and Voon Xin Ning, argued that the matter was a civil debt dispute between the developer and the respective purchasers, and they ought not to be a criminal offence under Section 53(1) of the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Ordinance 2013. They argued that the delay was unintentional as the developer's financial accounts at OCBC Bank had been frozen and alleged that the bank had refused to release the monies deposited into the company's accounts. Lau informed the court that she purchased the residential unit in December 2015. Due to the significant delays by the developer, she filed her complaint with TTPRS, which awarded her liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) to be paid by the developer. She told the court she has been servicing the housing loan since 2015, but the unit remains incomplete, and she will be retiring soon hence the issues have caused distress, both emotionally and financially. Section 53 of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Ordinance 2013 (Chapter 69) states that it is an offence for whoever fails to comply with an award made by the Tribunal and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not exceeding RM5,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both. In the case of a continuing offence, the offender shall be liable to a fine not exceeding RM1,000 for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction. Section 58 of the said Ordinance states that a housing developer who abandons or causes to be abandoned a housing development or any phase of housing development shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than RM250,000 but not exceeding RM500,000, or imprisonment for a term of not exceeding three years, or both. The prosecution was handled by deputy public prosecutor Ronald Felix Hardin and prosecuting officer Simon Engka Crown. In July 2024, the court had fined another company director Datuk Chan Kong San, a total of RM16,000 for offences framed under Section 53(1) of the Housing Development (Control & Licensing) Ordinance 2013 for failing to comply with 16 TTPRS Awards issued against the property developer.
