The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 9 May 2006

Dad jailed 54 years for sodomising daughter

MUAR: A father of four children was sentenced to atotal of 54 years in jail and ordered to be caned 24 times onthree counts of sodomising his 12-year-old daughter.

The 32-year-old furniture factory worker pleaded guilty to thecharges before Sessions Court judge Norazlan Ahmadyesterday.

The offences took place in the family house at about 2pm onApril 21 and on two other occasions on April 23.

Norazlan sentenced the man to 18 years' jail and eight strokesof the rotan on each charge, with the second and third sentencesto run concurrently after the man had served the first jailterm.

Earlier, the man pleaded for a lenient sentence and for thejail terms to run concurrently.

He said he had a wife, four children and an aged and sickfather to care for.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Wirna Arifin asked for a deterrentsentence as the man had committed a very serious crime againsthis own daughter.

She said he should receive the maximum jail sentence of 20years on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively, besideswhipping.

New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, 10 May 2006

Man gets 20 years' jail for causing death during robbery

MUAR: It is 20 years' jail and 12 strokes of therotan for an odd-job worker found guilty of armed robbery andcausing the death of a trader.

Yeoh Kang, 54, who traded in pangolins, received a telephone callthat someone had pangolins for sale.

He and his 23-year-old daughter went to the appointed place,where the accused, Ahmad Sulaiman, 37, was waiting with a plasticsack.

However, the sack contained not pangolins but two coconuts.

Ahmad pulled out a parang, held it to Yeoh's neck and robbedhim of RM2,000, a handphone worth RM400 and a RM300 wristwatch.

He handcuffed Yeoh and pushed him into the boot of his car, whilehis daughter was bundled into the rear seat.

Ahmad then drove the car to Kampong Teratai, near BukitSerampang, followed by an accomplice on a motorcycle.

When they reached the village, Ahmad made a U-turn causing thecar to skid and land in a ditch. Ahmad then fled with theaccomplice on the motorcycle.

The woman freed herself and found her father dead in the carboot. A post-mortem found he died of suffocation.

In the Sessions Court yesterday, judge Mohd Fauzi Mohd Nasirjailed Ahmad eight years for causing the death of Yeoh near theSpring Quarry in Sagil here at 10pm on Oct 19 last year, and 12years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for armed robbery.

Ahmad, who was unrepresented, pleaded guilty to committing theoffences with another man still at large.

Assistant Superintendent Lim Ah Bah, prosecuting, told the courtthat Ahmad, who was arrested on April 6, had a string of criminaloffences. He urged the court to impose a deterrent sentencebecause a life had been lost.

Ahmad pleaded for leniency, saying he had to support a sickgrandmother.

The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 11 May 2006

Jail and rotan for drug possession

PENANG: An unemployed man was jailed 12 years andordered to be whipped 10 times by a High Court after he admittedto an alternative charge of drug possession.

Japar @ Jaafar Hasan, 40, admitted possessing 7.54gm of heroinand 13gm of mono-acetylmorphines in a house at Jalan Bagan Ajam,Butterworth on April 26, 2002.

He was originally charged with trafficking in the drugs.

Judicial Commissioner Abdul Rahim Uda ordered Japar,represented by V. Partiban, to serve his jail term from the dateof his arrest on April 26, 2002.

New Sabah Times, Kota Kinabalu, 18 May 2006

Court Beat

40 illegal immigrants to serve between three and six months

By Mariayati Murshidi

The illegal aliens were sentenced to jail forvarious immigration violations

KOTA KINABALU: A total of 42 foreigners were sentenced tobetween three and six months' jail by the Sessions Court forcommitting various immigration violations.

One of them, Basaud Andum, 50, was given six months' jailby Judge Caroline Bee Majanil as it was the former's secondoffence for entering the country illegally.

Basaud would not be caned due to his age.

Prosecuting officer C/Insp. Tan Hiap Wah told the court thatBasaud was convicted on July 12 2002 and was jailed four monthsfor a similar offence. He had been blacklisted by the HomeMinistry.

When he was arrested on May 4, at about 9.30 pm at KampungTanjung Kapor, Kudat, Basaud did not have any document.

Another 23 foreigners were sentenced to three months'jail and given a stroke of the rotan except a woman and a54-year-old man, also for illegal entry.

A total of 18 men were each given three months' jail foroverstaying while another also received a similar jail term forpossessing a fake IMM13 document.

The foreigners comprising Filipinos, Indonesians andPakistanis aged between 20 and 54 were arrested in Kota Kinabalu,Penampang, Putatan, Ranau, Kudat, Ranau and Keningau in the pastone month.

They will be deported after coming out from prison. ClarenceMoncigil from the Immigration Department and C/Insp. Tan Hiap Wahcarried out the prosecution.

The Star, Kuala Lumpur, 25 May 2006

Fruit seller jailed six years for having cannabis

MUAR: The Sessions Court here sentenced a fruit sellerto six years' jail and ordered that he be given 10 strokesof the rotan for drug possession.

Ahari Aliman, 26, who was jointly charged with his wifeNorhashimah Ibrahim, 24, pleaded guilty to possessing 261g ofcannabis before Judge Norazlan Ahmad yesterday.

Norhashimah claimed trial.

The couple were arrested when a police team raided a house inKampung Terus near Panchor on April 20 last year.

During the trial, Norhashimah, complained to the court thatsome policemen harassed her when they accompanied her from Kluangto the Muar police station.

Judge Norazlan then allowed her counsel K.T. Lee to lodge apolice report on the matter.

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