Kota Kinabalu: A 65-year-old pensioner, charged with threatening to kill his wife, was ordered to enter his defence.
Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie, in delivering her ruling on Thursday, held that the court was satisfied that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against Amrah Liwangsa, who was Warisan’s candidate in Sukau in the 16th State general election. Stephanie set June 24-26 for Amrah’s defence.
Amrah was accused of criminally intimidating his 58-year-old wife at a house in Taman Perdana Emas, Petagas, Putatan at 7.40am on Sept 25, 2022.
On Jan 30, 2023 Amrah claimed trial to the charge under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to seven years or fine, or both, on conviction.
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The accused was represented by counsel Azhier Farhan Arisin.
In another case, two people were fined a total of RM2,000 for engaging in online gambling activities. Chong Tze Yaw, 23, and Kamri Adam, 22, were fined RM1,000 or one month jail each after pleading guilty to the charge against them, respectively.
Chong was found to have engaged in an online gambling activity in a unit at The Garden, Jalan Bundusan, Penampang at 11pm on May 20, 2021.
The court heard from the prosecution that the police who raided the place seized some equipment such as a laptop, 16 mobile phones and documents used in promoting online calling centre gambling.
Kamri was found committing the offence in Kg Warisan, Inanam at 3.05pm on Feb 19, this year. Chong was charged under Section 6(1) of the Common Gaming House Act 1953 (Amended 2001), while Kamri was charged under Section 7 (2) of the same Act, which provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to six months jail on conviction.
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