Kota Kinabalu: A Filipino fisherman was sentenced to 12 months jail for causing damages to his brother-in-law’s property in Pulau Gaya.
Nuramin Umih, 29, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to committing mischief by breaking the wall of a house and damaging the wall fan that belonged to one Mohd Sairi Kassim at 10.30am on May 17, this year in a house at Kg Pulau Gaya here.
Inspector Suzie @ Stephanie Kupit, prosecuting, told the court that Sairi lodged a police report at 1.13pm on the same day after receiving a telephone call from his wife informing him that Nuramin, who is his brother-in-law, went berserk and damaged items in Sairi’s house.
The complainant stated in his report that Nuramin sometimes went berserk and that he lodged the report as he feared for the safety of his family.
Nuramin, who was later arrested by police on the same day, also failed to produce any identification documents, said Suzie.
Nuramin, who was not represented, requested for a lenient sentence and confessed to having no valid document.
Stephanie ordered Nuramin to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest and ordered him to be referred to the Immigration Department thereafter.
Nuramin was charged under Section 427 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of between one year and five years or with fine or with both, on conviction.
In another case, four men were charged with drug-related offences.
The trio, Abdul Sah Nur, Isnar Abdul Tan and Md Saiful Fikry were each charged with having syabu.
However, no plea was taken from them pending the outcome of the chemists’ reports.
They were charged under Section 12 (2) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952, which provides for a fine of up to RM100,000 or up to five years jail or both on conviction.
Abdul, Isnar and another man were also accused of taking drugs but their plea was not taken while waiting for the chemists’ reports.
The court set mention dates between July 6 and 13 pending the chemists’ reports and released the three, except Abdul, on bail between RM1,800 and RM1,500 in two sureties.
Abdul was ordered to be remanded further. Taking drugs under Section 15(1) of the Dangerous Drug Act provides for a fine of up to RM5,000 or up to two years jail on conviction.
