Custody sentence for contravening MCO not compulsory
I refer to your article that community service may not be an appropriate sentence. Pursuant to the Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan 2020 (movement control order), regulation 11(1) states that the penalty is a fine not exceeding RM1,000 or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both. However, the presiding judge or magistrate, on a plea […]
Guna budi bicara hukum pesalah ingkar PKP, kata ketua hakim
Ketua Hakim Negara Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. PETALING JAYA: Ketua Hakim Negara Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat menyeru hakim mahkamah menggunakan budi bicara dalam mengenakan hukuman terhadap pesalah yang melanggar Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) dengan mengambil kira risiko penularan Covid-19 di penjara. Pejabat Ketua Pendaftar Mahkamah Persekutuan memaklumkan semua majistret dan hakim Mahkamah Sesyen perlu mempertimbangkan […]
Sarawak bans Ramadan, Gawai Dayak bazaars this year to curb Covid-19 spread
MIRI, April 5 — The state government has decided not to allow Ramadan and Gawai Dayak…
Anwar takes dig at Rina Harun over Doraemon posters
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim took the opportunity to poke…
Thai sex workers take risk of going to street
A SHUTDOWN to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand’s party scene and forced sex workers like…
Covid-19 pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK
THE coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade…