Courts & Sentencing news in Kalapuan

1. Foreigner fined RM20,000 for keeping 578kg cooking oil, 250 litres petrol without permit

   7 hours ago Daily Express Sabah Kalapuan

   A 34-year-old foreign national was fined RM20,000, or 12 months' jail in default, by the Sessions Court in Tawau on Friday for possessing controlled goods without a permit. Azmain Same pleaded guilty to holding 578kg of cooking oil and 250 litres of petrol on an unregistered wooden boat in waters off Kalapuan on Sept 6, which he admitted he meant to take to a neighbouring country. He was arrested by a Kunak General Operations Force team and charged under the Control of Supplies Act 1961.

2. Undocumented man gets 17 years, five strokes for robbing e-hailing driver

   2 days ago Daily Express Sabah hilltop of a Chinese cemetery at Mile 5, Jalan Tuaran 38.9 km

   An undocumented man was sentenced by the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu to 17 years in jail and five strokes of the cane for gang robbery. Musa Normani, 32, was found guilty of robbing an e-hailing driver of an iPhone 11 at knifepoint at a Chinese cemetery at Mile 5, Jalan Tuaran, on Aug 2, 2025.