KUCHING: Two men have been sentenced to a year’s jail and fined RM1.46mil each for possessing 146 pangolins without a licence in the largest case of illegal wildlife trade in Sarawak ever.

KUCHING: The judiciary will continue with its mobile court programme in Sabah and Sarawak, signalling its commitment to improving access to justice in remote areas.

KUCHING: The High Court of Sabah and Sarawak will soon rely partly on artificial intelligence (AI) for sentencing, among their other forays into utilising technology for the judiciary.

KUCHING: The requirement of having “at least one” Judge with Bornean judicial experience in hearing cases at the appellate courts should not be seen as merely a “quota requirement”, said Sabah Law Society (SLS).

KUCHING: The judiciary is looking into revising the court-led legal aid fees for assigned counsels to attract more senior lawyers to act for accused persons in criminal cases, said Chief Justice Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.

KUCHING: The High Court here Tuesday set Jan 23 to decide on an application by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) to recuse a judicial commissioner from hearing its case against the Sarawak Comptroller of State Sales Tax (SST) and the State government. .

KUCHING: There are new lessons for Sabah to learn from hydroelectric power projects in Sarawak’s interior areas that serve as catalysts to stimulate rural development other than development of coastal areas.

KUCHING: Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg said there is still a “grey area” in terms of understanding between the federal and State governments, but the obstacles faced by Sarawak in realising its visions are not huge.

KUCHING: Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg (pic) has urged the people not to be involved with the political tension in the peninsula.

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has hinted that the 12th Sarawak state election will not be held in the near future.