PUTRAJAYA, Aug 1 — A married couple escaped the death penalty today after they pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of their friend.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — A 70-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in jail by the Sessions Court today for self-administration of the dangerous drug morphine.

IPOH, Aug 1 — The High Court has scheduled September 5 for the hearing of the bail application of senior police officer Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak, 44, who is charged with the murder of a 17-year-old student, pending his trial.

IPOH, Aug 1 — A woman cheated death after allegedly being beaten, almost stabbed, and pushed into a ravine by her husband on the East-West Highway (JRTB) near Gerik on Saturday (July 27).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — The High Court has ordered actress Rafidah Ibrahim to pay RM250,000 to an entrepreneur and his company over her allegations that they refused to pay her for her work three years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, July 31 — The Court of Appeal has ordered three Immigration officers, including a woman, to enter their defence against charges of smuggling nine Bangladeshi migrants at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang seven years ago.

KUALA TERENGGANU, July 31 — The Sessions Court sentenced a labourer to 30 years in prison and 30 strokes of the cane today after he pleaded guilty to raping his disabled daughter.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — A cleaner pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to robbing an 87-year-old woman of RM600 in cash in front of an apartment lift last week.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — A former businessman and his wife were sentenced to four years in prison by the Sessions Court today after being found guilty of obtaining over RM300,000 in deposits without a valid investment license nine years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, July 31 — An individual with the title 'Datuk' is among three people detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly accepting nearly RM110 million in bribes related to a housing project.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The police have confirmed that two Malaysians were arrested by the Maldivian authorities for trying to smuggle RM3.7 million in drugs into the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has dismissed the representation by Israeli man Avitan Shalom for review of the charges of trafficking and possessing firearms made against him.

TAIPING, July 26 — A labourer recently sentenced to prison and whipping for fraud related to the eKasih assistance programme was once again brought before two Magistrate's Courts today for similar offences.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Former television personality Norjuma Habib Mohamed, who faces charges of voluntarily causing hurt and causing mischief, was given a warning for failing to appear at the mention proceedings of her case last month.

JOHOR BAHRU, July 25 — An eight-month-old boy suffered a brain haemorrhage, allegedly due to abuse by his mother and her boyfriend in Pontian.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Police arrested nine individuals, including four minors, believed to be acting as call operators and data managers at a call centre making fraudulent online job offers.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A bank clerk in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, allegedly transferred over RM2 million in fixed deposit funds into 11 different accounts before being found dead on July 5.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A courier pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court today to defrauding two individuals in a work permit scam last year, resulting in RM79,550 in losses.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of receiving RM250,000 in deposit for an investment without a valid licence.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A meat importing company's former director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to five charges of submitting false claims for a financing facility to purchase merchandise amounting to nearly RM1 million five years ago.