KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — The Sessions Court fined a babysitter RM10,000 today in default of 18 months in jail for slapping an 11-month-old baby on his cheeks and knocking his forehead, resulting in bruises and scratches.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 24 — Three friends escaped the gallows after the High Court acquitted them today of two charges of drug trafficking and possession five years ago.

SHAH ALAM, Jan 23 — A former employee of the Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) was today fined RM70,000 by the Sessions Court here, after pleading guilty to two charges of receiving RM38,000 in cash in return for approving a programme application under Pelan Jana Semula Ekonomi Negara 3.0 (Penjana 3.0).

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 23 — A mother and son were among five people charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 24.2kg of drugs earlier this month.

KUANTAN, Jan 23 — A private sector retiree claimed he lost more than RM1.4 million after joining a share investment scheme which he discovered via Facebook in October.

JERTIH, Jan 23 — The director of Malee Beach Resort Sdn Bhd was fined RM150,000 by the Besut Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to constructing a building without permit that collapsed, resulting in the death of two employees on November 9, last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Three enforcement officers of the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory's Road Transport Department (RTD) were charged in the Sessions Court today for RM600 in bribes.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — A former policeman was among eight suspects wanted for being involved in the biggest drug trafficking syndicate in Sabah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Four policemen were arrested on January 19 for allegedly extorting a ketum water dealer in Taman Desa Gombak in November last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — In separate Sessions Courts today, a housewife faced charges of cheating two women in a luxury designer goods fraud totalling RM1,267,810, which included Hermes handbags, Rolex watches, and Chanel shoes.

KANGAR, Jan 23 — A labourer was charged at the Magistrate’s Court today with trafficking 528 kg of methamphetamine two weeks ago.

IPOH, Jan 23 — A woman lost RM6.22 million after allegedly falling victim to a non-existent gold investment scheme since October last year, the highest loss due to scams in Perak so far.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin's wife Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid was charged in the Sessions Court today with failing to declare her assets, which include Menara Ilham and several properties in the Federal capital and in Penang.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 — Two former real estate agents were sentenced to 30 years' in jail by the Court of Appeal here today for abducting a businesswoman in 2015 for RM2 million ransom.

KOTA BHARU, 22 Jan —The Magistrate's Court here today set Feb 13 to charge a company offering Umrah packages and two of its directors for 51 counts of fraud involving RM503,221.

IPOH, Jan 21 — Initial findings show that petrol was the cause of the arson at the residence of Beruas Member of Parliament Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham in Taman Semarak Jaya, Ayer Tawar, on Jan 10.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — A foreign man was arrested on suspicion of being involved in an armed robbery at a pet shop in Taman Muda, Ampang on November  22, last year.

JEMPOL, Jan 21 — Police arrested a 37-year-old man, believed to be throwing away torn pages of the Quran along Jalan Besar Palong, yesterday.

KUANTAN, Jan 21 — A Myanmar national was found dead with multiple wounds to his body in a durian orchard on Jalan Air Terjun Chamang in Bentong yesterday.

IPOH, Jan 20 — A consultant has suffered RM1.65 million in losses to a cryptocurrency investment scam, said Perak police chief Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri.