
Former educator ordered to compensate student RM88,000 following assault conviction
A Kota Bharu High Court has ordered a former teacher to pay RM88,000 to a student after finding him guilty of physical assault through repeated slapping incidents.
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A Kota Bharu High Court has ordered a former teacher to pay RM88,000 to a student after finding him guilty of physical assault through repeated slapping incidents.

A Machang Magistrate's Court has imposed a RM6,500 fine on a 26-year-old labourer who assaulted and verbally abused a policeman conducting an enforcement operation, after he pleaded guilty to obstructing a civil servant.

Malaysia's Court of Appeal has upheld a RM84.64 million fraud conviction against former Protasco directors, reaffirming judicial standards on how courts deliver their decisions.

A High Court has rejected an attempt by an Umno-linked individual and two associates to postpone a RM492,480 refund to umrah pilgrims, clearing the way for immediate payment.

Malaysia's High Court has rejected an appeal by three former travel agency directors seeking to postpone a RM492,480 refund to umrah pilgrims, maintaining their fraud conviction.

Four sisters have failed in their Court of Appeal challenge over damage to ancestral land in Pedas. Judges ruled they could not establish who carried out trespass and drainage works allegedly causing erosion.

Malaysia's Court of Appeal has determined that registered societies, including Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia, cannot initiate defamation lawsuits because they lack legal personality and have no reputation interest recognised by law.

The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Ng Lai Huat to overturn a Penang High Court decision, forcing both to proceed to trial on graft-related allegations.