Day: September 23, 2024

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal today upheld a seven-year jail sentence and one stroke of the cane meted out on a former physical education teacher convicted of sexual assault against two female students at a primary school in Dungun, Terengganu, five years ago. Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, dismissing Tuan Sembok Tuan Puteh’s final appeal, said the sentences for all three charges, effective from Nov 11, 2022, were not excessive and did not warrant intervention by the court. “This court finds the conviction on all three charges to be sound, and the appellant is fortunate that the deputy public prosecutor

PUTRAJAYA, The Court of Appeal today upheld a seven-year jail sentence and one stroke of the cane meted out on a former physical education teacher convicted of sexual assault against two female students at a primary school in Dungun, Terengganu, five years ago. Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, dismissing Tuan Sembok Tuan Puteh’s final appeal, said the sentences for all three charges, effective from Nov 11, 2022, were not excessive and did not warrant intervention by the court. “This court finds the conviction on all three charges to be sound, and the appellant is fortunate that the deputy public prosecutor

KUCHING, Pahang’s Para recurve archer Loh Chi Hui surpassed not only her own expectations, but also her coach’s target by breaking two national para archery records in the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) to clinch the gold medal here, today. The 34-year-old wheelchair bound athlete set the new women’s individual national record in the qualification round for 70-metre with an overall score of 574 points, a huge improvement from the 504 mark set by Nor Sa’adah Abdul Wahab at the 2013 World Archery Para Championships in Bangkok. She started today’s session at the Petra Jaya Archery Range scoring 298

KUCHING, Pahang’s Para recurve archer Loh Chi Hui surpassed not only her own expectations, but also her coach’s target by breaking two national para archery records in the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) to clinch the gold medal here, today. The 34-year-old wheelchair bound athlete set the new women’s individual national record in the qualification round for 70-metre with an overall score of 574 points, a huge improvement from the 504 mark set by Nor Sa’adah Abdul Wahab at the 2013 World Archery Para Championships in Bangkok. She started today’s session at the Petra Jaya Archery Range scoring 298

KUCHING, Rain or shine, wheelchair-bound Chow Mei Hsia never misses her table tennis training. Her discipline and hard work paid dividends today when she clinched the women’s singles wheelchair table tennis Open gold medal at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (China) Chung Hua No. 3 here. The 45-year-old shared that she would travel to training on her three-wheeled motorcycle to attend training daily and even fell ill due to being drenched during heavy downpours. But she’s glad everything has worked out well and she managed to mark her final Para SUKMA outing with a