Japanese star charged with Taiwan taxi driver assault

TAIPEI - A Japanese entertainer has been charged with attacking a Taiwanese taxi driver, prosecutors said Saturday, in an incident that has triggered public anger on the island.

Singer-actress Makiyo faces a four-year jail term for allegedly being involved in the assault and then trying to cover up her role, they said.

Prosecutors also sought a six-year jail term for her friend Takateru Tomoyori for allegedly severely injuring the driver with "violent and brutal means" during the February 2 assault in Taipei.

Sisters Charged For Sexually Assaulting Man With Pliers

Two Wisconsin sisters are facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a man with a pair of pliers after having forced him to drink a glass of urine, police allege.

A harrowing criminal complaint does not offer a motive for the attack, which occurred four months ago and resulted last Friday in the filing of felony and misdemeanor charges against Valerie Bartkey, 24, and Amanda Johnson, 17.

Bartkey (left) and Johnson are pictured above in photos from their Facebook pages.

The victim, a high school student, told the St. Croix Sheriff’s Department that he was playing Xbox at home when Johnson called and invited him to hang out with her. He accepted her offer and subsequently ended up at the home of a mutual friend, a 16-year-old boy identified in the complaint by the initials “AJK.”

M'sian student charged for trying to murder gf

A private college student was charged at the Ampang Sessions Court Tuesday with attempted murder of his girlfriend.

Osleh Osman, 20, however claimed trial before judge Manira Mohd Nor to stabbing Nor Azlin Yusuf, 20, with a knife in the conference room at Kolej Ican, Tingkat 10, Menara Maxis Segar, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/2, Pandan Indah, Ampang Jaya at 10.30pm on Jan 11, 2012.

If found guilty he faces 10 years' jail and liable to fine under Section 307(1) of the Penal Code.

Wife charged with assaulting husband

Kamaliah Basir, 35, pleaded not guilty to a charge with hitting her husband,
48-year-old Zaihan Mohd Lani (right), with an office file nine months ago.

An Administrative and Diplomatic (PTD) officer pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to a charge with hitting her husband with an office file nine months ago.

Kamaliah Basir, 35, is charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Zaihan Md Lani, 48, by hitting him with an office file while in a car at the Persiaran Semarak Api and Persiaran Apec traffic light intersection, Cyberjaya, Sepang, here at 12.45pm last March 3.

She is charged under Section 323 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment for up to a year or fine up to RM2,000 or both, if found guilty.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Aqeeb Lizalman requested that bail be set at RM2,000.

However, Sessions Court judge Zurina Mohamed Nor, who sat as Magistrate, set bail at RM1,800 and fixed Feb 9 for mention.

Ex-politician charged with having sex with child

A former Australian politician has pleaded not guilty to having sex with a 12-year-old girl prostituted by her own mother.

Terry Martin, an ex-politician in Tasmania, pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to an alleged incident from September, 2009, The Mercury  reported.

Martin is alleged to have met the child at his home and is charged with having sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 17.

He's also charged with indecent assault of a person under 17, and one charge of producing child exploitation material.

3 charged with killing foreigner

AMPANG: Three Cameroonians jointly claimed trial at the Sessions Court here yesterday to committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder against a Japanese businessman.

Ndele Innocent Kufor, 27, Celestin Nzogne, 35, and Balack Mabe Jean Paul, 20, allegedly caused the death of Hirokazu Miyashita, 51, at a room at Hotel De Palma in Ampang on Aug 22.

Bangladeshi men charged with killing woman, son

KUALA LUMPUR : Two Bangladeshi men were charged in the Ampang Magistrate's Court here today with the murders of a woman and her two-year-old son whose bodies were found cut into pieces at a condominium unit in Ampang last month.

Abd Razak Tofazzalhossain and Mmd Ripin Mondal Krndaboss are jointly charged with murdering Siti Sando, 35, at No 40, Fifth Floor, Chrsyaa Astaria Apartment Block, Taman Kosas, Ampang here between 11am and 5pm on July 29 this year.

They are also charged with with murdering two-year-old Mohd Shukri at the same place and time.

The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, carries the death sentence upon conviction.

EO6 charged with having subversive documents

The six PSM members have claimed trial and posted bail of RM4,000 for each charge.

BUTTERWORTH: Six Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) leaders were charged in the Sessions Court here today with possession of 600 photocopies of Bersih pamphlets and subversive documents.

The six, also known as EO6, are Sungai Siput MP Dr D Michael Jeyakumar, 56, national deputy chairman M Sarasvathy, 58, central committee members Choo Chon Kai, 33, and M Sukumaran, 50, Youth chief R Saratbabu, 25, and Sungai Siput branch secretary A Letchumanan, 49.

The six who were arrested under the Emergency Ordinance (EO) were released last Friday after being detained for 28 days.