Twenty-five-year-old Awangku Ajmal Adib bin Pengiran Ismail and 27-year-old Siti Norhamisah binti Mahli were each ordered to settle BND25,200 in fines by the Magistrate’s Court on Monday for possessing smuggled cigarettes. Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid imposed 13 months’ jail in default of payment on both defendants. The customs prosecutor revealed […]
An Indonesian man was sentenced to eight months’ jail on Monday for stealing from his employer. Ari Ramadhani, 24, first denied the charge levelled by Prosecutors Syazwani binti Jumat and Abdul Hanan bin Haji Erwan. Magistrate Nur Eleana binti Dato Seri Paduka Haji Hairol Arni then fixed the case for trial. Prosecutor Nurul Husna binti […]
The Magistrate’s Court recently handed an 18-month jail sentence to a 46-year-old permanent resident for cable theft. Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid handed the sentence to Ariffin bin Gerip on January 18 after he pleaded guilty to stealing earthing wire cables from residential properties of an oil and gas company in […]
Prosecutors yesterday levelled a holding charge against a 40-year-old man for allegedly smuggling in 519.89 grammes of cannabis from Miri on New Year’s Day. At 7.17pm, authorities at Sungai Tujoh Control Post in Belait District detained Pengiran Md Aisamuddin bin Pengiran Md Daud after discovering the drug in his vehicle during a routine inspection. The […]
Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid dismissed the claim that receiving instructions from TikTok could excuse criminal behavior as she handed down a one-year jail sentence to a thief at the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The defendant, Mohammad Ibhnu Yakob@Mohammad Abdul Rahman bin Mohaimin, 31, attempted to justify his actions by attributing […]