The Magistrate’s Court on Thursday ordered a woman to settle a fine following her guilty plea towards a charge for causing a false alarm. Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar earlier denied the charge, stating that she had made a false statement, by making a video recording with a caption purporting that four employees at […]
A local woman was fined BND2,700 yesterday, after she pleaded guilty to disseminating a false statement likely to cause alarm. Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar would have to serve three-weeks’ jail in default of fine. In August 31, 2021, the defendant was responsible for a viral video falsely claiming that employees at a restaurant […]
In a series of events, a woman yesterday took a tight turn from denying to pleading guilty mid trial on a charge of disseminating a false statement likely to cause alarm. Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar had claimed trial, and challenged the ingredients of the charge. Defence Counsel Pengiran Shahyzul bin Pengiran Abdul Rahman […]
Chief Magistrate Pengiran Hajah Norismayanti binti Pengiran Haji Ismail yesterday delivered a decisive interpretation of Section 34, Chapter 148 of the Public Order Act (POA) in a case against a local woman charged with sounding a false alarm. Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar is charged with disseminating of a false statement likely to cause […]
Fadley Faisal A local woman denied a charge of making a false statement in a video recording that was likely to cause public alarm in the Magistrate’s Court, over the height of COVID-19 cases. Hajah Faizah binti Haji Abdul Gapar was pressed with the charge under Section 34, Chapter 148 of the Public Order Act, […]