Case of eight gun-toting locals adjourned
By Rol Ezam 

The Bandar Supreme Magistrate's Court yesterday adjourned the case of eight gun-toting locals, who were allegedly caught with three riffles in the Tutong District late last year. The case will be adjourned until May 10. The case was adjourned after the Attorney Generals Chamber's Deputy Public Prosecutor Hj Afif Daraina Hj Badaruddin was granted by the Magistrate.

The eight local men, aged between 30 to 40 years, three sons of Hj Ahim's, Johaimi, Jumat and Umar with Ali Hassan Hj Halid, Yusmadi Hj Yussof, Hj Saparudin Hj Abidin, Roslin Hj Abdullah and Abd Rahman Hj Khamis are released on court bail.

All of them were caught at the vicinity of Ujung Jalan, Kampong Belaban, Benutan in the Tutong District for allegedly possessing the said arms without a license issued by the licensing officer and thereby breached rule 2 of the Arms and Explosives Rules of the Arms and Explosive Act, Chapter 58.

If convicted guilty, they could face a penalty of imprisonment and whipping with a maximum sentence that stipulates 15 years and 12 strokes while the minimum sentence being 5 years and 3 strokes.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin