Brunei Army Men Face Daring Gang Robbery Charges
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Brunei Magistrates Court yesterday ordered two Royal Brunei Armed Forces soldiers allegedly turned armed robbers to be held in remand at the Central Police Station.

Chief Magistrate Dk Rostaina Pg Hj Duraman agreed that the two who allegedly carried out three daring gang style robberies in the Brunei capital to be detained until investigations were completed. No plea was taken from the army men, SLD 14603 Hj Abd Azis Hj Kadir and L/Cpl 13552 Mohd Ariffin Mohammad in court yesterday. Both are due to appear again before the magistrate on May 5 at 9 am after initial police investigations. The Police Prosecutor yesterday asked for the soldiers to be remanded as they were only caught on April 19 and applied for the case to be mentioned again in two weeks' time.

According to the Prosecutor, police while investigating both an identification parade will also be held. She also said that the police suspect other members were involved in this crime.

Both were charged with committing a gang robbery using a knife on April 10 at about 11.20 am at Syarikat Mohd Nirwan, No. 60 in Kg Pengkalan Batu near the Brunei-Sarawak border. The two also faced a second charge of committing a gang robbery using a knife on the same day at about 11.55 am at SPAJS Minimart in Kg Kulapis not far from the first robbery. And the last charge was for committing a similar style robbery on April 18 at about 4:10 pm at Seri Trading Mini Mart Simpang 220 in Kg Kapok, Jalan Muara. Under section 398 of the Penal Code, Cap 22 the two could face imprisonment of up to seven years and12 strokes of the rattan. (Courtesy Of Borneo Bulletin)

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