Youths remanded for theft
By Rol Ezam & Malai FadleyRizal 

Two local youths suspected of committing theft at a house in Kampong Rimba were ordered by Senior Magistrate Hj Abdullah Soefri to be remanded at the Central Police Station pending incomplete investigations. The application was made yesterday by the Deputy Public Prosecutor Dk Hjh Hana Molina Pg Hj Mohammad for the two defendants, Abdul Rashid Hj Libut, 18, and Md Zulnizam Zulkifli, 20, to be remanded for a week until the next hearing on May 1 this year.

No plea was taken yesterday. Both were charged with allegedly committing theft of one Pioneer DVD video player and one Aiwa LD player tape belonging to Ak Rosman Pg Hj Hashim, which they committed on April 9 this year.

If both are found guilty of the said charge, they will face a jail term which may extend to 3 years or a fine, or both.

Meanwhile the 18-year-old youth is facing another two separate theft charges, including an offence, which he allegedly committed with another person who is still at large.

No plea has been taken yet.

For the first charge, the defendant along with the wanted man, allegedly committed a theft of one Sony Hi-Fi with four speakers, a set of Sony Play Station (PS2) and a set of Sony videotapes belonging to Mohd Afdzillah Hj Mohd Yusof.

Both allegedly committed the offence on April 17 this year at one different house in Kampong Perpindahan Rimba Gadong.

Abdul Rashid was also charged with committing mischief by causing wrongful damage to a sliding window of the same house, which is an offence punishable under section 427 of the Penal Code Chapter 22, and carries an imprisonment term which may extend to 5 years and whipping of not less than two strokes.

Magistrate Abdullah also ordered for this case to be heard in one-weeks time pending incomplete investigations by the police.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin