Jewellery thief gets custodial sentence
By Rol Ezam 

A father of six children who stole jewellery at a flat in Kampong Beribi ten days ago was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment by Senior Magistrate Radin Safiee Radin Mas Basuini yesterday. Before passing the custodial sentence on Mohammad Ashri Hj Pungut, 32, the Magistrate pointed out that the offence committed by the defendant was a serious one.

"There is one case which remains unsolved until now where a doctor was killed by intruders who went into his house to commit theft," the Magistrate said.

According to the Deputy Public Prosecutor Dk Hjh Hana Molina Pg Hj Mohammad, the defendant was cycling from his house at No. 133 in Kampong Perpindahan Mata-Mata, Jalan Laila Wijaya towards the flat.

After reaching the flat, the defendant went to the first floor of the flat at room no. 3 with intent to steal.

Since the room was unlocked, the defendant immediately went inside the room and went upstairs to the bedroom.

He then took eleven gold bracelets, 3 gold necklaces, 5 gold rings, a pair of gold 'scarf' pins, 2 gold pins, 2 pairs of gold earrings, one gold earring and one gold locket with a blue stone belonging to Sarina Ismail, which he found inside the bedroom's drawers.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin