'Bullet' Man Gets Jail And Whipping
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 27-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to five years imprisonment and three strokes of whipping by the Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to possession of an unlicensed bullet.

The defendant, Andriyadi was convicted of possessing a three-cm by one-cm bullet without a: licence issued by the licensing officer. It is an offence punishable under rule 17(l) of the Arms and Explosives Rule of the Arms and Explosives Act, Chapter 58.

The defendant who previously worked as a tailor at a local textile company for two years was found to have been in possession of the bullet on February 19, 2006 at about 10 am in the Departure Hall, Brunei International Airport.

The court heard that the defendant was about to board a flight to Singapore using the Brunei national carrier as he was going back to Indonesia after his employment contract had expired.

Before he was about to board the airplane, the defendant underwent a routine security check. The defendant was asked by one of the airport security officers to take out any belongings which he had on him and to put them through the X-ray machine for screening.

The defendant then took his wallet out and placed it in the X-ray machine.

As the wallet was screened, one of the airport security officers noticed something that looked like a bullet inside the defendant's wallet.

The defendant was asked to take out the contents of his wallet which he did witnessed by the airport security officers.

Asked by the airport security officers about the bullet, the defendant admitted that the bullet belonged to him. The bullet was sent to the Royal Brunei Armed Forces where upon examination, the bullet was found to be a live bullet which had not been used before.

The defendant admitted in his statement that the bullet was his and that he had obtained it from his brother- in-law in Indonesia.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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