Man Jailed Four Months For Threats Against Wife
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - A father of two children was sentenced to four months imprisonment by the Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to committing criminal intimidation by threatening his father-in-law with injury to his daughter (defendant's wife at the time of the offence).

The court heard the defendant, Pg Anak Noorshahrolizam bin PgAnak Omarali, 34, who has previous convictions under the Misuse of Drugs Act, angrily telephoned his father-in-law (complainant) who was at work, asking for the whereabouts of his wife and two young children. The complainant told the defendant to calm down and said that he did not know where they were.

After the call, the complainant felt concerned for his daughter and grandchildren's safety and immediately rushed home. When he got there, nobody was at home.

The court heard that the defendant arrived at the house after 12pm. The complainant saw him go upstairs and come down a short while later with a machete in his hand. On seeing this, the complainant quickly tried to calm the defendant down.

The defendant angrily shouted that he was going to look for his wife and warned that he would cause harm to his wife or to any person who had helped his wife and his children to leave him if he found them, the court was told.

Upon seeing the machete and hearing the defendant's threatening words, the complainant became alarmed and concerned for his daughter and grandchildren's safety. He tried to stop the defendant from leaving but also feared harm to himself in view of the defendant's temper and the machete in the defendant's hand at the time. The defendant then got into his car and sped off.

Not knowing what to' do, next, the complainant nervously waited for the defendant to return. The complainant also tried to contact his daughter by calling her mobile phone to warn her of the defendant's actions but to no avail.

When the defendant did not return home, the complainant went to the Berakas Police Station to report the incident as he was fearful that something bad might happen to his daughter and grandchildren.

On the same day of the offence, officers from the Narcotics Control Bureau raided the house and arrested the defendant who had by then returned home. The NCB called the Berakas police to come as they had found several weapons including a samurai sword and knives in the defendant's upstairs living room. A machete was also recovered from the defendant's car.

The case was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Zelda Skinner who was assisted by DPP Christopher Ng. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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