Jail terms await thieving friends
By Malai FadleyRizal 

Two friends who had just met were brought to court yesterday where Chief Magistrate Dk Rostaina Pg Hj Duraman sentenced the 33-year-old man to six months' imprisonment and his 17-year-old associate to one month's jail after both pleaded guilty to committing theft. Mohd Zefri and his young accomplice, Hj Mohd Redwan were charged with stealing a television and a VCD player from a contractor's quarters in Kg Madang.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Hjh Najwa Hj Abd Majid submitted to the court that the two felons had entered the container-turned-home through the front door that was left unlocked during the time of the incident.

"I wanted to sell the stolen items to buy cigarettes and some other stuff," said Mohd Zefri when questioned by the Chief Magistrate during the hearing on what he had intended to do with the stolen items.

The former army personnel has previous convictions of drugs, theft and an extortion case, which the court couldn't ignore when taking into consideration his sentencing.

Meanwhile, Hj Mohd Redwan told the court that he committed theft because he didn't have any money.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin