Fadley Faisal
An armed Malaysian who trespassed into Brunei through the forests joining Labi’s reserves and illegally collected forest produce was sentenced to jail with whipping and ordered to settle a fine.
Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid sentenced Mayzem Musa, 38, to five years and three months jail, six whippings and a BND1,500 fine after he pleaded to a charge of collecting forest produce without a licence within the Labi Hills Forest Reserve, entering Brunei without using a valid travel document, possessing a self-made shotgun rifle and four bullets categorised as explosives.
The fine carries an in default imprisonment sentence of one month.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin