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The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the decision made by Royal Brunei Armed Forces’ court martial in sentencing its personnel to 20 years’ jail and eight whippings on multiple charges of sodomy and sexual assault of fellow personnel during the first-of-its-kind hearing. Awang Mohammad Khairul Hazwan bin Haji Maidin, who was a captain at […]
In the first-of-its-kind hearing on Thursday, the Court of Appeal upheld the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Court Martial’s decision in handing a 20-year sentence with eight whippings to a uniformed personnel on multiple charges of sodomy and sexual assault of numerous male army recruits. Mohammad Khairul Hazwan bin Haji Maidin, an RBAF Captain at […]
The Court of Appeal on Saturday reversed the acquittal of a religious teacher of sexual assault charges after finding errors in the Intermediate Court’s decision. Mohammad Ali Yusni bin Haji Bujang will be sentenced on a date to be fixed by the Intermediate Court after the appellate court finds that the judge had misdirected herself […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeal on June 12 upheld the Intermediate Court’s sentence to a housebreaking offender citing his previous records as aggravating factors. “The sentence could be regarded as being on the lenient side,” Chief Justice Dato Seri Paduka Steven Chong said on examining the circumstances of the case. Mohd Zulaini bin Haji […]
Fadley Faisal The Court of Appeals recently upheld a six-year-and-six-month jail sentence with three strokes of the cane for Michells Jackson anak Awil, who was convicted of possession of a handmade rifle without a licence. “Possession of a self-made rifle is a serious offence which carries with it a threat to life and limb when […]