Brunei security guard receives five years’ jail, five canings for sexual assault


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A security guard was recently sentenced to a maximum penalty of five years’ jail, with five canings following his guilty pleas towards a charge of sexual assault on an Indonesian woman.

Prosecutors Siti Mu’izzah Haji Sabli and Hanan Erwan detailed the incident, which occurred on the night of Jan 26.

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