Malaysian man sentenced for possession of shotgun shells in Brunei


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A 22-year-old Malaysian man, Maxlaurence George, was sentenced to five years imprisonment and three strokes of whipping, for possession of live ammunition without any licence issued to him by a licensing officer.

The sentence was delivered by Magistrate Syaffina Shahif on Tuesday (Oct 7), with the defendant having first been brought to court on Sept 20, with a holding charge being preferred and no plea recorded due to ongoing investigations at the time.

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