Fadley Faisal

A 31-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two charges for offences committed in an incident at the Kuala Lurah Control Post on November 18.

Albert Chua was charged with one offence under Section 143 of the Customs Order, 2006 for failing to comply with a customs officer’s instructions when entering Brunei where he failed to stop his car for a customs inspection and drove away.

He was also charged with one offence under Section 279 of the Penal Code, Chapter 22 for rash driving and endangering the life of the customs officer who had tried to stop him.

The defendant was caught by the immigration officials and was investigated by the Royal Customs and Excise Department.

Magistrate Pengiran Hazirah binti Pengiran Haji Mohd Yusof ordered the defendant to pay a BND2,000 fine, or serve two months’ jail in default of payment for the first charge, and to serve four months’ imprisonment for the second charge.

DPP Siti Nurjauinah binti Haji Kula represented the Public Prosecutor in the case.