Fadley Faisal

The Syariah High Court sentenced a local man to a year’s imprisonment for a Sariqah (theft) yesterday.

Pengiran Abdul Azim bin Pengiran Abdul Azis, 32, was convicted of stealing properties from a house on Jalan Kustin, Berakas whose owners were in the process of moving in sometime between February 5 and 7.

The court ordered the return of the recovered stolen items to the owner.

Pengiran Abdul Azim was also ordered to pay a compensation of BND150 to the victim for the stolen items not recovered. The case was prosecuted by a Syariah Prosecutor of the Syariah Prosecution Unit, Ministry of Religious Affairs.