A 46-year-old local man was sentenced to eight months’ jail on Saturday for stealing from a charity fund of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and damaging the donation box.
Pengiran Zulkefli bin Pengiran Haji Metussin pleaded guilty to charges of theft and mischief.
The case unfolded with a detailed account of events provided by prosecutor Nur Zahidah Farhanah binti Abdul Aziz during court proceedings heard before Magistrate Abdul ‘Azim bin Othman. The married man employed as a phone operator at the Community Development Department at the MCYS committed the theft on April 4 during his shift from 3pm to 10pm.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin