21-05-2025
Baleh man fined RM3,000 for unlicensed possession of shotgun, ammo
According to the facts of the case, a team comprising Marine Police and Sarawak Forestry Corporation personnel stopped the accused while he was riding a motorcycle at a logging road in Mengiong-Entulu here at about 10.53pm on March 8 this year. – Photo from Pexels
KAPIT (May 21): The Magistrates' Court here today fined a man RM3,000 in default three months in jail for illegal possession of a shotgun and nine cartridges.
Ningkan Ijau, 44, from Batu Tunggal, Baleh pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 8(a) of Arms Act 1960 before Magistrate Romario Jonoi.
The Section provides for a jail sentence not exceeding seven years or a fine of up to RM10,000, or both, upon conviction.
Ningkan settled the fine.
According to the facts of the case, a team comprising Marine Police and Sarawak Forestry Corporation personnel stopped the accused while he was riding a motorcycle at a logging road in Mengiong-Entulu here at about 10.53pm on March 8 this year.
An inspection uncovered a shotgun and nine live cartridges, which the accused admitted were his.
A serviceability test by the police on April 16 at the General Operations Force shooting range at Mile 13 Jalan Sibu-Bintulu found the weapon and ammunition were serviceable.
The Bukit Mabong district officer in a report dated April 14 stated that the accused had no record of ownership of a shotgun and ammunition licence.
Prosecuting was Insp Chang Kok Siong, while Ningkan was unrepresented. ammo fine illegal posession Kapit shotgun
