KUCHING: A 12-year-old girl has been ordered by the Magistrates’ Court to attend Tunas Bakti School in Miri for three years for the offence of possessing stolen property, a Honda motorcycle, last February.
Meanwhile, her 14-year-old friend was ordered to complete a one-year good behaviour bond for the same offence.
Magistrate Zubaidah Sharkawi made the ruling after hearing the moral reports of both accused from the Department of Social Welfare (JKM) today (Mar 28).
The two children involved pleaded guilty to charges under Section 411 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same code.
According to the charges, they jointly possessed stolen property, a Honda motorcycle belonging to a 57-year-old man, on Jalan Bandar Baru Samariang, around 10am on Feb 4.
According to the case facts, the complainant reported to the police that his motorcycle parked in front of his house had been stolen.
Later, around 8.30pm, the police managed to apprehend both accused on the side of Jalan Bandar Baru Samariang using a motorcycle believed to be the stolen motorcycle.
Investigations revealed that both accused had stolen property, namely a motorcycle. Based on the engine chassis number, the motorcycle was confirmed to belong to the victim.
The prosecution of the case was handled by prosecuting officer Inspector Nur Shafiqa Nyaie Ilin while the accused were not represented by legal counsel.
