KUCHING: A teenager from Kg Stenggang, Bau is facing several charges, including causing hurt, arson and criminal intimidation.
He was arrested yesterday at his house and he had a burn wound on his left leg.
He was brought to the Bau police station for questioning and later to the Bau hospital for treatment.
Bau police chief DSP Poge Nyaon said the teenager is looking at a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison under Section 327 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt.
He could also be fined and whipped, and under Section 506 of the same code for criminal intimidation, he is looking at a prison term of seven years, all upon conviction.
He is also going to be charged under the Corrosive, Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1959 – that’s a maximum of seven years in prison or whipping or both.
