SANDAKAN: A Filipino was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here on Thursday for carrying a dangerous weapon in public.
Judge Zaini Fishir @ Fisal handed down the sentence after Abdul Atar Jakal, 27, pleaded guilty to possessing a 70-centimetre machete without a sheath at ABX Bandar Indah on 28 April.
The court was told that police received a report of a man acting aggressively with a machete in the area around 11am that day.
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He was charged under Section 6(1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 and will be referred to Immigration upon completing his sentence.