Twelve mariners of a transportation ship in service of the Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) were produced in  the Magistrate's Court yesterday for criminal breach of trust.

Muhammad Ali, the Indonesian captain of the SMS Discovery ship operated by Winmar Sdn Bhd, was formally charged with transferring BSP's diesel fuel onto an unknown ship between midnight and lam on November 17 in the Brunei waters near the Champion 7 Platform.

Also charged on the same facts were Sudarto, Afrizal Firdaus, Mochlis Sodikin, David Juliansen, Andhika Pramuditya, Nur Alam Syah, Novrian, Arham Alias, Adi Mulyadi, Nickson Panyak and William Norman Laza .They are Malaysian, Indonesian and Filipino crews.

Chief Magistrate Muhammed Faisal bin Pehin Dato Kefli ordered the captain and his crewmen were to be remanded.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Emily Goh will be allowed more time to study the case and for the police to conduct further investigations.

The prosecution also informed the court that they are looking into a suspicious amount of RM15,000 which was found in a locker on the ship.

The police arrested the mariners on December 11 at the STL Jetty in Belait based on public information, and have since placed the ship under guard at the wharf.

The court has ordered for another mention of the case, on December 27.

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by BruDirect.com

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