Kerambit-wielding footballer gets 14 days in jail after pleading guilty to brandishing weapon

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An amateur football player, who brought a kerambit (small curved knife) to a football match, was sentenced to 14 days in jail by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court after he pleaded guilty to brandishing the weapon.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/zffvf6wx  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00An amateur football player who brought a karambit to a football match was sentenced to 14 days

00:07in jail by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court after he pleaded guilty to brandishing the

00:12weapon.

00:13Judge Noreena Zainal Abidin passed the sentence on Muhammad Nur Iman Shafi Muhammad Suleen

00:19after he admitted to the offence on Friday.

00:22According to the charge sheet, the 22-year-old was accused of displaying the karambit in

00:27a manner that endangered the safety of others.

00:30The offence took place at the KLFA Football Centre in Wangsa Maju at 12.45am on August

00:374.

00:38The charge was framed under Section 336 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty

00:43of three months' imprisonment or a fine of up to 500 ringgit, or both, upon conviction.

00:51The court ordered for the jail time to run from the date of sentencing.

00:55Muhammad Nur Iman then claimed trial to a second charge of mischief in an incident outside

01:01an entertainment club near Jalan Yap Kwan Seng three months ago.

01:06He was accused of committing mischief by fire by throwing four fire-lit bottles at the club

01:11at 2.17am on May 9.

01:14He was charged under Section 435 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum 14 years' imprisonment

01:20and a fine if convicted.

01:22The court fixed bail at 12,000 ringgit in one surety and the case mentioned on September 25.

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