KLIA shooting: Man jailed for 14 years after pleading guilty to firearms possession

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A manager of a travel agency has been sentenced to a total of 14 years and six months in jail and six strokes of the cane by the Kota Baru Sessions Court on Tuesday (Feb 25) after pleading guilty to seven charges, including possession of firearms.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mvfr63af  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:0038-year-old Hafizul Hawari has been sentenced to a total of 14 years and six months in jail

00:08and six strokes of the cane for seven charges, including possession of firearms and fake

00:14vehicle registration number.

00:16The manager of a travel agency pleaded guilty to all the charges at the Kota Bharu Sessions

00:22Court on Tuesday.

00:23The court handed down the sentences after the judge said it took into account the facts

00:29of the case and the seriousness of the offences committed.

00:33The sentences were for possession of an Austrian Glock 19 pistol-type firearm, 33 PMC 380

00:41auto bullets without a license and firecrackers.

00:45Hafizul also possessed three identification cards belonging to three individuals and drove

00:51a car with a fake registration number.

00:54All the offences were committed in the car in the compound of a hospital in Kota Bharu

00:59in April last year.

01:01All in all, Hafizul will serve six years in jail.

01:05The accused is facing two more charges at the Sepang Sessions Court.

01:09In the case that generated extensive media attention, the accused allegedly attempted

01:14to murder his wife at Terminal 1 of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport a day before

01:19his arrest.

01:21He was charged for attempted murder and voluntarily causing grievous harm to his wife's bodyguard

01:26by using a firearm during the shooting rampage.

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