(Bandar Seri Begawan, 3rd) A uniformed police officer has been brought to court on a provisional charge of murder under Chapter 22, Section 302 of the Penal Code, for allegedly murdering his wife. In court, the defendant did not enter a plea.
According to the charge, the defendant is suspected of strangling his wife to death on September 28, 2025. On the morning of the incident, the police emergency hotline 993 received a call reporting the discovery of the body of a 23-year-old woman at the defendant’s residence in Barakas.
After investigation, the police confirmed that the deceased was a Filipino national—the defendant’s wife.
At the prosecution’s request, the court ordered the defendant to be remanded for two weeks to allow the Royal Brunei Police Force to continue its in-depth investigation.