AT THE NATIVE COURT- ANOTHER WARRANT OF ARREST, 2ND TIME FOR OBOL

 drafted Thu Oct 1, 2015

 

NOTE:  I THINK THIS case is pending and probably forgotten by the court as the chief judge has been changed by politics twice since this case was being heard.....

 

 

PENAMPANG. The Native Court here ordered a warrant of arrest to be issued immediately after the hearing was adjourned against a 48 year old truck driver who refused to appear in court for the third time.

A previous warrant was withdrawn after Obol @ Abel bin Jacob came to the court office when news of his pending arrest was published in Daily Express, pleading that he was sick previously and had promised to attend the next hearing date.

 

District Chief Bryan Matasing speaking from the bench said regardless of what he does this time, the warrant will be sent to Kota Kinabalu OCPD in charge of Inanam. The defendant’s last known address was a private company at Taman Kolombong, Inanam Road.

Matasing added that he will not allow this case to become a bad example where a defendant can simply ignore the Native Court.

 

The case has been pending since 2013 when the truck driver totally abandoned his wife and seven children choosing to live with a Filipina with whom the marital status is unknown.

The Filipina only indentified as Joriah is also the co-defendant who even dared to send selfies of herself and Obol to the plaintiff ( Obol’s wife).

 

According to the plaintiff’s previous testimony, the Filipina even sent her taunting SMS saying “Mana sudah mahkamah tahi kau?” whom she accused of breaking up her family.

 

According to Native Chief Andrew S Lidaun, delays of case management due non-appearance of defendants are causing backlogs and increase the workloads for the court, as well as prolonging the suffering of victims such as the wife and children in this case.