In Brunei, it is an offence to buy lottery tickets. Never mind, you can always buy them in Miri during your weekend shopping trip right? Err, no. Well not if you are a Bruneian that is. The jurisdiction of the criminal courts in this country extends to all offences committed by a citizen, wherever the offence may be pepetrated.
This law of course does not apply to non citizens . There are exceptions. Say a foreigner gives a bribe to a Brunei official in relation to a project here. The bribe is paid in a foreign country. Our courts will still have jurisdiction in this case in respect of the foreigner as the subject matter of the offence relates to this country even though the offence is committed overseas.
Brunei courts also have jurisdiction if the offence is committed on Brunei registered aircrafts and ships. Even if the RBA plane is flying 20000 feet over Turkey or the Brunei LNG ship is berthing in Japan, the offender of any air rage or sea rage(?) can still be hauled to our court. So don't hit our female cabin crew. If you are married, don't hit on her as well. And keep the "jangkau saja" joke to yourself. She would have heard it a thousand times before.
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