Foreigner jailed for MyKad offence

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SANDAKAN: The magistrates’ court here yesterday jailed a 30-year-old foreigner for possessing someone else’s MyKad.

Noraimah Seddala Sarahento pleaded guilty before magistrate Mohd Izuddin Mohd Shukri to a charge under Rule 25 (1)(o) of the National Registration Rule 1990.

The accused was arrested at the arrival hall of Sandakan Airport on April 28 after arriving from Kuala Lumpur.

Immigration personnel detained her after being suspected of possessing a MyKad belonging to another person.

Investigation revealed that the accused was given a Mykad with someone else’s name on it after she had paid RM150 to an unknown man.

She then bought a ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Sandakan using the MyKad as she was desperate to return to her country of origin.

The National Registration Department verified the MyKad and found that it was not the accused’s MyKad.