KOTA KINABALU: The Sessions Court here yesterday convicted four foreigners for separate immigration offences under the Immigration Act 1959/63.
In the first case, Judge Hafizi Abdul Halim imposed a fine of RM10,000, in default, five months’ jail on Wajid Ali, 22, and a fine of RM800, in default, two months’ jail on Shamsul Ul Qamar, 30.
Wajid, a Pakistani, pleaded guilty to overstaying in the state for five months and 26 days, on a social visit pass which expired on December 2, 2013.
He was arrested on April 28, this year at Afzal Trading, along Km 29 Tuaran Road around 11.45pm.
The charge under Section 15 (1) (c) of the same Act is punishable by a jail term of up to five years or a fine of up to RM10,000, or both, upon conviction.
Meanwhile, Shamsul, also a Pakistani arrested on the same day and place, pleaded guilty to violating his social visit pass by working as a shop assistant at the premises.
The offence under Regulation 39b under the same Act carries a fine not exceeding RM1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, on conviction.
The same court jailed Filipino Felinda G Gabrillo, 47, for four months after she pleaded guilty to overstaying in the state for over a year, on a social visit pass which expired on January 31, 2013.
She was caught for committing the offence on May 11 this year at around 4.30pm in Beaufort town.
Prosecuting officer Hamisah Puteh of the Immigration Department, prosecuted the three cases.
In the last case, the court jailed an Indonesian, Idjil Mukasil, 46, for five months jail with one stroke of the cane, after he pleaded guilty to illegal entry into the State.
Idjil was arrested on June 2, this year at a bus stop in Inanam town around 5.30pm.
He was charged under Section 6 (1) (c) of the Act which carries a maximum fine of RM10,000 or a jail term of up to five years or both plus whipping, upon conviction.
In mitigating for a lenient sentence, Idjil claimed he has been in Sabah for about six years, and has five children to support here.
Deputy public prosecutor Luke Ressa Balang prosecuted the case.