NSTnation: A total of 131 Chinese nationals pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court on Thursday to charges of overstaying and being in Malaysia without valid passes or permits.
The accused – comprising 123 men and eight women, aged between 18 and 54 – made the plea before Judge Norita Mohd Ardani after the charges were read in Mandarin.Judge Norita fined 10 of the accused RM10,000 each in default of two weeks’ jail for overstaying; while the remaining 121 were fined RM5,000 each in default of two months’ jail for being in the country without valid passes or permits.
They were charged under Section 15 of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for overstaying; and under Section 6 of the same Act for entering and staying in the country without valid permits. The Immigration Department’s prosecuting team was represented by Nurul Asyikin Rosli; while the accused were represented by lawyers Varghese Onny, V. Santhiran, Zaflee Pakwanteh and Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi.Related stories
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