Man, 73, among Indonesian illegals detained at border
SAMARAHAN: A 73-year-old illegal immigrant was among those detained during ‘Ops Benteng’ by the army for crossing the border without relevant papers on Tuesday (May 17). The Malaysia First Infantry Division said there were two separate border crossing incidents – the arrests of transporters and illegal immigrants, and eviction of illegal immigrants at the border. […]
People smugglers sent to jail
KUCHING: Four local men aged from 27 to 31 were sent to prison by the High Court after they pleaded guilty to smuggling 17 Indonesian migrants into the country last January. Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew How Wai today sentenced Mohamad Hadi Abdul Karim Boon, 30, and Fery Alam, 31, to three years in prison. Fellow […]
Four months’ jail, whipping for illegal entry
KUCHING: An Indonesian man was sentenced to four months in jail and one stroke of the cane for entering the state without a legal permit last January. The accused, Wendy William, 20, from Singkawang, Indonesia, pleaded guilty to the charge read to him by an interpreter before Sessions Court judge Dayang Ellyn Narisa Abang Ahmad […]
Attempts to smuggle foiled
KUCHING: The Sarawak Brigade’s General Operations Force (GOF) managed to thwart the attempts of three local tekong (trafficking agents) to smuggle in five illegal immigrants into the state. GOF Sarawak commander SAC Mancha Ata said the agents were arrested in two separate raids during Ops Benteng on May 23 and 24. He said the first […]
Indonesian immigrant arrested for possessing drugs
MIRI: Police detained an Indonesian immigrant, aged 45, and seized 52g of crystalline substances suspected to be methamphetamine worth about RM5,200 from him on Friday evening (March 26). The suspect was arrested by Bintulu Lumber Development (BLD) auxiliary policemen at a rat trail in Suai, Niah before he was handed over to Miri District Narcotics […]
