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Woman jailed 5 months for entering state illegally

KUCHING: A foreign woman was sentenced to five months’ jail by the Sessions Court today (Dec 15) for entering the country without a valid travel document in early December. Vui, 24, from Singkawang, Kalimantan-Indonesia, pleaded guilty to the charge which was read by an interpreter before Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman. The judge ordered the sentence […]

29 Malaysians duped by fake job offers in Cambodia to be brought home from end-Sept

PUTRAJAYA: Twenty-nine Malaysians who were victims of fake job scams in Cambodia will be brought back to Malaysia in stages beginning end-September. They are currently being detained by the immigration authorities in Cambodia. Malaysian Ambassador to Cambodia Datuk Eldeen Mohd Hashim said the whole process would take up to October. Speaking to Bernama on Tuesday, […]

10 illegal immigrants held

LUNDU: Ten Indonesians looking to return to their home country through illegal means were intercepted by military personnel at an oil palm plantation in Kampung Biawak, here. The First Infantry Division said the Indonesians, comprising eight men and two women, are aged between 23 and 41. It said that they were detained for inspection about […]

Indonesian in hot soup over air rifle, no valid travel documents

MUKAH: An Indonesian man was arrested by police for not only owning an air rifle but also having no valid travel documents. Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias ​​said a raid was carried out around 6pm on a workers quarters in a plantation in Jalan Selangau-Mukah on Tuesday (March 8). “The 35-year-old, who works as […]

Cook arrested for suspected drug abuse

MUKAH: Police arrested a 25-year-old Indonesian cook for alleged involvement in drug (syabu or Methamphetamine) abuse in front of a riverfront restaurant in the old town here on Tuesday (Jan 18). This was the fifth case reported for this year, and in the space of 16 days after the fourth case at the Jalan Bukut […]

MMEA stops vessel operating illegally

MIRI: A skipper and two crewmen were arrested and their vessel seized after Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here found it operating with an expired licence. In a statement MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel was held by a patrol team about 16 nautical miles, north-west of Tanjung Payung here on […]

Salcra leaves it to the authorities to deal with human smuggling case

SAMARAHAN: The Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) Jaya Sdn Berhad said it does not and will not condone any illegal act or activities by any of its employees. Its chief operating officer Grover Peter Gani, in a statement today (Aug 18), said that it would let the police carry out the investigation professionally […]

Driver held for hiding foreigners in car boot

IPOH: Police detained a driver who was driving suspiciously and found three foreign men cramped in the car boot at Km 30 Jalan Feri, Hutan Melintang early this morning (July 20). Hilir Perak police chief ACP Ahmad Adnan Basri said police personnel manning the roadblock in the area told the 36-year-old Perodua Bezza driver to […]

Nine including five Indonesians detained at roadblock

TATAU: Nine persons including five Indonesian nationals were detained for not having any travel document at a roadblock at Jalan Tatau/Sibu on Thursday (Apr 8). Tatau district police chief DSP Dennis Bunyam said the suspects were detained following inspections on two vehicles at the roadblock at 10.15pm. “All the suspects aged between 18 and 61 […]