Vietnamese woman fined RM10k for overstaying
KUCHING: A Vietnamese woman was fined RM10,000, in default four months’ imprisonment, by the Sessions Court here for overstaying after her social visit pass expired in December last year. H Bui Bya, 26, from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam pleaded guilty on Wednesday (Feb 1) after a charge under Section 15 (1)(c) of the Immigration Act […]
Foreigner jailed three months for overstaying
KUCHING: A foreign female shop worker was sentenced to three months in prison by the Sessions Court here yesterday after she was found guilty of overstaying in the country for 679 days. The accused Erlinda, 29, from Lubuk Rawa, Indonesia, pleaded guilty to one charge read before Judge Mohd Taufik Mohd @ Mohd Yusoff. According […]
Foreigner jailed four months for overstaying
KUCHING: A 29-year-old man was sentenced to four months in jail by the Session Court for overstaying in the country. The accused Indonesian national Rudi Hendra, pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963 and can be punished under Section 15(4) of the same act which provides for a fine […]
Two foreigners jailed four months for overstaying
KUCHING: Two foreigners were each sentenced to four months’ jail by the Sessions Court yesterday, for overstaying and for being in the country without valid travel documents early this month. The accused Dicky Derian, 24, from Singkawang, Kalimantan-Indonesia pleaded guilty to charges under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and can be punished under […]
Man fined RM10k for overstaying
KUCHING: A foreigner, who pleaded guilty to overstaying in the country, was fined RM10,000 in default two months in jail today (June 30). The court meted out the sentence on Sariantan after he pleaded guilty under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. However, as Puncak Borneo Prison is still undergoing lockdown orders, he was […]
Three months’ jail for overstaying
KUCHING: A foreign man, who pleaded guilty to overstaying, was sentenced to three months’ jail today (May 4). Kuching Sessions Court judge Maris Agan ordered 28-year-old Ilham to be jailed in Puncak Borneo prison after pleading guilty under Section 15 (1) (c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63. Ilham admitted to being in Malaysia illegally for […]
Take stern action against overstaying visitors
KUCHING: The Immigration Department must take stern action including charging those tourists found overstaying in the country, said Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Abdul Karim said he fully supported such action be taken against tourists or visitors who overstayed in the country as their numbers are in the […]
