Letting illegals stay: Duo fined
Published on: Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Cynthia D Baga
Jerric was fined RM5,000 or 60 days behind bars for each illegal immigrant involved and there were two of them. He needed to pay RM10,000.
Kota Kinabalu: A man and a woman fined a total of RM15,000 for allowing illegal immigrants to stay at their premises, respectively.
Sessions Court Judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim meted out the sentence to Jerric Santinlo, 53, and Liew Mun Peng, 43, who pleaded guilty separately to the charge against them.
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Jerric was fined RM5,000 or 60 days behind bars for each illegal immigrant involved and there were two of them. He needed to pay RM10,000.
He was found allowing the two Filipinos aged 20 and 28, who did not have any documents to stay in the Jengs Homemade in Centre Point Sabah shopping complex, here on Nov 7, 2023 at 11.45am.
The charge stated that the premises was under Jerric’s control.
Meanwhile, Liew was also ordered to pay fine of RM5,000 or spend 60 days in prison for permitting a Filipino, 24, who did not have document, at 2.50pm on May 11, 2023 at Ayam Penyet Ria 1Borneo Hypermall in Jalan Sulaman.
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Liew was the person in charge of the premises.
The offence, under Section 55E(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, carries a jail term of up to a year, or a fine of between RM5,000 and RM30,000, or both, for each illegal immigrant involved.
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During mitigation, the duo asked for leniency.
However, the prosecution urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence to be imposed.
Prosecuting Officer Abu Sopian Karate from the Immigration Department appeared for the prosecution.
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