Fadley Faisal
The Magistrate’s Court yesterday handed a sentence of three months’ jail with three whippings to an Indonesian who pleaded guilty to entering the Sultanate illegally.
Acting Senior Magistrate Dewi Norlelawati binti Haji Abdul Hamid heard from Immigration prosecutor Zul Azri Ranee that 29-year-old Agus Setiawan appeared along Jalan Sungai Enam at 8.19am on April 22 when he was approached by an immigration officer from the Sungai Tujoh Control Post.
The defendant said he came from Miri and was headed for Kuala Belait.
When asked to produce his passport, he failed to do so, prompting his arrest.
Investigations revealed that the defendant works in a palm plantation in Miri and entered the Sultanate without a passport by walking on a road outside the gated compound of the Sungai Tujoh Control Post.
