Kota Kinabalu: A 43-year-old Filipino was sentenced to 16 months’ jail Tuesday for using a forged document purportedly from the Home Minister as his identification document.
Samei Jul @ Adzmi Abdul pleaded guilty before Magistrate Stephanie Sherron Abbie to using a forged document - KDN (Home Minister) Entry Permit Payment Instruction Letter for Samei Jul - dated Dec 23, 2021 as genuine between 9am and 10.45am on July 13, this year in front of Taman Awam Tanjung Lipat, Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens, here.
The charge, under Section 471 of the Penal Code, is punishable under Section 465 of the same Code, which carries a jail term of up to two years or fine, or both, on conviction.
Immigration Department Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Mohamad Arif Aizuddin Masrom, in presenting the facts of the case, informed the court that Samei was among five people suspected to be foreigners arrested at a roadblock at the said place for further investigation.
Investigations revealed that earlier during inspection Samei had produced a copy of a document – KDN Entry Permit Payment Instruction Letter for Samei Jul - dated Dec 23, 2021 as his identification document when instructed to produce his identification document.
Samei also included a copy of a payment receipt to the Director of Immigration dated May 18, 2015 as a supporting document for the fake instruction letter he produced, the court heard.
Unrepresented, Samei requested for leniency, saying he has dependents.
DPP Mohamad Arif applied for a deterrent sentence as a lesson to Samei and would-be offenders not to commit a similar offence.
The prosecution also informed the court that Samei would also be charged in the Sessions Court soon under
Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Department for staying in the State illegally.
Samei was also ordered to be referred to the Immigration Department for deportation after serving sentence.
In another case, two people were fined for having syabu.
Nihmal Murid and Jalil Yanak were fined RM4,000 or 10 months’ jail and RM2,000 or eight months’ jail, respectively, after they pleaded guilty to committing the offence here.
They were charged under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which provides for a fine of up to RM100,000 or up to five years’ jail, or both, on conviction.
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