Kota Kinabalu: Three illegal immigrants were jailed four months each for entering the State illegally.
They were Nurul Izani Ibrahim, Adang Abdullah and Ibrahim Wahab, aged 21 to 50.
Sessions Court Judge Hurman Hussain handed the sentence to the illegal immigrants who pleaded guilty separately for entering the State without any valid documents.
The offence under Section 6(1) (c) Immigration Act 1959/63 provides for a jail term of up to five years, or a fine of up to RM10,000, and whipping, on conviction.
They were arrested by Immigration personnel in Putatan after failing to produce their identification documents, on March 7.
In mitigation, they informed the court that they had stayed in the State without any documents for several months and worked as labourers.
They asked to be deported to their respective hometowns as soon as possible. The court ordered them to serve the jail sentence from the date of their arrest.
They were ordered referred to the Immigration Department for further action after serving their jail sentence.
Prosecuting Officer Gresssia Yoland Ismail Uvaraj from the Immigration Department prosecuted.
