Fined RM40,000 for the hiring of four illegals
Published on: Thursday, August 05, 2021
By: Jo Ann Mool
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Kota Kinabalu: Two men were fined a total of RM40,000 by the Sessions Court here Wednesday for employing illegal immigrants.Chong Soong Fatt, 62, and Lee Thau Vui, 67, pleaded guilty separately before Judge Azreena Aziz to the charges against them respectively.
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Chong and Lee were ordered to pay a fine of RM10,000 or two months jail for each illegal immigrant.
Chong was found employing three paperless Filipinos, including a woman, aged between 25 and 35, at 11.51am on April 14, this year at the New Sheng Tat Sofa Sdn Bhd, Kg Mogonibung in Penampang.
Lee was found employing a 26-year-old Filipina at the same premises at the same time.
The charge against Chong and Lee framed under Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63 (amended 2002) which provides for a fine of between RM30,000 and RM50,000 or a jail term of up to 12 months or both for each illegal immigrant employee.
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Both Chong and Lee, who were not represented, requested for a lower fine.
Lee said he was only doing sub-contractor and faced a difficulty to get a job in the current pandemic.
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