Kota Kinabalu: A 32-year-old man was fined RM10,000, in default six months’ imprisonment, for employing an undocumented Filipina.
Yap Vui Shen pleaded guilty to the charge before Sessions Court Judge Hurman Hussain.
He was found employing the woman, who did not possess any identification documents, at Kedai Kopi Syarikat Yu Kee in Jalan Gaya here at about 2.20pm on July 21 this year.
The offence under Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63 carries a fine of between RM10,000 and RM50,000, or imprisonment of up to 12 months, or both, for each undocumented employee, upon conviction.
In a separate case before the same court, 11 individuals were sentenced for entering Sabah without valid documents.
They comprised four Filipino men, three Indonesian men, two Pakistani men, one Indonesian woman and one Filipino woman.
The four Filipino men, three Indonesian men, two Pakistani men and the Indonesian woman were each sentenced to four months’ imprisonment from the date of their arrest after pleading guilty to entering the State illegally.
The Filipino woman, who admitted to a similar offence, was fined RM1,000, in default four months’ imprisonment.
Upon completing their respective sentences or paying the fine, all 11 were ordered to be referred to the Immigration Department for further action.
Immigration Department prosecuting officer Chin Tze Mee prosecuted the cases.
