KOTA KINABALU: A 57-year-old employer was fined a total of RM30,000, or 18 months’ jail in default, by the Sessions Court here for employing a foreign worker without valid travel documents and harbouring two undocumented immigrants.
Munavar Abdul Majeed pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Hurman Hussein to committing the offences at 9.10pm on July 7 this year at Restoran Faezah Kitchen 24 Jam, Kingfisher Plaza, here.
For the first offence, Munavar was fined RM10,000, or six months’ jail in default, for employing a foreign worker without valid travel documents.
The charge was brought under Section 55B(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, which provides for a fine of between RM10,000 and RM50,000, imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both, for each worker employed upon conviction.
For the second offence, Munavar was fined RM20,000, or 12 months’ jail in default, for allowing two undocumented immigrants to remain on premises under his control.
He was fined RM10,000, or six months’ jail in default, for each undocumented immigrant.
The offences were charged under Section 55E(1) of the same Act, which provides for imprisonment for up to one year, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
Immigration Department prosecuting officer Kamrul Md Yusof appeared for the prosecution, while Munavar was unrepresented.
