In the Courts (2023): Jail, caning for tourist turned fugitive (14.08.2023)
 Posted on : Aug 15, 2023, 11:52AM   23 total views  Category : Local News

A Filipino man was sentenced to four months’ jail and three whippings yesterday, after pleading guilty to overstaying.

 

Alvin Jules Abaya, 48, has been on the run for over 1,000 days and earned a living by working as a cleaner at a cemetery on a freelance basis, immigration prosecutor Adi Yusra Adanan revealed.

 

On August 8, the defendant went to the immigration to sort out his pass which had expired on February 25, 2020.

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-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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