The Magistrate’s Court on Monday handed jail sentences, with whipping to a Vietnamese duo who trespassed into the country after being repatriated and barred from a previous offence.
Magistrate Mohammad Marzuqi bin Sabtu ordered Canh Tinh Nguyen, 41, and, Anh Quyet Bui, 44, each to serve a year in prison, with three whippings.
According to Immigration prosecutor Haminah binti Haji Awang Salleh, her colleagues from the enforcement section conducted inspections at a house in STKRJ Kampong Tungku Gadong and another at Kampong Bebuloh at 4pm on September 20 as part of an operation. The duo were arrested when the personnel demanded their passports, which did not bear Brunei arrival stamps. They were taken in for investigation which revealed that the duo had sneaked into the country together.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin