In the Courts (2023): Six months jail, three whipping for runaway worker (02.10.2023)
 Posted on : Oct 3, 2023, 1:16PM   21 total views  Category : Local News

The Magistrate’s Court on Monday handed a six months’ jail sentence with three whippings to a Bangladeshi worker who fled his employer and overstayed just over two years in the country.

 

Mujahid, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Nur Eleana binti Dato Seri Paduka Haji Hairol Arni. The defendant was arrested at 1.05am on September 27 when a team of Immigration enforcement personnel inspected his house in Kampong Sungai Buloh, Mentiri, according to Immigration Prosecutor Adi Yusra Adanan.

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-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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