KUCHING: An 18-year-old Indonesian youth was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and one stroke of whipping by the Sessions Court here today for entering Malaysia without a valid pass.
Judge Mursyida Abdul Halim imposed the sentence after the accused pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, punishable under Section 6(3) of the same Act.
The court also ordered the accused to be referred to the Immigration Department after serving his sentence.
The offence was committed on November 3 at about 3:40 pm at an unnamed shop near Jalan Semarak, where the accused was found to have entered Malaysia without a valid pass.
Meanwhile, at the Magistrates’ Court here, Magistrate Ling Hui Chuan sentenced the youth to three months’ imprisonment and a RM10,000 fine, in default one month’s imprisonment, for handling a gaming machine.
The court ordered both of the imprisonment sentences to run from the date of conviction (Nov. 12).
The accused pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 4B(a) of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953.
The provision carries a fine of up to RM100,000 for every gaming machine seized, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.
The offence was committed at the same shop on the same day, where the accused was found handling a gaming machine in the form of a Redmi mobile phone.
The facts of the case revealed that police raided the premises and arrested the accused for handling the device.
During the raid, police seized several items, including a Redmi mobile phone and RM440 in cash.
Investigations revealed that a gambling expert had confirmed that the mobile phone was being used as a gaming machine within the definition of Section 2 of the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953.
Deputy Public Prosecutors, Marvind Kaliyani and Nurul Aqila Morsalin, appeared separately for the prosecution in the two cases, while the accused was unrepresented.
