KUCHING: An Indonesian woman was sentenced to jail in two separate courts yesterday, after pleading guilty on an account of entering Malaysia without any legal document and involved in online gambling activities.
Sessions Court Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman sentenced Nur Hasan, 22, to four months in prison and one stroke of the cane, after she pleaded guilty on one account under Section 6(1)(c) Immigration Act 1959/63 and can be sentenced under Section 6(3) within the same ordinance.
Nur, who is from Kg Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia is accused of entering the country without legal documents when she was arrested at a restaurant in Taman Malihah, at about 6.40pm on November 12.
If convicted, she can be fined not more than RM10,000 or five years in prison and can be subjected to not more than six lashes of the whip.
In the meantime, at the Magistrate’s Court, she was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty for involvement in online gambling activities.
For this, she was charged under Section 4B Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, which will make her liable for a fine of not less than RM10,000 but not more than RM100,000 for each of the gambling machine and can be sentenced to imprisonment not more than five years, if convicted.
Magistrate Zatiton Anuar ordered the accused to be refered to Malaysia Immigration Department after she has served the prison sentence.
According to the fact of the case, a police inspector, who acted on an information by complainant led their team to undertake the Op Dadu at a restaurant in Taman Malihah at 6.40pm on November 12.
The inspector then ordered their team to make an inspection on the premise and found a few items including two remote control, two television units, a modem and cash amounting to RM291 that were believed to be used for online gambling.
Apart from that, the police also arrested a man who is the caretaker of the premise.
Based on the investigation, it is found that the accused failed to present legal identification and travel document to enter the country, apart from gambling who confirmed that the seized items is the gambling machine as to how it was written down under Section 2 Common Gaming House Act 1953.
The case was handled by deputy attorney Mohamad AIman Mutallib Mohamad Shariff and Prosecuting Officer Inspector Merylene Lindan Andrew Mang while the accused was not represented by any counsel.
