An immigration court in Malaysia has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to six years and eight months' jail for 16 charges under the Immigration Act.
Judge Zahilah Md Yusof also meted out a fine of RM30,000, in default six months' jail, and two strokes of the cane to Md Mohiuddin Mamun, 40, who pleaded guilty to all the charges on Monday.
Md Mohiuddin was charged with 14 counts of unlawful possession of passports which did not belong to him, while the other two charges were for violating his social visit pass and for attempting to forge a document for use as a visa or permit or pass under the Immigration Act, Bernama reported.
The offenses were all committed at two premises at Jalan Wang Ah Fook, Johor Bahru, between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm on August 27 of this year.
For unlawful possession of passports that did not belong to him, Md Mohiuddin was charged under Section 12 (1) (f) of the Passport Act 1966, which provides a maximum fine of RM10,000, or imprisonment for up to five years' jail, or both, upon conviction.
He was sentenced to between 10 months and 18 months on each charge.
On the charge of violating his social visit pass, made under Regulation 39 (b) of the Immigration Regulations 1963, he was sentenced to two months' jail.
Md Mohiuddin was sentenced to five years jail, fined RM30,000, in default six months' jail, and two strokes of the cane, for falsifying documents.
The charge was made under Section 56 (1A) (a) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, read together with Section 55D of the same law.
Zahilah ordered him to serve all the jail sentences concurrently from the date of his arrest.
The prosecution was conducted by Immigration deputy assistant director Norzuriana Muhammad Nor, while Md Mohiuddin was unrepresented.