This case involved an attempt to smuggle three Indonesian nationals by car from Malaysia to Singapore sometime in 2001. The main accused in this case was the driver of the vehicle who acted under the instructions of another unidentified man and was promised MYR 200 for his involvement. The smuggled migrants were also furnished with fraudulent Indonesian passport which they were told to present to immigration officials. The driver was later charged and convicted for offences relating to the smuggling of migrants.
The main accused in the case was promised MYR 200 for driving the three smuggled migrants to Singapore.
MalasiaSingapurMagistrate Court
In this trial the accused was found guilty for 'engaging in the business or trade of conveying prohibited immigrants' under s 57(1)(c) of the Immigration Act.
The defendant was sentenced to two years, one months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane per charge, with the first two charges running concurrently.
The accused had been recruited by a man referred to as 'Rahim' who also offered him MYR 200 for his involvement in this venture.
The accused was the driver of the vehicle carrying the three Indonesian migrants. He had been recruited by a man referred to as 'Rahim' who also offered him MYR 200 for his involvement in this venture.
Magistrate Court
Mohd Faisal bin Abdul Samad v Public Prosecutor MA 176/2001
This entry was copied from The Migrant Smuggling Case Database, launched by the University of Queensland Migrant Smuggling Working Group in August 2013.
