PASIR MAS: Four Indonesians were sentenced to five months' jail each by the Sessions Court after pleading guilty to using fake stamps on their passports when entering Malaysia.
The four, identified as Rahmawati, 39, Rahma, 52, Sumkiah, 57, and Ahmad Rifat Ramadani, 20, were found to have used the fake stamps while travelling on an express bus on Oct 10.
All four pleaded guilty before judge Zulkpli Abdullah.
They were charged under Section 56(1)(l) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.
The judge ordered the jail terms to take effect from the date of their arrest.
In the same court, 29 other undocumented migrants were charged with various immigration offences.
They comprised 24 Indonesians, two Bangladeshis, two Myanmar nationals and one Vietnamese. All pleaded guilty to their charges.
Of the 29, 22 were sentenced to three months' jail and fined RM10,000 each.
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