Indonesian workers with expired social visit passes jailed 5 months for overstaying in Miri
MIRI (June 12): Six foreign workers were each sentenced to five months in prison by the Sessions Court here today for overstaying here.
Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman also ordered Indonesian nationals Andriyanto, 33, Wisnu Zaeni Malik, 21, Udin, 26, Rendi Farizi, 31, Ricky Muhamad Hakim, 22, and Rudi Ramli, 40, to be referred to the Immigration Department upon their release for deportation.
The six were charged under Section 15(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, punishable under Section 15(4) of the same Act, which provides for a fine not exceeding RM10,000 or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, upon conviction.
According to the facts of the case, police and immigration officers conducted a joint raid on an entertainment centre along Jalan Kubu here at around 10pm on May 9, 2025 and detained six men for inspection.
Checks revealed they were Indonesian citizens whose social visit passes had expired.
In separate proceedings in the same courtroom, Judge Afidah sentenced an Indonesian woman and her two male counterparts to three months' jail each after they pleaded guilty to abusing their social visit passes.
Muhammad Mauludin, 30, Mujahidin Adu, 43, and Aliza, 25, were charged under Regulation 11(7) of the Immigration Regulations 1963, punishable under Regulation 39(b) of the same law, which carries imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding RM1,000, or both, upon conviction.
They committed the offence at around 4.35pm on May 8, 2025 by working at a restaurant in the Saberkas Commercial Centre here, thus violating their social visit passes.
In mitigation, the trio pleaded to the court for a lenient sentence, citing this was their first offence.
Immigration Department Miri enforcement officer Abdul Sophian Mohamad prosecuted both cases, while all of the accused were unrepresented by legal counsel. Indonesian workers jail miri overstaying
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