Overstaying: Jail and fine for 10 Pakistanis
Published on: Fri, Jul 11, 2025
By: Cynthia D Baga Text Size: Dad Shafiq was also fined another RM500, or jailed three months for breaching the condition on his Social Visit Pass which only allowed him to be in West Malaysia but he went to Sabah and stayed. Kota Kinabalu: Ten Pakistanis were jailed and fined for committing various immigration offences. They were Imad Ilyas, Taimoor Khan @ Khan Taimoor, Gul Saqib, Iqbal Hussain, Shah Syed Baliqh, Shah Bakht Biland, Dad Yaseen Khaistay, Dad Shafiq Shad Bakht, Ilyas Ali and Muhammad Shoaib Muhammad. All the Pakistanis pleaded guilty separately before Sessions Court Judge Hurman Hussain, to the charges against them. Imad, Taimoor, Gul, Iqbal, Shah Syed, Dad Yasen, Dad Shafiq, and Ilyas were fined RM10,000 each, in default six months and 12 months, for staying in the State after their documents, namely Special Passes and Social Visit Passes expired. They had overstayed in the State between fifteen days and two years. Dad Shafiq was also fined another RM500, or jailed three months for breaching the condition on his Social Visit Pass which only allowed him to be in West Malaysia but he went to Sabah and stayed. Meanwhile, Shah Bakht was jailed four months for entering the State illegally and jailed another six months for breaching the condition on his Social Visit Pass by entering the State in which the document only allowed him to be in West Malaysia. Muhammad Shoaib was fined RM3,000, or jailed four months for entering the State without valid document. All the Pakistanis paid the fine except Imad who then served the six months in default of paying the fine. They were arrested in different places in Penampang, Tuaran, Ranau, Membakut and the City between June 4 and 23 this year during operations carried out by the Immigration Department. In the same court, a 62-year-old man was fined a total of RM20,000 for allowing four illegal immigrants to stay in the place which is under his control. Yong Yick Thong admitted to permitting the four Filipinos who did not have any documents to be in a homestay construction site in Kundasang, Ranau at 12.20pm on Oct 19, 2023. The court ordered Yong to pay a fine of RM5,000 or four months in jail for each illegal immigrant involved. Prosecuting Officers Hairul Bona and Norizan Awang Tanda prosecuted. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
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