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Daily Express
11-07-2025
- Daily Express
Overstaying: Jail and fine for 10 Pakistanis
Published on: Friday, July 11, 2025 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. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Malay Mail
06-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Immigration dept busts sex trafficking rings in KL and Selangor, arrests 16 individuals
PUTRAJAYA, May 6 — The Immigration Department (JIM) detained 16 people, including two local men, in a special operation at two separate locations yesterday, for allegedly being involved in offering prostitution services involving foreign women. JIM deputy director-general (management) Ismail Mokhtar said all the individuals, aged between 19 and 61, were detained around Pandan Perdana in Kuala Lumpur and Seri Kembangan in Selangor. 'The modus operandi used involved offering prostitution services by foreign women by advertising their services on social media to attract customers. 'Customers between RM250 and RM1,200 per session, with payment transactions conducted either in cash or online,' he said in a statement today. He added that the operation began at 7.15 pm, involving a team of personnel from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Immigration Department Headquarters in Putrajaya. Acting on public information and intelligence gathered over two weeks, the team was deployed to stake out business and residential premises and successfully apprehended two Malaysian men believed to be caretakers of the premises. 'Also detained were two Vietnamese men, seven Vietnamese women, four Indonesian women and one Laotian woman,' he said. Ismail said initial checks found that one Vietnamese woman and one Laotian woman possessed valid Social Visit Passes; two Vietnamese men had overstayed, while the other foreign nationals did not possess any valid travel documents or passes for staying in the country. He added that the team also seized 19 mobile phones, five Vietnamese passports, one Laotian passport, a work record book and a business transaction ledger. All the detained foreign nationals, suspected of violating the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963, were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot. — Bernama
Malay Mail
06-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Immigration dept busts prostitution rings in KL and Selangor, arrests 16 individuals
PUTRAJAYA, May 6 — The Immigration Department (JIM) detained 16 people, including two local men, in a special operation at two separate locations yesterday, for allegedly being involved in offering prostitution services involving foreign women. JIM deputy director-general (management) Ismail Mokhtar said all the individuals, aged between 19 and 61, were detained around Pandan Perdana in Kuala Lumpur and Seri Kembangan in Selangor. 'The modus operandi used involved offering prostitution services by foreign women by advertising their services on social media to attract customers. 'Customers between RM250 and RM1,200 per session, with payment transactions conducted either in cash or online,' he said in a statement today. He added that the operation began at 7.15 pm, involving a team of personnel from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Immigration Department Headquarters in Putrajaya. Acting on public information and intelligence gathered over two weeks, the team was deployed to stake out business and residential premises and successfully apprehended two Malaysian men believed to be caretakers of the premises. 'Also detained were two Vietnamese men, seven Vietnamese women, four Indonesian women and one Laotian woman,' he said. Ismail said initial checks found that one Vietnamese woman and one Laotian woman possessed valid Social Visit Passes; two Vietnamese men had overstayed, while the other foreign nationals did not possess any valid travel documents or passes for staying in the country. He added that the team also seized 19 mobile phones, five Vietnamese passports, one Laotian passport, a work record book and a business transaction ledger. All the detained foreign nationals, suspected of violating the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963, were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot. — Bernama
The Sun
05-05-2025
- The Sun
16 held in KL, Selangor for alleged prostitution
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department (JIM) detained 16 people, including two local men, in a special operation at two separate locations on Sunday (May 4), for allegedly being involved in offering prostitution services involving foreign women. JIM deputy director-general (management) Ismail Mokhtar said all the individuals, aged between 19 and 61, were detained around Pandan Perdana in Kuala Lumpur and Seri Kembangan in Selangor. 'The modus operandi used involved offering prostitution services by foreign women by advertising their services on social media to attract customers. 'Customers between RM250 and RM1,200 per session, with payment transactions conducted either in cash or online,' he said in a statement today. He added that the operation began at 7.15 pm, involving a team of personnel from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Immigration Department Headquarters in Putrajaya. Acting on public information and intelligence gathered over two weeks, the team was deployed to stake out business and residential premises and successfully apprehended two Malaysian men believed to be caretakers of the premises. 'Also detained were two Vietnamese men, seven Vietnamese women, four Indonesian women and one Laotian woman,' he said. Ismail said initial checks found that one Vietnamese woman and one Laotian woman possessed valid Social Visit Passes; two Vietnamese men had overstayed, while the other foreign nationals did not possess any valid travel documents or passes for staying in the country. He added that the team also seized 19 mobile phones, five Vietnamese passports, one Laotian passport, a work record book and a business transaction ledger. All the detained foreign nationals, suspected of violating the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963, were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot.
New Straits Times
05-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Putrajaya Immigration breaks up prostitution ring with foreign offerings
Previous Next Bernama PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department detained 16 people, including two local men, in a special operation at two separate locations yesterday, for allegedly being involved in offering prostitution services involving foreign women. Immigration deputy director-general (management) Ismail Mokhtar said all the individuals, aged between 19 and 61, were detained around Pandan Perdana in Kuala Lumpur and Seri Kembangan in Selangor. "The modus operandi used involved offering prostitution services by foreign women by advertising their services on social media to attract customers. "Customers between RM250 and RM1,200 per session, with payment transactions conducted either in cash or online," he said in a statement today. He said the operation began at 7.15pm, involving a team of personnel from the Intelligence and Special Operations Division of the Immigration Department headquarters in Putrajaya. Acting on public information and intelligence gathered over two weeks, the team was deployed to stake out business and residential premises and successfully apprehended two Malaysian men believed to be caretakers of the premises. "Also detained were two Vietnamese men, seven Vietnamese women, four Indonesian women and one Laotian woman," he said. Ismail said initial checks found that one Vietnamese woman and one Laotian woman possessed valid Social Visit Passes; two Vietnamese men had overstayed, while the other foreign nationals did not possess any valid travel documents or passes for staying in the country. He said the team also seized 19 mobile phones, five Vietnamese passports, one Laotian passport, a work record book and a business transaction ledger. All the detained foreign nationals, suspected of violating the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Immigration Regulations 1963, were taken to the Putrajaya Immigration Depot.
