TAWAU – Two undocumented migrants have been sentenced to jail and slapped with hefty fines for illegally possessing petrol with the aim of smuggling it into the Philippines.
Both pleaded guilty before judge Awang Keisnada Awang Mahmud at the sessions court here today.
Tazlan Tigasan was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment, and fined RM100,000, for possessing the controlled item without the permission of the controller of supply.
He was found with 775l of petrol on a speedboat off Pulau Boheyan near Semporna.
Sanyo Naldo was sentenced to one year and six months’ imprisonment, and fined RM50,000, after he pleaded guilty to possessing 175l of petrol meant to be smuggled out.
He was arrested along with Tazlan.
Semporna’s Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry chief enforcement officer Jong Jee Leon represented the prosecution. – The Vibes, January 25, 2021
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