KUALA LUMPUR – A Pakistani accountant has been sentenced to seven years and eight months’ jail, three strokes of the cane, and fined RM50,000 (around Rs1.51 million) for involvement in illegal procurement of passport for other persons and for being in possession of various fake Malaysian Immigration Department’s stamps last year.
Abdullah Qayyum, 26, was handed a sentence by a session court after he pleaded guilty to the two charges, the Bernama reported on Tuesday.
For the first charge, the man admitted to having procured two passports for two individuals from India and Philippine, at a fast food restaurant in Seri Gombak, Taman Sri Gombak, Batu Caves, here at 7.30 pm on Feb 19.
The charge under Section 12(A) of the Passports Act 1966 provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000 or five years’ jail, or both, if convicted.
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Abdullah also admitted to the second charge of being in possession of fake stamps of Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department, Sultan Abu Bakar Complex Immigration Office and KLIA Immigration Office, as well as three fake Temporary Working Visit Pass stickers, and a fake I-Kad in the name of Pinto Riza.
Pakistanis in Malaysia form the largest Pakistani diaspora community in southeast Asia and the tenth-largest in Asia as a whole. In addition to the 10,000 Pakistanis working in Malaysia, according to official figures, the country receives as many as 50,000 visitors from Pakistan each year.
