Husband and wife fined RM10,000 each for employing foreign workers without a permit

PETALING JAYA: A husband and wife were each fined RM10,000 for two counts of employing two Indonesian women as caddies without a permit.  

Magistrate Salamiah Salleh fined Leow Keng Liok and Nur Chusnul Chotimah RM10,000 respectively after they pleaded guilty to the charges on Tuesday.  

They paid the fine.

Leow and Nur Chusnul were jointly charged with employing 24-year-old Fitrianingsih and 21-year-old Sustiah without a permit at a premises in Ara Damansara at 10am on Sept 7.  

Both were charged under Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1956/1963 read together with Section 34 of the same Act.  

Leow is the director of a company supplying caddies to golf clubs while Nur Chusnul, who is an Indonesian, is the manager.  

Deputy Public Prosecutor Abu Arsalnaa Zainal Abidin has asked for a deterrent sentence as both accused should not have employed foreign workers without a permit.

In pleading for leniency, Leow and Nur Chusnul asked for a reduced fine as they needed to support their family.