Court metes out hefty fines for illegal worker offences


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 03 Jan 2019

PEKAN NENAS: Four local employment agents, two of whom are women, were fined a total of RM177,500 by the Sessions court for housing 32 illegal foreign workers in a foreign workers' enclave at the Tebrau industrial estate here.

Judge Zahilah Mohammad Yusoff fined Goh Siew Ling, 35, a total of RM5,500 for having one illegal worker; K.Gayathri, 31, RM24,000 for four foreigners; Muhamad Zaidi Abdullah, 28, RM33,000 for six workers; and Kong Chin Meng, 21, RM115,0000 for having 21 illegals.

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