SHAH ALAM: A company owner was fined RM20,000 by the Sessions Court here on Monday (April 13) for submitting forged documents to obtain approval for a foreign worker quota in 2023.
Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin imposed the sentence on Mohamad Rohaizad Rafire Mohamad, 30, after the accused pleaded guilty to two charges.
According to the charges, the accused had dishonestly used a forged Letter of Award dated Aug 1, 2022, which was submitted to an officer of the Immigration Department Kajang branch on Nov 2, 2023, and Nov 24, 2023.
In the same court, another company owner, Ali Mohamad, 63, was fined RM10,000 for submitting a forged Letter of Award dated Oct 24, 2022, to an officer of the Selangor Immigration Department to obtain approval for a foreign worker quota.
The offence was committed at the Selangor Immigration Department, Kompleks Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (PKNS), on Feb 23, 2024.
All the offences were framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the same code, which provides for a maximum imprisonment of two years, or a fine, or both.
Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Arif Asyraf Mohd Khairi sought an appropriate sentence for both accused, while defence counsel Low Carmen requested leniency, citing both accused's full cooperation throughout the case. - Bernama
