ALOR SETAR: Two Army personnel have been charged in the Sessions Court here with transporting smuggled migrants in Bukit Kayu Hitam near here last month.
Mohd Zulhilmi Aqwa A Rahman, 34, and Mohamad Johan Iskandar Shah Jeffry Pidin, 26, nodded in understanding after the charges were read out separately before judge Sharmila Abdul Samad on Thursday (June 18).
No plea was recorded from the accused.
Zulhilmi Aqwa was accused of transporting two Myanmar nationals, identified as Binajo, 19, and Antoi, 29, by car.
Johan Iskandar Shah was charged with transporting a 61-year-old Myanmar national, Win Shwe, using a different car.
Both accused were alleged to have committed the offences at Checkpoint Foxtrot of the Bukit Kayu Hitam Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex at 7.13pm on May 22.
They were charged under Section 26A of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Act 2007, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ jail and a possible fine, or both upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurfatin Mastura Asri did not offer bail to the accused.
The court fixed Aug 17 for case mention. – Bernama
