PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 10-year jail sentence on a taxi driver who pleaded guilty to smuggling 24 Indonesian undocumented migrants.
This follows the Court of Appeal’s three-member panel, comprising justices Hanipah Farikullah, Ahmad Nasfy Yasin and Nordin Hassan, dismissing Zulkifli Muhamad’s appeal for reduction of his jail term.
Zulkifli, 57, had pleaded guilty in the High Court to smuggling the migrants at Ladang Kurnia, Bandar Penawar, Kota Tinggi, Johor, at 8pm on April 11, 2020. He was sentenced to 10 years’ jail, which was to begin from the date of his arrest on April 16, 2020.
He was charged in the Johor Bahru High Court with six other people for the offence.
Zulkifli and four others pleaded guilty to the charge, while two others claimed trial.
According to the facts of the case, Zulkifli transported the Indonesians from a house used as a transit place before sending them back to their country in a boat after they had paid a certain amount of money.
All the Indonesians were charged in court for not having valid documents and were each sentenced to two months’ jail. They were deported back to their country after completing their sentences.
Zulkifli was represented by lawyer Bustaman Menon Abdul Hamid Menon while deputy public prosecutor How May Ling appeared for the prosecution. - FMT
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