Over-staying offenders nabbed
By Lyna Mohammad & Azaraimy HH

Foreigners being questioned by Brunei Immigration in Wednesday's raids on areas in Kg Kapok, Kg Tanah Jambu, and Kg Sg Hanching of Jalan Muara and Kg Sg Kedayan in the capital

Twenty-eight enforcement officers from the Immigration Enforcement Unit, in ongoing efforts to weed out illegal immigration activities in the country, late Wednesday evening raided houses in Kg Kapok, Kg Tanah Jambu, and Kg Sg Hanching of Jalan Muara and Kg Sg Kedayan in the capital.

The raid codenamed 'Ops Buru 9' was headed by headed by Acting Assistant Director of Immigration (Enforcement Section), Tuan Jumat Hj Burut.

Out of the 10 foreigners comprising of Filipino, Bangladeshi and Indonesian nationality including three women, five were found to have violated the law for staying with expired visit and working passes.

Thirty-two year-old Indonesian Matanih and a Filipino, Ahmad Zainal Abidin, whose visit passes had expired, are being remanded at the Bandar Police Station to be prosecuted in court tomorrow. The duo were caught at two separate rented houses in Kg Sg Kedayan in the capital.

Also facing prosecution tomorrow is another overstayer whose working pass has expired since November 28, 2002, 28-year-old Bangladeshi Rabiul Islam Shar Ali Bapary, who is also in the lock-up.

Two Filipinas caught at a house in Kg Sg Hanching, Precilla Sannadan Alacar, 34 and Raiyam Muha Abdulla, 39, were compounded $300 and $600 respectively. Precilla was found to have overstayed for 49 days while Raiyam has overstayed since Nov 18, 2003.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin