Indonesian Jailed For Impersonating Countryman
By Malai FadleyRizal

Bandar Seri Begawan - A 27-year-old Indonesian was sentenced to jail for three months yesterday after he pleaded guilty to impersonating a fellow countryman.

The Magistrate’s Court heard from the immigration prosecuting officer that Anang Suparno was arrested at the premises of Brutex Manufacturing Company Sdn Bhd at Jalan Perusahaan Perindustrian Serasa in Muara on suspicion of impersonation by immigration officers who were acting on a tip-off at about 3.05 pm on January 6, this year.

Anang Suparno was brought to the enforcement division of the Immigration Department for investigation, which revealed that the defendant was offered work in Brunei Darussalam as a tailor when he met an employment agent in Indonesia named ‘Ujang’.

Anang Suparno agreed to this offer and he paid 7 million Indonesian rupiah to ‘Ujang’.

The defendant told investigators that ‘Ujang’ gave him a passport, which was endorsed with a Brunei employment visa, however, he found out that the passport bore the picture, birth date and name of another Indonesian man, Tekad Nalury Tursidi.

Using the passport, he managed to enter Brunei from Malaysia through the Sungai Tujoh Immigration Control Post and was given a work pass valid until October this year. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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