Three Jailed Over Forged Immigration Papers
By Rol Ezam

Bandar Seri Begawan - Three Filipino women were sentenced to jail by the Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday after pleading guilty to having forged Immigration permit endorsements as was evident in their respective passports.

Rosalina Towes Baguio, 41, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having in her possession, without lawful authority, one forged "permitted to leave" endorsement purportedly dated May 6, 2005 as it appeared on page 20 of her Phillipines passport and one of the same endorsement permit dated May 9, 2005 on the same page of her passport.

Grenelyn Gella Gutay, 28, and Raquel Mojica Mortil, 33 were both sentenced to one month imprisonment after each pleading guilty to having one forged "permitted to leave" endorsement dated Aug 4, 2005 as it appeared on pages 13 and 20 in their Philippines passports respectively.

Both defendants were stopped by the Immigration officer on duty at the arrivals clearance at the Kuala Lurah Immigration Control Post on August 18, 2005 upon doubt over their respective "permitted to leave" passes.

Meanwhile, a 36 year-old Indian national, Aliyar Noorul Ameen was sentenced to three months in jail and three strokes of the cane by the same court yesterday for remaining in this country unlawfully after the expiry of his special pass.

The Immigration Prosecuting officer said the defendant was arrested three days ago by police personnel from the Gadong Police Headquarters at one unnumbered house located at the vicinity of Kg Sungai Hanching, Jln Muara.

The defendant was found to have remained unlawfully in Brunei Darussalam for one year and eight months since the expiry of his special pass on January 29, 2004. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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