An Indonesian man who illegally entered Singapore on a float was caught, whipped and jailed

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SINGAPORE: An Indonesian man who had been charged several times for committing immigration offences and banned from travelling into  Singapore was arrested after illegal entry again. And this time, he allegedly swims from Malaysia with a trash bag he creatively used to float on water, reported CNA

The man named Muhammad Izal, 34 was said to be arrested in Singapore and sentenced on Thursday(2nd of November, 2023) to 15 months imprisonment and whipped with 7 strokes of the cane.

He pleaded guilty to one charge each of entering Singapore without a valid document and without permission to enter after being deported from Singapore in May 2022.

According to court hearings, the Indonesian man had been charged in Singapore for immigration offences on four previous occasions. The last time he was charged happened to be in August 2021 for a similar immigration offence.

He was convicted in September 2022, sentenced to one year imprisonment and whipped with six strokes of the cane. He was then deported to his homeland on the 28th of May 2022 after serving a jail sentence with a written notice of a ban from entering the city in the future.

The written statement said permission would be needed from the immigration controller before entry or residing in the city in the future and failure to follow the instructions will land him in 3 years in jail upon conviction.

Surprisingly, Izal found his way back to Singapore illegally again after nearly 7 months of staying in his home country.

According to the court hearing, he boarded a ferry from Batam, Indonesia to Stulang Laut in Johor Bahru,  Malaysia where he spent two nights before heading to the seaside to swim towards, Pulau Ubin in Singapore using what is called an inflatable floating device.

However, he was caught and arrested again after staying illegally for 10 months

In mitigation, he told the court he had children and sick parents. Then, he apologised.

一名印尼男子乘坐漂浮物非法進入新加坡，被抓獲、鞭打併入獄

新加坡：一名印尼男子因犯有移民罪而多次被指控並被禁止進入新加坡，但在再次非法入境後被捕。 據 CNA 報道，這一次，據稱他帶著一個垃圾袋從馬來西亞遊來，他創造性地用這個垃圾袋漂浮在水面上

這名名叫穆罕默德·伊扎爾（Muhammad Izal）的34歲男子據稱在新加坡被捕，並於週四（2023年11月2日）被判處15個月監禁並被鞭打7下。

他承認了一項指控，即在沒有有效文件的情況下進入新加坡，以及在 2022 年 5 月被新加坡驅逐出境後未經許可進入新加坡。

根據法庭聽證會，這名印尼男子此前曾四次在新加坡被指控犯有移民罪。 他最後一次被指控是在 2021 年 8 月，罪名是類似的移民罪。

他於 2022 年 9 月被定罪，被判處一年監禁並鞭打六下。 服刑完畢後，他於 2022 年 5 月 28 日被驅逐回國，並收到了今後禁止入境的書面通知。

書面聲明稱，未來入境或居住在該市之前需要獲得移民控制器的許可，如果不遵守指示，一旦定罪，他將被判處三年監禁。

令人驚訝的是，伊札爾在祖國逗留近7個月後，再次非法返回新加坡。

根據法庭聽證會，他從印尼巴淡島登上渡輪前往馬來西亞新山的 Stulang Laut，在那裡度過了兩個晚上，然後前往海邊使用所謂的充氣漂浮裝置游向新加坡的烏敏島。

然而非法滯留10個月後再次被逮捕歸案

作為緩解，他告訴法庭他有孩子和生病的父母。 然後，他道歉了。