Indonesian nabbed for hiding in car boot to cross state border

Indonesian nabbed for hiding in car boot to cross state border

Police say the undocumented woman, who stays in Negeri Sembilan, wanted to visit her husband in Melaka.

The woman who was nabbed at the Simpang Ampang toll plaza in Alor Gajah, Melaka. (Facebook pic)
ALOR GAJAH:
An undocumented Indonesian woman, who attempted to travel interstate without permission from authorities, was found hiding in the boot of a car driven by a man at a police roadblock at the Simpang Ampang toll plaza here today.

Alor Gajah district police chief Arshad Abu said the 23-year-old woman, who stays in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, was arrested with the 27-year-old e-hailing driver, whose address is at Seremban, at 2.30pm.

“Preliminary investigation found the woman sat in the back passenger’s seat before she decided to hide in the boot a few metres away from the roadblock at the toll plaza.

“The woman was found lying in the boot during the inspection at the roadblock,” he said in a statement here today.

He said investigations found that the woman had not seen her husband, who stays in Rembia in Melaka, 8km from here, for about a year, leading her to commit the daring act.

The case is being investigated under Sections 6(1)(c) and Section 56 (1) (D) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 as well as Regulation 15 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures Within Infected Local Areas) Act 2021.

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