Bangladeshis jailed for fraud

Bangladeshis jailed for fraud

JAMBI: Jambi District Court on Saturday sentenced four Bangladeshi nationals to six months in jail for illegally obtaining Indonesian citizenship.

The four, identified as Rezal, 24, Kemal, 23, Hasyim, 30 and Musa, 28, were also found guilty of having entered Indonesian territory without the necessary documents such as legal entry permits and passports.

Antara reported Saturday that the Bangladeshis used falsified identity cards to obtain Indonesian certificates of birth from a local registry office on April 21.

According to their fake identity cards, Rizal, Hasim and Kamal were born in Batam and Musa in Bengalis, all in Riau.

Public prosecutor Aziz Kaum had demanded a one-year prison sentence for each of the four defendants.