A SURINAMESE man was fined $30,000 with the alternative of three months imprisonment yesterday, for entering Guyana illegally.

Ashlee Khan pleaded guilty to the offence before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, admitting that, on June 24, he entered this country by sea and disembarked without presenting himself to an immigration officer.
The defendant told the court he was living in Suriname with a Guyanese wife and her sister visited and suggested to him that he can live in Guyana.
Khan said he sold everything he had and brought his family to live with his sister-in-law in this country but, recently, the latter was beating her daughter and hit his son with a mop stick and burst the latter’s head.
Khan said he became annoyed over the incident and reported it and his sister-in-law informed police that he is an illegal alien, causing him to be arrested.
Khan said he is very sorry for entering Guyana illegally and would never do it again.
The magistrate advised the prosecutor that the police should enquire about Khan’s child’s well-being.