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| Immigration Department |
A Filipina was jailed for seven months today after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by lying to an Immigration officer that she would work as a domestic helper for a person named in the employment contract that she submitted when she applied for a work visa.
Chonalyn Talipnao, 46 years old, was handed her sentence at
Shatin Court by Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong after she admitted
violating section 159C(6) of the Crimes Ordinance, which prescribes a maximum jail
term of 14 years.
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The complaint by the Immigration Department said Talipnao conspired
with a person known as James to defraud the director of Immigration and his
officers “by dishonestly and falsely representing” to them that she had been
employed by a certain Tang See-lan as a domestic helper.
Such falsehood induced the officers to “act contrary to their
public duty, namely to grant (Talipnao) permission to enter and remain in Hong Kong in
circumstances which they would not otherwise have granted.”
The offense was committed between Oct. 3, 2022 and April 2023, the complaint added.
