By Vir B. Lumicao
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| The accused gave police a false identity and claimed to have come as a domestic worker |
A Filipina tourist who kept police guessing about her true identity was sentenced today, July 19, to five months in jail after she pleaded guilty to overstaying her visa for more than seven years.
The defendant, Virginia M. Nasayao, 56, still faces four other charges relating to her having lied to Hong Kong authorities about her identity, giving false information and theft, the prosecution told Eastern Court.
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But it was for the fifth charge of overstaying that she was sentenced by Magistrate Daniel Tang.
According to the charge, Nasayao was spotted on Feb 10 this
year by an anti-crime patrol of the Eastern District Police as resembling one
of the culprits in a theft case committed at the rear lane of
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When stopped, she failed to show any valid proof of identity. But she gave police a false name and date of birth.
During police interview, the defendant claimed she came to
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However during a computer-assisted palm and fingerprint identification done by the police as well as a check with the Registration of Persons no record in the name she gave was found.
An Immigration check of her document showed she came to
Nasayao has been in custody since her arrest in February and will have served out her five-month sentence by August.
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But the prosecutor said the Filipina is still being investigated on the false information she gave about her identity and date of birth, and may be charged for other offences.
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