Suspected illegal workers are led to police buses after the raids. |
Hong Kong’s campaign against illegal work netted 17 persons in operations conducted on Dec. 5 to 8, the Immigration Department reported today.
Of those arrested, 10 were suspected illegal workers, two
suspected employers, three overstayers, one illegal immigrant and one suspected
aider and abettor.
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Their arrests were made by Immigration during a series of
territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Lightshadow"
and "Twilight", and in joint operations with the Hong Kong Police
Force codenamed "Champion" and "Powerplayer".
In the Immigration operations, officers raided 53 target
locations including commercial buildings, a garage, a massage parlor, a
residential building, restaurants and a warehouse.
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They arrested eight suspected illegal workers and one
suspected employer. The arrested workers comprised four men and four women,
aged 38 to 53. Among them, three women were holders of recognisance forms,
which prohibit them from taking any employment. One woman was suspected of
using and being in possession of Hong Kong identity cards related to another
person.
One man, aged 54, was afrested for employing the workers.
One man, aged 22, was also arrested fr aiding and abetting persons who breached
the condition of stay in Hong Kong.
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In operations "Champion" and
"Powerplayer", officers raided 24 target locations in Central
district and New Territories North Region including a garage, a restaurant and
a warehouse.
They arrested two suspected illegal workers, one suspected
employer, three overstayers and one illegal immigrant.
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The suspected illegal workers comprised two men, aged 31 and
35. Among them, one man was a holder of a recognizance form, which prohibits
him from taking any employment. One man, aged 40, was suspected of employing
the illegal workers. Three female overstayers, aged 33 to 54, were arrested.
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Furthermore, one male illegal immigrant was also arrested. In addition, he was suspected of using and being in possession of a false instrument. Among them, two suspected illegal workers, two overstayers and one suspected employer were handled by the ImmD.
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