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| Among those arrested were 17 women suspected of doing illegal work |
The Immigration Department has further strengthened its campaign against illegal work by arresting a total of 56 people in four days of raids across Hong Kong island, the biggest number in months.
According to a statement issued by the government yesterday, Mar 17, the operations were carried out over four consecutive days, from Mar 13 to Mar 16, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Police Forced and the Labour Department.
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The arrested persons comprised 36 suspected illegal workers, 10 suspected employers, four suspected aiders and abettors, five overstayers and one illegal immigrant.
Arrested on suspicion of doing illegal work were 14 men and 17 women, aged 26 to 60. Among them, eight men and five women were holders of recognizance forms, which attest to their application against being sent home, but also prohibit them from taking any employment.
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One of the men was also suspected of using and being in possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card.
Seven men and two women, aged 30 to 88, were suspected of employing the illegal workers and were arrested.
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One man and three women, aged 37 to 68, were suspected of aiding and abetting persons who breached their condition of stay in Hong Kong and were also arrested.
Five female overstayers, aged 29 to 46, were also arrested, along with a female illegal immigrant aged 57.
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They were arrested during raids at 169 locations in Central, Wanchai, Eastern and Western districts, which included commercial buildings, massage parlors, restaurants and retail stores.
Separately, Immigration officers raided a flat under renovation and arrested one suspected illegal worker, a man aged 36. Another man, aged 40, was suspected of employing the illegal worker and was also arrested.
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In another operation, four visitors from the Mainland comprising one man and three women, aged 37 and 53, were arrested on suspicion of carrying out parallel goods trading at three areas in Sheung Shui. They were caught trading in cosmetic and health products, as well as medicines.
The Immigration Department warned that visitors who take up
illegal work, whether paid or unpaid, could be prosecuted and upon conviction,
face a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to two years’ imprisonment. Those who aid
or abet their illegal work are equally liable.
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Overstayers face up to three years in jail and a maximum fine
of $50,000 while those found in possession of forged Hong Kong identity cards
can be fined up to $100,000 and jailed for up to 10 years.
Employers are duty-bound not only to inspect a worker’s HK
identity card prior to employment, but to also make enquiries to ensure that there
is no reasonable doubt as to the person’s lawful employability.
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