Officers herd arrested workers for investigation |
A four-day operation mounted by the Immigration Department with help from the Labour Department and Hong Kong Police to flush out suspected illegal workers resulted in the arrest of 27 people between Apr 24 to 27.
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The operations netted 19 suspected illegal workers, seven
suspected employers and one overstayer.
In ImmD’s two anti-illegal worker operations codenamed Lightshadow and Twilight, officers arrested six suspected female illegal workers aged 30 to 50 and two
suspected employers in raids on 56 target locations including a car park, a
garage, residential buildings and restaurants and.
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Of the arrested workers, three were holders of recognizance
forms, which prohibit them from taking any employment. In addition, one woman
was suspected of using a forged Hong Kong identity card.
Two women, aged 36 and 51, were also arrested for employing
the workers.
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In operation "Powerplayer" and
"Champion", officers raided 24 target locations in New Territories
North and Kwai Chung district, including restaurants, a recycling yard and a
residential building.
They arrested eight men, aged 33 to 58, illegally working in
the establishments.
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Two men and three women, aged 27 to 74, were also arrested for
employing the illegal workers. Among them, one woman aged 24 was arrested for
overstaying her visa.
In operation "Windsand", five Mainland visitors comprising five men, aged 28 to 50, were arrested for breaching their conditions of stay by engaging in suspected parallel goods trading at San Wan Road in Sheung Shui district.
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The goods included skincare products,
cosmetics products, food products and milk powder.
Immigration warned it remains firm in its objective of stamping out illegal work in the city.
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