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| The Mainland visitor admitted doing illegal work, overstaying and using a fake HKID card |
The Shatin Magistrates’ Court has sent out a warning against illegal work when it sentenced a woman visitor from the Mainland to 16 months in jail yesterday, June 7, after being arrested while working as a dishwasher in a restaurant in Wan Chai.
The defendant, aged 50, was also found to be in
possession of a forged HK identity card.
She pleaded guilty to a charge of taking up unlawful
employment for which she was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment. An
additional month in jail was imposed for her guilty plea to a charge of overstaying
and possessing a fake HKID card.
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| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE! |
According to a statement issued by the Immigration
Department yesterday, another Chinese female suspected of employing the illegal
was also arrested, and their investigation is ongoing.
The suspects were arrested during an anti-illegal
work operation called “Twilight” conducted on Apr 24.
Separately, the police arrested a 66-year-old female
visitor from the Mainland on Tuesday, June 6, after inspectors from the Labour Department found her to be working illegally as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Sheung Shui.
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| EXTENDED TO JUNE 30!! |
The woman was also found to have overstayed her
visa, and was in possession of a fake HKID card.
It’s not clear if the two cases are related.
As in the first case, a woman aged 42, was arrested
on suspicion of hiring the illegal worker.
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Both suspects were still under investigation as of
today.
Immigration warned that illegal immigrants who take
up unlawful employment could be jailed for up to three years, and fined a
maximum amount of $50,000.
Their employers face more serious consequences. The
maximum penalty imposed on those who employ people who are not lawfully
employable is 10 years’ imprisonment and up to $500,000 in fines. An immediate
custodial sentence is prescribed for offenders.
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| BASAHIN DITO |
According to the sentencing guidelines laid down by
the High Court, employers “must take all practicable steps to determine whether
a person is lawfully employable prior to employment.”
This does not only involve a cursory inspection of the
job applicant’s identity card. Rather, employers are obliged to make enquiries about
the person and ensure that there is no reasonable doubt concerning the
applicant’ lawful employability.
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| PADALA NA! |
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