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| The arrests happened in a building on this street in Central |
Five Filipinos are being held for questioning after a surprise raid by police at an upper-floor unit of a building on Li Yuen Street West, commonly known as one of Central’s “lanes” or “ale-ale”at around 9pm on Saturday, October 21.
A police report said that acting on a tip-off and intensive investigation, the Central Police Special Duties Team launched an operation against unlicensed bars in the area, and managed to break into a unit on an unnamed building in the street.
From an unlicensed bar upstairs, the raiding team found 581 cans of beer, 7 bottles of whisky, 1 ledger, and about HK$1,400 in cash.
Five Filipinos found inside the premises, aged 30 to 39, were arrested and were still being investigated per the latest police report.
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Among them was the Filipina proprietor of the bar who was arrested on suspicion of “selling liquor without a license,” “possessing alcoholic beverages without a license for the purpose of selling,” and “violating conditions of stay.” Her visa status was not disclosed.
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Filipino males who were in the bar at the time were also taken away for “consuming
alcohol in a venue without a liquor license.”
A slew of bars, karaoke and beauty parlors operate inside the mostly rundown buildings in the alleys which are often targeted by police in search of illegal workers and illegally run establishments.
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Periodic raids are carried out by the police in the area as part of their regular anti-illegal work operations, but not all the arrests that they carried out resulted in the conviction of suspects.
This was what happened in the recent case of three Filipinas who were cleared of charges of selling liquor without a license, and working illegally in a bar at Fai Man Building due to insufficient evidence.
However, one of them was still detained for overstaying, while the two others who were on recognizance, were set free.
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