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A Filipina being detained on two charges of helping two people lie to the Immigration Department to be able to get domestic helper visas, faces more charges as investigators unveil new details of her operation.
The prosecutor asked for adjournment in the case against Russel
Eco, 33 years old, when her case was heard on Friday (Dec. 22) at Shatin
Court.
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She is accused of two counts of “aiding, abetting, counseling
or procuring the making of a false representation to an Immigration officer
lawfully acting under or in the execution of Part II of the Immigration
Ordinance.”
The prosecutor told Magistrate Acting Principal Magistrate
Amy Chan they need to consult with the Justice Department because two more cases
of domestic helpers advised by Eco to lie to get visas have surfaced.
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Magistrate Chan set the next hearing for Jan. 15.
As Eco had no bail application, she was returned to jail.
In the first charge, Eco is accused of helping and advising
Agnes Lovely Villanueva to lie to an Immigration officer by saying that she
would work for a certain Chan Hong-tak as a domestic helper.
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In the second case, Eco is accused of doing the same to help
Elvira Caburnay to declare falsely to Immigration that she would work as a
domestic helper for Ko Chi-lik.
Such acts violate both the Crimnal Procedure Ordinance and
the Immigration Ordinance.
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