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| Suspected illegal workers arrested during the operations are led away |
Twenty seven people were arrested in the latest anti-illegal worker operations mounted by the Immigration Department (ImmD), Hong Kong Police Force and Labour Department.
The arrests were made in four consecutive days on Jan. 8 to 11
in territory-wide ImmD operations
codenamed "Greenlane", "Lightshadow", "Twilight",
a joint operation with Police and LD codenamed "Powerplayer" and
joint operations with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Windsand".
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| DITO ANG DETALYE |
Of the total, 20 were suspected illegal workers, six
overstayers and one illegal immigrant.
In the ImmD operations, Task Force officers raided 57 target
locations including commercial buildings, premises under renovation,
residential buildings, retail shops and restaurants. Fourteen suspected illegal
workers were arrested.
They arrested nine men and five women, aged 26 to 60, for illegal
work. Among them, one woman was a holder of recognisance form, which prohibits
her from taking any employment, and was also in possession of a forged Hong
Kong identity card.
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| TAWAG NA! |
In operation "Powerplayer", enforcement officers
raided 13 target locations in New Territories North region, including a garbage
collection depot, premises under renovation and warehouses.
Two men and two women were arrested for illegal work, four
men and two women for overstaying and one man was an illegal immigrant. Their
cases were handled by the ImmD.
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Furthermore, during operation "Windsand", two
Mainland male visitors, aged 47 and 52, were arrested for breaching their
conditions of stay by being involved in suspected parallel trading activities
at San Wan Road in Sheung Shui district. The goods mainly included cosmetics
products, daily necessities and health care products.
In a statement, ImmD said, "Any person who contravenes
a condition of stay in force in respect of him or her shall be guilty of an
offense. Also, visitors are not allowed to take employment in Hong Kong,
whether paid or unpaid, without the permission of the Director of Immigration.
Offenders are liable to prosecution and upon conviction face a maximum fine of
$50,000 and up to two years' imprisonment. Aiders and abettors are also liable
to prosecution and penalties."
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| PADALA NA! |
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