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| It was the second time in 9 days that the Filipina was summoned to court |
Instead, Espirita Domepnas, 43 years old, should have forfeited another $1,900 to the court, the prosecutor explained to Acting Principal
Magistrate Amy Chan.
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She did not have to shell out the additional amount because
her actual bail before she was jailed was $2,000.
The $100 bail was originally imposed on Domepnas when she
was arrested for her first breach of condition of stay case in 2011, for which she
was sentenced by Magistrate Chan to two months in prison.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Domepnas was charged with violation of Section 41 of the
Immigration Ordinance after she was arrested on Feb. 9, 2011.
Her visa had expired two years earlier, on Oct. 26, 2008, two
weeks after she was terminated from her job as a domestic helper.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
She was freed on police bail of $100 before she disappeared.
Last March 1, she surrendered to the Immigration Department, and faced her second overstaying case, resulting in an illegal stay of more than 15 years from her original departure date of Oct. 26, 2008.
She was temporarily released on $2,000 bail.
On Mar 7, Magistrate Chan sentenced her to nine months in prison for the two overstaying charges, with the two terms to run concurrently. Chan also ordered the forfeiture of her bail, which at the time was mistakenly mentioned as $100.
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| PADALA NA! |
