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| Kwun Tong Law Courts Building |
A Filipina domestic helper was sentenced today to eight weeks’ imprisonment for two cases of money laundering after a trial at Kwun Tong Courts.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Roselyn Eliponga, 30 years
old, had been charged in both cases with violation of Sections 25(1) and 25(3)
of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance, or dealing with property known
or believed to be proceeds of indictable offense.
Magistrate Edward Wong handed
down a sentence that consisted of six weeks in jail for the first charge and
three weeks for the second. 
TAWAG NA!
Since Eliponga did not plead
guilty, she was not entitled to a discount, Maguistrate Wong said. Still, he ordered
the first week of the second sentence to run concurrently with the first
sentence, resulting in an eight-week term.
The first charge arose from the
deposits and withdrawals made on her Bank of China account between Oct. 5, 2020
and March 11, 2021, totalling $132,030.
PINDUTIN DITO
The second charge involved
the deposit and withdrawal of $30,835.18 in her Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corp. account on Oct. 5, 2020.
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