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| DBay Plaza (file photo from HK Tourism Board) |
A Filipino asylum seeker was jailed today for 15 months after pleading guilty at Shatin Court to working illegally in a restaurant.
Acting Principal Magistrate Amy Chan convicted Jim Leo Pascual,
36, and handed him the standard punishment for “taking
employment while remaining in Hong Kong in breach of the limit of stay.”
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| TAWAG NA! |
The Immigration Department charged him with violating two provisions of the Immigration Ordinance two days after his arrest in Discovery Bay last March 20. He was found to have overstayed his visa, apart from taking up work in violation of his visa condition.
He was arrested during an Immigration check on people
working at restaurants in the area on that day.
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| PINDUTIN DITO! |
Under Section 38AA(1)(c) of the Immigration Ordinance,
it is an offense to take up employment, whether paid or unpaid, if a person
remains in Hong Kong in breach of the limit of his or her stay.
Under Section 38AA(2), such an offence is punishable by a
fine of up to $50,000 and imprisonment for three years.
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