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The Immigration Department has reiterated its warning against illegal work after another overstayer was jailed for 14 months for working in a construction site.
The warning came as ImmD reported
the arrest of 19 more persons in its territory-wide anti-illegal worker raids, and
joint operations with the Hong Kong Police Force from June 24 to June 27.
The illegal worker, a 28-year-old Pakistani male, was jailed by Shatin Magistrates' Courts last Thursday (June 27) after he pleaded guilty to breaching his condition of stay, doing construction work at residential premises in Sham Shui Po.
In addition, he was jailed for 14
weeks for one count of overstaying in Hong Kong, but both sentences will run
concurrently, making for a total of 14 months' imprisonment.
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He arrived in Hong Kong as a
dependant and had overstayed since August 2020.
When he was arrested, officers seized
his attendance and salary records as a construction worker during the period that
he overstayed, his construction industry safety training certificate, certificate
of certified worker and construction workers registration card.
ImmD said that under the
Immigration Ordinance, it is illegal “to take employment while being a person
who, having been given permission to land in Hong Kong, had remained in Hong
Kong in breach of his limit of stay imposed in relation to the permission.” Offenders
face a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to three years' imprisonment.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Meanwhile, in its operations
codenamed "Greenlane"," Lightshadow" and
"Twilight", ImmD Task Force officers arrested 11 suspected illegal
workers, three suspected employers, one suspected aider and abettor and one
overstayer in raids on 91 target locations including premises under renovation,
residential buildings, restaurants and retail shops.
In joint operations with the Hong
Kong Police Force codenamed “Champion", enforcement officers raided 49
target locations in Hung Hom and Kowloon City and arrested three overstayers.
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