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| The case was tried at Shatin Court |
Lying to an Immigration officer to be able to get a domestc helper visa brought a four-month imprisonment to a Filipina after she pleaded guilty to the offense at Shatin Court.
Marilou Gumtang, 42 years old, was charged with violation of
Section 42 (1)(a) of the Immigration Ordinance which penalizes “making a false
representation to a “Immigration Officers lawfully acting under or in the
execution of Part III of the Immigration Ordinance.”
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
In a hearing Friday (July 5), she admitted to the charge that she lied to an Immigration officer processing her application for extension of stay that she was employed as a domestic helper by a named employer.
Magistrate Andrew Mok chose a starting point of six months
imprisonment, but because Gumtang was entitled to a one-third discount for pleading
guilty, her final penalty was four months in jail.
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| TAWAG NA! |
In the same hearing, another Filipina was jailed by Magistrate
Mok for 26 weeks after she pleaded guilty to overstaying.
Helen Reyes, 41 and an asylum seeker, admitted the Immigration
Department’s charge that she was supposed to have left on Nov. 2016 but stayed
on until Dec. 6, 2023.
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