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| Shatin Court (photo from Google Maps) |
A Filipina tourist who had overstayed her visa for three months and then applied for asylum, walked free from Shatin Court today after she agreed to be bound to a promise not to commit any offense in the next 18 months.
If she does, Charmaine Icaranom, 31 years old, would be
fined $2,000.
The bind-over arrangement came after the prosecution offered
no evidence in their breach of condition of stay case against Icaranom.
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Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong charged her $500
as court costs, deductible from her cash bail.
With the bind-over in force, prosecution withdrew the charge
against her.
Icaranom, who was given until Dec. 6, 2023 to leave after
she arrived as a tourist, was charged with violating Section 41 of the Immigration
Ordinance when she remained in Hong Kong until March 12, 2024.
She has since claimed non-refoulement to seek protection from being deported back to the Philippines until her asylum application is resolved by the Immigration Department.
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