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The Shatin Court has put off for the second time the sentencing of a Filipina who earlier admitted that she paid $12,000 to an agent to find her a fake employer willing to sign her up as a domestic helper.
The prosecution asked for another six weeks’ adjournment on
Friday (Nov. 29) to allow M. David, 32 years old, to cooperate further with
Immigration officers in the investigation to bring that agent to justice.
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Magistrate David Chum set the next hearing on Jan. 10 next
year and freed David on $1,000 bail.
Last Nov. 1, David pleaded guilty to “making a false
representation to an Immigration officer lawfully acting or in the execution of
Part III of the Immigration Ordinance” by presenting on Oct. 2, 2022 a fake
contract that resulted in her being granted a DH visa extension on Oct. 27,
2023.
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She also admitted that she never met or worked for her
supposed employer, Wu Cheuk-ti, who was paired with her by the agent, who
processed her papers.
David found herself in this arrangement after she was
terminated by her previous employer and she found her way to an agent in May
2023 who offered her a fake work contract that could be used to process her
visa, for a $12,000 fee.
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In the Nov. 1 hearing, her lawyer requested Magistrate
Andrew Mok to withhold her sentence and asked for a four-week adjournment to
give the Immigration Department time to assess her offer to help investigate
the agent, which could affect the sentence.
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