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T8 to be raised at 12:40pm

Posted on 08 October 2023 No comments

 

Koinu is forecast to move within 100 km of Hong Kong's southern part

Against previous expectations, Typhoon Koinu will move closer to Hong Kong later today, so the Observatory said will issue Number 8 gale storm signal at 12:40pm today, Sunday.

In the past few hours, Koinu maintained its strength while gradually picking up speed as it moved closer to the Pearl River Estuary.

As a result, gale force winds can be expected in many parts of the city with some squally showers today and tomorrow.

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According to the latest forecast, Koinu will skirt within 100 kilometres to the south of Hong Kong this afternoon, with typhoon strength.

The public is advised to stay indoors and take note of the latest weather bulletins from the Observatory.

That includes thousands of foreign domestic workers who are taking their day off today, who should head home immediately or seek safer shelter.

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This is the second T8 to be issued in Hong Kong for the past two consecutive months, with Super Typhoon Saola even causing the typhoon signal to be raised from T8 to T10 in early September.

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11 persons arrested in anti-illegal work raids

Posted on 07 October 2023 No comments

 

Immigration officers escort some of those arrested to a van that took them to jail

Eight suspected illegal workers and three employers were arrested in the latest anti-illegal work sweeps by the Immigration Department.

The arrests were made during three consecutive days of operation from October 3 to 5, when 49 target locations were raided.

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In operations “Lightshadow” and “Twilight,” six suspected illegal workers comprising five men and woman aged 36 to 53 were arrested, along with three women aged 45 to 59 suspected of employing them.

The workers included one man who holds a recognisance form, which prohibits him from taking any employment. They were found during raids on industrial buildings, premises under renovation and restaurants.

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During operation “Windsand” two women visiting from the mainland aged 37 and 53, were arrested for breaching their condition of stay by engaging in illegal parallel trading at Sai Wan Road in Sheung Shui/

They were found to be selling mainly clothes and health care products.

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Immigration reminded everyone who violates their condition of stay by taking up unauthorized employment, whether paid or unpaid, while in Hong Kong, face prosecution and upon conviction could jailed for up to two years and fined up to $50,000.

Those who are take up work while being illegal immigrants or are subject of a removal or deportation order such as recognizance paper holders, face a maximum prison term of three years and fine of up to $50,000.

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Employers of illegal workers could be fined up to $500,000 and jailed for up to 10 years. The director, manager and other officers of the company concerned may also be prosecuted.

An immediate custodial sentence is recommended for such employers.

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FDH told by District Court to stop harassing, sharing videos of former employers

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Malarulat in a photo she posted of her taking part in a beauty contest 

Video sharing, leaking of private information, harassment and spreading gossip and intrigue about her former employers were among the prohibited acts that a Filipina domestic worker was told to stop doing, in an unusual judgment rendered at the District Court on September 22.

Merly Q. Malarulat was in court when Judge Harold Leung granted the injunction sought against her by her former employer, Raymond Manalo, and ordered her to pay the costs of the proceedings.

The injunction prohibits Malarulat disclosing any personal details about  Manalo’s family, including their social media accounts, and sharing any videos she took of them, particularly a sensitive one that she claimed to have taken of the plaintiff’s eight-year-old daughter.

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The FDH was also ordered to stop intimidating, harassing, or interfering with the private affairs of the plaintiff’s family and their current domestic helper – and not to come within 100 meters in their presence.

She is also told not to assist or procure the help of others in doing all the acts that she is prevented from doing.

Further, Malarulat was told to take all steps necessary to retrieve from anyone any document or material she had shared, which infringes on the family’s privacy.

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Contacted by The SUN, Malarulat responded with just “Aq (ako) natalo” (I lost), followed by some laughing emoticons.

But for Manalo, a chef, the court’s decision was a lifesaver, as it put an end to more than a year of distress and uncertainty for his entire family of five caused by Malarulat’s relentless effort to spread lies and intrigue against them.

He said the lies were so vicious that fellow Filipinos in the Kornhill estate where they live have been hounding his family, particularly his banker-wife whom they have accused within earshot of being mentally ill and evil.

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The distress caused by the toxic gossip reached a new level when a new helper they hired to replace Malarulat called Allaina quit after working for only eight months for them.

Manalo said Allaina told them she was “mentally tortured and confused” by the constant warnings she received from fellow helpers in Kornhill about how evil and unstable her employers were.

Giving in to the advice of her fellow helpers, Allaina contacted Malarulat who proceeded to tell her through text messages about a sensitive video she took of the Manalo’s youngest child, which she threatened to use in case the couple decided to take action against her.

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Malarulat also offered to get Allaina a new employer so she would leave the Manalos. In the end, however, Allaina decided to just go home after serving notice of termination.

According to the court documents, Malarulat arrived in Hong Kong on May 6, 2022, about a year and a half after the Manalos, who had just arrived here at the time, started working on her papers to come and join them. 

She spent a week in quarantine before joining the family on May 12 of that year.

The strict travel restrictions at the time delayed her arrival and the Manalos had to shell out money each time she had to renew her visa, and later, to pay for her quarantine.

Manalo’s wife was keen to hire her despite the long delay because Malarulat was the godmother of their second child, and they were neighbors and good friends back in San Jose del Monte in Bulacan. 

The employer also knew that Malarulat had previously worked in Hong Kong for three years and should already know her way around.

Text conversations between the two women also showed Malarulat had begged the couple to hire her after they relocated to Hong Kong, saying she needed help sending her two children to college.

But less than a month after she started working for the Manalos or on June 1, 2022, Malarulat asked to be released from her contract, saying she felt like she was not trusted by the employers to take care of their youngest child, citing the CCTV installed in their house as reason.

She also complained about not being given her own room.

‘My wife and I were very clueless, it was very obvious that she wanted to do job-hopping. We (were) not expecting this because she really assured us that she will take care of my family, making promises so we would wait for her to come,” Manalo said in a written statement to the court.

When the employers resisted, Malarulat informed them that she was terminating their contract on June 20, 2022, two days after insisting on staying in a boarding house. She returned to the employers’ flat on that day, then left again. When she returned that night, an angry confrontation ensued and the employers called the police.

Shortly after midnight the next day, the two sides signed an agreement where Malarulat agreed not to post the videos she took of the couple that night on social media, saying she merely filmed them to protect herself. 

She also agreed to move to a boarding house paid for by the couple, who decided they no longer felt safe in her presence.

Their contract was officially terminated on June 30, 2022, and the Manalos paid what they thought was due the helper, including a month’s salary in lieu of notice and an air ticket for her flight home. 

However, Malarulat decided to stay on and move to another employer.

Manalo said the case dragged on longer than expected because Malarulat gave the court two fake addresses, the last one being that for the Mission for Migrant Workers which, it turned out, did not have her in their list of clients.

But each time she appeared in court Malarulat would complain that she did not get any notices and thus was unable to file counter-affidavits.

The run-around stopped last September 22 when the judge told her he did not believe her excuses, and rendered judgment against her.

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Signal 3 itinaas dahil sa papalapit na bagyong Koinu

Posted on 06 October 2023 No comments

Ang tinatahak na direksyon ni Koinu papuntang Hong Kong

 

Itinaas na ng Hong Kong Observatory ngayong 5:40 pm ang Strong Wind Signal No. 3 dahil sa paglapit ng Typhoon Koinu.

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Nitong 6pm, itinatayang nasa 250 kilometro east-southeast ng Hong Kong at may lakas na 130kilometers per hour.

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Mananatili ang signal hanggang 4:00am bukas at pwedeng itaas pa, base sa obserbasyon sa lakas ng hangin at ulan na dala ng bagyo sa susunod na mga oras.

Ang ibig sabihin nito ay inaasahan ang hanging may lakas na 41 hanggang 62 kilometro bawa’t oras sa Hong Kong.

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Ipinapayo ng Observatory na ipasok sa bahay ang mga bagay na pwedeng liparin dahil papalakas ang hangin lalo na sa matataas na lugar, at huwag magpunta sa dagat dahil malalaki ang alon.

Inaasahan ang malakas na bugso ng hangin at ulan sa susunod na tatlong araw, lalo na sa Linggo at Lunes, ayon sa Observatory.

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Pero inaasahang hindi lalapit ang bagyo sa loob ng 100 kilometro ng Hong Kong.

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Filipino to be sentenced at High Court for drug trafficking

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Hotel where defendant was arrested

A Filipino pleaded guily today at Eastern Court to two charges of drug trafficking, and his case will be sent to the High Court for sentencing because of the severity of the case against him.

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Willard Davin, 32 years old, was arrested last Aug. 17 after police found drugs in his possession on two occasions in a room of King’s Hotel in Temple St. in Yau Ma Tei.

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In the first charge, he was accused of selling 2.63 of a solid containing 1.78 grams of ketamine.

In the second charge, he was accused of dealing in the following drugs:

  • 105.1 grams if a crystalline siolid cataining 103.3 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride.

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  • 13.5 grams of a solid contining 9.39 grams of ketamine
  • 41 tablets and 0.34 grams of tabletfragments containing 1.67 grams of ketamine and 0.35 grams of methamphetamine

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  • 32 tablets containing a total og 2.59 grams of 3,4-metylenedioxymethamphetamine

In both charges, the police invoked Section 4 of he Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, which imposes a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and $5 million in fine.

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Filipino jailed for arson threat & assault back in court

Posted on 05 October 2023 No comments

Ronald Bondoc

A Filipino waiter who was sent to prison last April for threatening to burn down the Philippine Consulate and hurting a staff member, was back in Eastern Court today, this time charged with beating up his live-in partner and threatening to assault her again.

Ronald Bondoc, 42, who was detained after being arrested for the attack last Oct. 2 on Karla Gonzales, was returned to jail after the charges were read to him, and Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui rejected his offer of $1,200 bail.

Bondoc collapsed, cried and had to be prodded to stand up as Magistrate Chui noted that he was facing charges for a similar offense “very soon after serving your sentence”, referring to his previous conviction for assaulting a Consulate staff.

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Bondoc’s duty lawyer had earlier offered bail for his provisional release, but the prosecutor objected , citing the previous conviction and strong evidence in their possession, such as photos of the victim’s injuries.

Chui set a bail review on Oct. 13, and advised Bondoc that he could go to the High Court to apply for bail. 

Bondoc was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, which is punishable with up to three years’ imprisonment under the Offense Against the Person Ordinance, for beating up Gonzales at their flat in Jardine’s Crescent, Causeway Bay, on Oct. 2.

 

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He was also charged with threatening her with injury, with the intent to alarm her, which is punishable with up to two years in prison and fine of up to $5,000 under the Crimes Ordinance.

The new charges came less than six months after Bondoc was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail by Magistrate Leona Chan on April 3, also at Eastern Court. He was found guilty after trial in which he defended himself, on all three charges laid against him. 

Magistrate Chan sentenced Bondoc to six weeks in jail for the first charge of criminal intimidation, because he had repeatedly issued the threat to burn down the Consulate and hurt its staff, particularly, “Arnel,” in a telephone call lasting more than an hour on Jan 22 last year.

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In the second charge of common assault, Bondoc was sentenced to four weeks in jail. He had gone to the Consulate on Jan 24, 2022 armed with a golf club, and then grabbed a male staff by the neck before pushing him to the ground.

Two weeks of this sentence were ordered to be served concurrently, and the other two weeks, consecutively, to the first sentence of six weeks in jail.

Magistrate Chan added another four weeks’ imprisonment to Bondoc’s sentence for the third charge of loitering causing concern, which happened on March 28, 2022 when he brought along a metal bar and hung around the lift lobby of the Consulate before being taken away by the police.

Two weeks of this sentence were to be served consecutive to the previous sentences, making a total of 10 weeks’ imprisonment. 

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Cooler weather expected in HK this Sunday

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Victoria Harbour off Central looks calm and cool tonight (HK Observatory photo)

As Tropical Cyclone Koinu moves closer to Hong Kong and with autumn just around the corner, temperatures are forecast to fall starting tomorrow. It will be significantly cooler on Sunday, Oct. 8, with temperatures ranging between 23 and 28 degrees.

This would be the first time since September 17 that temperatures would fall to below 30 degrees.

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However, showers are expected for the next nine days, and there will be water surges at sea from tomorrow until Sunday.

Thunderstorms are also expected until next Monday, with occasional heavy rain. After this, mild weather is expected with brief periods of sunshine during the day.

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But for today, the “very hot weather” warning was again in force, after the hottest October day on record was set yesterday.

The latest weather forecast shows Koinu has entered the Taiwan Strait, after bringing heavy rain to the island for two days. It has weakened since due to the monsoon, and is expected to maintain a distance of around 500 kilometers or more from Hong Kong today and early tomorrow.

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The Standby Signal No 1 which was hoisted last night remains in force today. Higher signals could be hoisted depending on the strength and the proximity of Koinu to the territory over the weekend.

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Kasong pagnanakaw laban sa Pinay, inakyat sa DC dahil malaking halaga ang sangkot

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Mga alahas at HK$50,000 cash daw ang kabilang sa ninakaw ng Pinay (File)

Dahil sa laki ng halaga ng umano’y ninakaw niya, isang Pilipina ang inutusang humarap sa District Court sa darating na buwan imbes sa Fan Ling Magistracy kung saan siya isinakdal. 

Hindi rin pinayagang magpiyansa si Merlyn Bugtaouen, 31 taong gulang at isang domestic helper, at ibinalik sa kulungan.

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Itinakda ni Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi ang pagharap niya sa District Court sa Nov. 24.

Inakusahan si Bugtaouen ng pagnanakaw ng mga alahas at cash sa bahay ng kanyang amo sa Tai Wing Lane, Tai Po, mula Marso 2022 hanggang March 2 ng taong ito.

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Inakusahan siyang nagnakaw ng 10 bracelet, 9 na bangle, 20 pendant, 13 singsing, 13 kuwintas, isang kwintas na may pendant, isang relo, isang pares ng hikaw, cash na HK$50,000, cash na 5,000 Thai baht at cash na 51,000 New Taiwanese dollars.

Samantala, sa Eastern Court, lumuluhang humarap ang isa pang Pilipina sa kasong shoplifting, na hiniling ng kanyang abogado na ipagpaliban dahil nakakipag-usap siya sa taga-usig sa isang plea bargain upang mapagaan ang kanyang parusa.

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Inakusahan siyang nagnakaw noong July 28 sa tindahan ng Kaibo ss Sai Ying Pun ng isang manok, isang bote ng oyster sauce, isang pakete ng karne ng baka, at isang pakete ng karne ng baboy na may kabuuang halaga na $250.50.

Pumayag si Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui sa hiling at itinakda sa Nov. 1 ang susunod na pagdinig ng kaso ni L. Laraga, 36 taong gulang at isang domestic helper, pero idinagdag niya na dapat ay handa na itong sabihin kung umaamin siya o tumatanggi sa paratang.

Nakalaya siyang pansamantala sa piyansang $500.

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