Asylum seeker jailed 36 months for burgling 12 restaurants in 1 month

 

A District Court judge handed down the decision in Tsuen Wan law courts building

In less than a month, a Filipino asylum seeker managed to enter and take various gadgets and cash from 12 restaurants in Mongkok and Sham Shui Po, and was caught only after being stopped by the police for a random search on July 7 this year.

Jeffrey M. Quiatchon, 36, was sentenced to a total of 36 months on Nov. 10, after pleading guilty to 12 counts of burglary and one of theft, which involved him taking letters addressed to three individuals from their mailboxes.

All the burglaries were committed in the morning, with all except one taking place before the restaurants opened for the day.

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In mitigation, his Legal Aid counsel, Maurice Tracy, said Quiatchon arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines as a tourist on June 14, 2018 but did not leave when his visa expired. In July 2018 he became a Form 8 holder –meaning applied for non-refoulement, or against being sent back to the Philippines.

The defendant is single but has five children as a result of different relationships, and they 

range in age from 2 to 15. Three of them are in the Philippines and two are in Hong Kong. 

He had one previous record of drug possession but none relating to burglary.

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Tracy said the defendant committed the 13 offenses because he wanted to make a little extra money for his “de facto” family in Hong Kong. He also submitted that in the 12 burglaries, Quiatchon only sneaked in to the restaurants, and no one was alarmed by his presence, and no property was damaged.

Prosecuting counsel Ching Kwan-fung confirmed that there was no evidence of forcible entry in any of the premises burgled by Quiatchon, and that the culprits seen on CCTV all wore face masks, which meant that the only evidence against the defendant was his own admission to the crimes.

In sentencing, District Court Judge Gary Lam said he had sympathy for people who had to escape from their homeland for various reasons to seek refuge in another country. He also noted that the verification of non-refoulement claims can take a long time, but he said “Form 8 holders must behave themselves and obey the law in return for the hospitality extended to them by Hong Kong.”

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Judge Lam also pointed out that although as a Form 8 holder the defendant is unable to work for money, his basic need such as housing and food are provided by the government and/or non-government organizations.

“In any event, being in a financial difficulty is not mitigating factor for committing a crime,” he added.

He also said that as rightfully accepted by the defence, the defendant’s immigration status aggravated instead of mitigated his crimes. Another aggravating factor was that a series of burglaries were involved.

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“Bearing in mind the totality principle, I consider a global starting point of 5 years appropriate for all 13 charges. I would reduce it to 4.5 years to reflect the fact that the evidence against the defendant in Charges 1 to 12 came primarily from his own admissions. With the timely guilty pleas, the overall sentence becomes 36 months,” said the judge.

He then went on to describe in detail the sentences for each of the 12 charges of burglary and one of theft against the defendant.

According to the detailed judgment, Quiatchon sneaked into the restaurants early in the morning before restaurants opened, except for the first offence when he was seen by the restaurant owner entering the premises around 11:36 am on June 7, and leaving soon after.

In this first offence, the defendant took away a Samsung A7 tablet, valued at $2,000 and was placed near the cashier counter.

Two days later, he was shown on CCTV entering a second restaurant at 6:33am, shortly before it was to open, and took away a Redmi 9A mobile phone valued at $600, which was on a counter near the entrance.

On June 14, he struck again at another restaurant, entering the premises at around 6am and taking away a Redmi Note 9 mobile phone valued at $2,500  placed near its entrance.  The restaurant's business hours were 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

On the same day, he committed his fifth burglary when he entered another restaurant at 7:36am, and took away a Xiaomi mobile phone valued at $1,000  placed near the  entrance.  This restaurant opened at 11 am.

On June 18, he entered a fifth restaurant and took away a metal box containing $5,000 placed on the cashier counter. He entered the restaurant at around 9am, two hours before the restaurant was to open.

The next day, he entered a sixth restaurant at 7:35 am and took away a Redmi mobile phone valued at $1,500  placed on the cashier counter. 

On June 25 he took away a Nokia mobile phone valued at $1,000 from a restaurant which he entered at 6:50am. About two hours later he entered another restaurant twice, and each time took a Xiaomi mobile phone worth $900 from the cashier counter.

It took six days before he entered another restaurant which opened at noon and took away a Huawei tablet (valued at $3,000) placed on the cashier counter at around 7:30 in the morning.

About an hour later on the same day, he struck at another restaurant where he took away a Samsung mobile phone (valued at $2,000)  placed on the cashier counter and a red wooden box containing a piece of jade (valued at $1,000)  placed on a cupboard.

Four days later he sneaked into two restaurants in succession, during which he stole a Huawei tablet (valued at $1,500)  and a box containing about $1,000 cash, both placed on the cashier counter in the first location, and a Ulefone Note 10 mobile phone (valued at $1,500) in the second.

More than an hour after the last burglary Quiatchon was stopped on the street by a police officer for enquiry and a search. His backpack yielded the stolen Huawei tablet and a plastic bag containing three letters addressed to different units at Nos.112-114 Fuk Wing Street, Sham Shui Po.

He was arrested for theft but remained silent during questioning.

But during a video recorded interview at the police station he admitted stealing phones and cash in restaurants “because of greed.” He also said he picked up the letters outside Nos 112-114 Fuk Wing Street to conceal the tablet and mobile phone in his bag.

However, during this time he only admitted committing burglary in six different restaurants.

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Filipina accused of stealing $178,800 cash from employer

 

A Filipina domestic helper appeared in Eastern Court today charged with stealing $178,800 cash from her employer’s flat in Happy Valley.

Maribel Metiam, 33 years old, was returned to jail after a brief appearance, in which Magistrate Minnie Wat scheduled the next hearing for Jan. 18. No details of the alleged theft was mentioned.

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The defense lawyer had earlier asked for an adjournment for four weeks so he could get from the prosecution and study copies of documents that would be used as evidence against Metiam.

He did not seek to have her out on bail as she did not have a place to stay while the case is pending.

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According to the charge sheet filed by police originally at the Kwun Tong Courts, Metiam was arrested on Oct. 20 in the home of her employer, Mary Lau, in Siu Fai Terrace in Happy Valley.

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Migrante holds HK-wide rally against Mabatid’s student visa ‘scam’

 

The protesters call on the government to file charges agains the alleged scammers

It’s time the Philippine government took a firmer stance against Cebu City Councilor Nina Mabatid and her company, Opportunities Abroad, for fleecing millions of pesos from Filipinos who were lured by their false promise of student visas to Canada

This was the cry of protesters who joined a rally held simultaneously in several parts of Hong Kong and Canada on Sunday, 11am to 12 noon, against what they said was the illegal recruitment and human trafficking committed by Mabatid and her group.

Speaking at the main rally site outside the Philippine Consulate General in Admiralty, Unifil-Migrante Hong Kong chairperson Dolores Balladares called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr to step in and order the arrest of the alleged scammers.

Balladares also decried the failure of the Department of Migrant Workers and the National Bureau of Investigation to take action on the complaints filed by the victims of the said scam, who paid no less than P100,000 on the promise that they could secure the visas promised them in three months.

The protests were held simultaneously in 7 places 

The first to file complaints were some 20 Filipino migrant workers in Hong Kong, who each claimed to have paid Php132,000 on February 19 this year when Mabatid personally came to offer them the student visas, and promised to lend them Php1 million each as “show money” to Canadian authorities.

She was helped in the alleged recruitment by OFW and known pro-Marcos blogger Bryan Calagui and her partner, lawyer Russ Mark Gamallo.

But after paying the amount in full the claimants said they hardly received any help from the group, even after they had produced the long list of documents they were made to submit.

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“Mahigit anim na buwan na, wala pa ring aksyon?,” Balladares asked. “Nais ba ng gobyerno na tatahimik na lang ang mga biktima?”

(More than six months have passed, but the government have yet to take action. Does it want the victims to just keep quiet?)

Shortly after confronting Mabatid when she returned to Hong Kong on June 18 for another round of recruitment for what she termed as “work-and-study” program in Canada, the claimants sought the help of the Philippine Consulate and the DMW.

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They were later joined by irate applicants from several parts of the country led by Migrante International when they met with DMW Officer-in-Charge and Undersecretary Hans Cacdac in his office, who assured them that he would endorse the case to the NBI.

On September 15, the DMW issued an advisory naming Opportunities Abroad among eight visa consulting companies who were engaged in illegal recruitment. However, no arrests were made, nor sanctions imposed on any of the consultancies.

Last month, Senator Raffy Tulfo who heads the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, also called a meeting with the complainants and promised them an inquiry. In his radio program the next day, he also stopped OA from holding another recruitment in Tagum City.

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But since then, no further action has been heard from any of the government offices, apart from a few complainants being called to the NBI for a follow-up investigation.

Mabatid, in several Facebook posts, has denied any wrongdoing, and repeatedly said that in all the years that she has been in the visa and recruitment business, has never been sued or prosecuted for any wrongdoing. 

Unifil-Migrante HK chair Balladares (right) was at the Admiralty protest

Aside from the one outside the Consulate’s offices, separate protests were held simultaneously on Chater Road, City Hall and HSBC Headquarters in Central, as well as in Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan and Shatin in the New Territories.

A member of Migrante Canada also joined the online coverage of the protests to express support for the claimants, and promised to do whatever they could from their end to help them.

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Unifil-Migrante’s vice chair Shiela Bonifacio ended the protests with a question of whether politics was behind the government’s feet-dragging in the case, especially since Mabatid and Calagui were known supporters of President Marcos Jr and his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.

“Malinaw na hindi ito prayoridad ng gobyerno,” (It is clear that this is not a priority of the government), said Bonifacio, explaining that the complainants have done all they could, and provided enough evidence to support prosecution.

She reiterated the call on the government to act quickly on the case, and prevent other Filipinos falling prey to the same modus.

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Patuloy na paggamit ng lotion Pinay naging seksi at gumanda pa ang kutis

 

Jayme San Pedro: Before and after

Tumaba si Jayme SanPedro dahil hindi matiis ang pagkain ng matatamis na deserts at tsokolate habang nanonood kapag tapos na ang gawain. Pagdaan ng mga araw at linggo napansin niyang sumikip ang mga damit. Na-depress kaya naisip na panahon na upang magbawas ng timbang. 

Nabasa niya sa The Sun website ang karanasan ng Pinay na gumamit ng mabisang upgraded Dream Love 1000 5 in 1 body essence lotion, gawa sa England na may 3D hologram model image silver seal. Bumili siya mula sa Fiesta Mart sa halagang HK$98 lamang. 

Matapos mag-apply ng lotion ayon sa nakasaad sa instruction sheet, naging excited si Jayme nang makita ang resulta sa kaniyang katawan. Ipinagpatuloy niya ang paggamit nito umaga at gabi sa pamamagitan ng pagpapahid nang paitaas para pumayat at balutan ng glad wrap ang bahagi na gustong pumayat. Makalipas ang pitong linggo ay nabawasan ng 2½ inches na taba sa kaniyang baywang at balakang. Pumuti rin ang kaniyang buong katawan at mukha. Naramdaman din niya ang paggaan ng timbang matapos gumamit ng upgraded na lotion at naging younger looking pa. Maging ang mga kaibigan at kapitbahay ay pinupuna ang unti-unti niyang pagiging seksi.   

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American-Chinese nabighani ng husto sa Pinay habang nasa Wan Chai bar

 

Liza Ramirez

Sa mga panahon ng kalungkutan lalo na at nasa ibang bansa ay maaari ding lumigaya tulad ng pagkakaroon ng mga mababait na kaibigan na kasamang gumagala o nagpupunta sa mga shopping mall. Almost 3 years nang nagtatrabaho dito si Liza Ramirez. Halos work na lang umiikot ang kaniyang mundo dahil may mga pamangkin siyang pinagaaral sa Pilipinas.

Nitong nakaraang buwan ay nakasabay niya sa bus ang Pinay na kalaunan ay naging kaibigan. Nagkakuwentuhan sila at nasabi pa na napakaboring ng buhay dito dahil puro work ang gawa. Minsan, nagyaya ito na magdinner sila sa isang bar restaurant na laging dinadayo ng mga Amerikano. Nabigla siya ng wisikan nito ng pabango ang damit at sa malapit ng tainga. Nagpasalamat at naibigan niya ang halimuyak ng pabango na sinabi nitong Dream Love 1000 seksuwal perfume na gawa sa England. Binibili  ito ng kaibigan sa halagang HK$88 lamang mula sa Fiesta Mart at napatunayang epektibong makaakit ng kalalakihan. Nabanggit pa nito na laging mapusok ang nobyo tuwing gamit ito.

Habang kumakain sa bar, napansin niyang panay ang ngiti ng isang American-Chinese na lalaki nakaupo malapit sa table nila. Naalala niyang kanina ay nasanggi ito at humingi siya ng paumanhin. Hinawakan pa nito ang kaniyang kamay at sinabing it’s ok.

Nang sila ay matapos kumain habang naglalakad palabas ng bar restaurant ay sumunod ang lalaki sabay pakilala sa sarili bilang John. Mabait at magiliw ito sabay paalam ng kaibigan na mauuna na ito kaya silang dalawa na lamang ng lalaki ang nagusap. Panay ang singhap nito malapit sa kaniyang tainga at panay din ang haplos sa kaniyang balikat. Hanggang sa magpaunlak na ihahatid siya sa bahay, sinabi niyang sa sunod na lamang at hiningi ang kaniyang number sabay halik sa kaniyang pisngi. Ibinulong pa na I like you, napangiti na lamang siya at naisip na epektibo ang pabango.

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14 more people arrested in anti-illegal work operations

 

Immigration uses this promotional van to warn employers against hiring illegal workers

In yet another series of raids meant to flush out illegal workers, the Immigration Department targeted various locations across Hong Kong, including 60 located in the Central District, for four consecutive days, from November 13 to November 16.

A total of 14 people were arrested, including 11 suspected illegal workers, two employers and one aider and abettor.

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In the first operation codenamed Twilight, immigration officers raided 14 locations, including premises under renovation and restaurants.

Nine suspected illegal workers, comprising seven men and two women aged 27 to 60, were arrested. A woman aged 57 who is believed to have employed the workers was arrested, along with a 64-year-old man suspected of having aided and abetted a person who breached immigration law.

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In a separate operation codenamed “Champion” immigration officers teamed up with the police in the hunt for illegal workers in Central.

Two suspected illegal workers, a man and a woman both aged 33, were arrested. The man held a recognizance form, which forbids him from taking up work. Another man, aged 58, was also held on suspicion of employing the illegal worker.

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In an effort to step up the awareness campaign about the strict law against the hiring of persons now lawfully employable, a promotional vehicle has been deployed to Tai Kok Tsui so officers could hand out leaflets warning of the consequences of such violation.

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Illegal work by visitors or residents on temporary visas is punishable by a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to two years’ imprisonment.

Asylum seekers or those in recognizance, as well as overstayers face a more serious penalty of up to three years in prison, apart from the $50,000 fine.

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Their employers could go to jail for up to 10 years, and fined a maximum of $500,000. A mere failure to properly examine the jobseeker’s HKID card or passport could lead to the employer being fined a maximum of $150,000 and jailed for up to a year.

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T-back Queen, pinagsabihan ng Konsulado

Matagal nang nagbabala ang Konsulado tungkol sa pagpapakalat ng malalaswang litrato o video

Tinawagan at pinagsabihan na ng Konsulado ang Pilipinang domestic helper na nakilala sa bansag nitong “T-Back Queen” dahil sa pagkalat ng kanyang sex video at mga seksing litrato na kinuha habang naglalakad siya sa mga mataong lugar katulad ng Chater Road at WorldWide Plaza.

Sa isang maiksing pahayag,  sinabi ni Konsul Heneral Raly Tejada na nakausap na ng assistance to nationals section ng Konsulado ang Pilipina na ang tunay na  pangalan ay Cherry at sinabihan na itigil na ang pagpapakalat niya ng litrato na nakakabahala sa mga tao sa komunidad.

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Pinangaralan din siya dahil sa pagkalat ng kanyang sex video kasama ang isang lalaking Intsik.

“She apologized for the sex video stating that its private material.  She also explained that it was leaked by a hacker. Nonetheless ATN reminded her these actions have caused shame and disgust to many members of the Filipino community,” wika ni Congen Tejada.

(Nanghingi siya ng paumanhin dahil sa sex video at sinabing pribado niya itong pag-aari. Pinaliwanag niya na ikinalat ito ng mga hacker. Gayunpaman, pinaalala sa kanya ng ATN na ang mga ginawa niyang ito ay nagdulot ng kahihiyan at pandidiri sa maraming Pilipino sa Hong Kong).

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Noon pa mang Hunyo ng nakaraang taon ay naglabas na ng babala ang Konsulado tungkol sa paglalathala ng mga malalaswang litrato o video sa social media. Sa ilalim ng “Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance of Hong Kong” ang ganitong gawain ay isang krimen na maaring parusahan ng hanggang $1 million na multa at pagkakakulong ng hanggang tatlong taon.

Maari ding ituring ito na paglabag sa section 101 ng Criminal Procedure Ordinance ng Hong Kong ana pinagbabawal ang paggawa ng anumang bagay na nakakabahala sa moralidad ng publiko (“outraging public decency”) at magbigay ng masamang ehemplo sa iba.

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Ang parusa sa ganitong paglabag ay pagkakakulong ng hanggang pitong taon. 

Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit naglabas na rin ng sarili niyang video si Cherry para humingi ng paumanhin sa publiko tungkol  sa pagkalat ng kanyang sex video. Bagamat inilagay niya daw ito sa  kanyang TikTok account ay naka pribado daw ang setting nito. Hindi daw niya alam kung paano na hack ang account niya at nakuha ang video na ikinalat agad sa komunidad.

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Nakiusap siya sa lahat na itigil na ang pagpasa sa video dahil hindi naman daw niya intensyon na ipakalat ito. 

Kasabay nito ay nag deactivate siya ng kanyang account sa Facebook sa ilalim ng pangalang “T-back Queen” kung saan ay marami siya dating na ipost na mga litrato na nagpapakita sa kanya na pawang seksi ang suot, at naglalakad o nagsasayaw na parang nanghihikayat.

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Pero ang karamihan sa mga mapahangas niyang litrato o video ay kuha ng ibang tao, lalo na ng isang kaibigan niya na tumayo dati bilang personal niyang litratista at tagapagtanggol na Abby Sugar ang pangalan sa Facebook. Sa ilalim ng batas, pati sila ay damay kung sila ang nag post ng mga litrato o video na maituturing na malaswa.

Agad ding tinanggal ni Abby Sugar ang mga kuha niya kay Cherry, at sa ilang post ay nagpahiwatig na dumidistansya na siya dito. Nagpakita din ito ng litrato ng  kanyang passport at ticket, at sinabing umuwi muna siya sa Pilipinas dahil sa pagkadawit sa eskandalo.

Si Abby Sugar ang kumuha ng mga litrato ni Cherry na walang takot na sumampa sa ilang mga sasakyang nakaparada sa Chater Road dahil sa isang car show noong Nov. 7, at nag sexy pose suot ang isang maong shorts na butas ang magkabilang gilid, at may ternong bra na pang-itaas.

Bago ito ay kinuhanan din niya si Cherry habang nakasakay sa MTR at ibinabalandra ang katawan. Pagkagaling sa Chater Road ay naglakad pa ito papunta sa mataong pasilyo ng World-Wide Plaza, na  hindi alintana ang pagkadismaya ng maraming tao sa paligid.

Maraming iba pang litrato ang lumutang na nagpapakita sa 41 taong gulang na Pilipina na ipinagpaparangalan ang katawan, mula sa pag-iinda indayog sa tabi ng dagat, pagsakay sa bus, hanggang sa paglalakad sa mga matataong lugar na kakaunti ang saplot.

Hindi lang sa Hong Kong itinuturing na krimen o paglabag sa patakaran ang mga ganitong gawain, kundi sa Pilipinas din. Kung ang lumabag sa batas ay isang overseas Filipino worker, maari pa itong magsanhi ng pagbabawal sa kanya na mangibang bayan o mag proseso ng panibagong kontrata dahil ito ay kontra sa “Code of Discipline for Overseas Workers.

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