SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1986
32 CAUGHT IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RAIDS
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THE DRAGNET ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HIDING IN HONG KONG WAS FURTHER TIGHTENED THIS WEEK AS THE POLICE AND THE LABOUR AND JMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS STEPPED UP OPERATIONS TO FERRET THEM OUT.
THE BLITZ, PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF 32 PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF LIVING UNDERGROUND.
ALL THE ARRESTED PERSONS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THOSE FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE REPATRIATED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REITERATED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF ANY AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
+THIS WEEK'S OPERATION SHOULD MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE
IS NO CHANGE IN OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY, HE SAID.
+THERE IS NO PLACE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN HONG KONG. WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THEY ARE FOUND, THEY WILL BE SENT BACK.+ THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO SLACKENING IN THE ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS AT THE BORDER.
+A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA BORDER, + HE SAID.
DURING THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OPERATION, POLICE INCREASED THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT CHECKS AT SUSPECT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THEY ARRESTED 32 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. PEOPLE WERE SUMMONSED OR CHARGED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER
ANOTHER 93 PROOF OF IDENTITY. AND A FURTHER 34 WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1 000.
ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 5 749 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MAY BE WORKING IN THEM, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFILLED THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
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