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ANTI-II OPERATION NETS 14
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1987
WAS
A JOINT ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATION
CONDUCTED BY INVESTIGATORS FROM THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT A RESTAURANT AND FOOD SHOP IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
A TOTAL OF THREE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND 11 TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AS DISH CLEANERS, WAITERS AND CASUAL WORKERS WERE ARRESTED DURING THE OPERATION.
AT 2 PM TODAY, A JOINT TASK FORCE CONSISTING OF IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS, LABOUR INSPECTORS AND POLICE OFFICERS RAIDED THE RESTAURANT AND THE FOOD SHOP SIMULTANEOUSLY. WAITERS, STAFF IN THE KITCHENS AND ALL CASUAL WORKERS OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ASKED ΤΟ IDENTITY WHICH WERE CHECKED AGAINST THE
OF PRODUCE THEIR PROOFS EMPLOYEE RECORDS KEPT BY THE MANAGEMENT.
THE THREE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE MEN AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 35 WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG FROM FUJIAN OR HAIFENG EARLIER THIS MONTH. ONE WAS FOUND WORKING AT THE FOOD SHOP AND THE REMAINING TWO WERE WORKING AT THE RESTAURANT.
THE ELEVEN TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS WERE SIX MEN AND FIVE WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 26 AND 60. ENQUIRIES REVEALED THAT THEY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE ALL ON VALID LIMIT OF STAY.
TIME.
THEY WERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE TAKEN UP EMPLOYMENT FOR QUITE SOME
ONE OF THE TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS WAS WORKING AT THE FOOD SHOP AND THE REST OF THEM WERE FOUND WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT.
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IS STILL CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION AND ENQUIRIES WILL ALSO BE MADE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY AIDERS AND ABETTERS INVOLVED.
"THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO WILL BE REPATRIATED ONCE THEY ARE INTERCEPTED. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO STEP UP ITS ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MEASURES WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WE WILL PROSECUTE THOSE WHO AIDED AND ABETTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG AND THOSE TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS WHO TAKE UP UNAPPROVED EMPLOYMENT HERE, WARNED THE CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER MR LAM TUNG-KAN, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION TODAY.
"EMPLOYERS SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE INVESTIGATION HOT-LINE 5-8933744 OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ΤΟ REPORT ANY DOUBTFUL IDENTITY CARDS THEY HAVE COME ACROSS DURING OFFICE HOURS.
"ANY PERSON