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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 1987
, 1987
FAKE IDENTITY CARD WON'T HELP
AH TANG, A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN
KONG
——
THOUGHT FROM DONGGUAN, WOULD TURN BETTER IN MARCH LAST YEAR WHEN HE ILLEGALLY HIS SECOND ATTEMPT WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS.
HIS ENTERED
LUCK HONG
HERE,
PRISON TERM
BUT HIS WISHFUL THINKING ONLY LED HIM TO ANOTHER ALSO FOR USING AN IDENTITY CARD THAT HE BOUGHT IN CHINA.
THREE DAYS TRYING TO
FOR HE HAD BEEN LIVING A DUBIOUS LIFE FIND A JOB AFTER HAVING SNEAKED ACROSS THE BORDER.
ARMED WITH THE IDENTITY CARD THAT BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, HE WENT THROUGH THREE DAYS OF ANXIETY HUNTING FOR A JOB.
IN NGAU HIS PROOF OF
AND WHILE HE WAS CONTEMPLATING HIS FUTURE ON A STREET
POLICEMAN SPOTTED HIM AND ASKED FOR TAU KOK, AN ALERT IDENTITY.
THAT IT SOON TURNED OUT
AH TANG WAS IN IDENTITY CARD BEARING A NAME OTHER THAN HIS OWN.
AS A RESULT, HE ENDED UP IN CARD MONTHS FOR USING AN IDENTITY ADMITTED HAVING BOUGHT THE DOCUMENT
OF POSSESSION
AN
FOR 14 PERSON. HE
COURT AND WAS SENT TO JAIL
TO RELATING
ANOTHER FROM A MAN IN CANTON.
PREVIOUSLY
SERVED A IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE HAD
WHEN HE WAS ALSO SENTENCE IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST 1985 USING AN IDENTITY CARD WHICH HE BOUGHT IN CHINA.
CHINA IN AH TANG WAS SENT BACK TO HAVING SERVED HIS SECOND PRISON SENTENCE.
THREE-MONTH CAUGHT
FOR
JANUARY
THIS
YEAR AFTER
HIS EXPERIENCE TYPIFIES UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS BY PEOPLE WHO TRY TO SNEAK INTO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY TRY.
THAT SECURITY
то
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY WARNED
FORCES AT THE BORDER WERE KEEPING THEIR EVER-VIGILANT BYE ON ILLEGALS TRYING COME ACROSS.
"THEY ARE AMPLY AUGMENTED BY OTHER SECURITY FORCES,
HE SAID. POLICEMEN, WHO DO THEIR BEAT IN URBAN AREA,
H
"THE CASE OF AH TANG IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE
WHO AGENCIES
ARE DETERMINED TO THE CONCERNED
IMMIGRANTS.
INCLUDING
ALERTNESS OF FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL
ENTER, IT WOULD
BE
"EVEN IF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MANAGED TO DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO FIND JOBS, AS WAS THE CASE FOR AH TANG.
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