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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
II'S AND OVERSTAYERS ARRESTED * * * * *
IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS, ACTING ON INFORMATION, ARRESTED FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND TWO OVERSTAYERS FROM CHINA YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).
THREE OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, MEN AGED 22 AND 23, WERE APPREHENDED AT A DESERTED FARM IN YUEN LONG. THEY ARE NATIVES OF CHIU CHOW AND CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AGED 21, THEY
THE OTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT AND THE TWO OVERSTAYERS, 22 AND 23, WERE ARRESTED AT A RESIDENTIAL FLAT IN NORTH POINT. ARE ALL FEMALES AND NATIVES OF FUKIEN.
THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ADMITTED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG LAST MONTH. HER FATHER, A HONG KONG RESIDENT, IS ASSISTING WITH INVESTIGATION.
THE TWO OVERSTAYERS WHO ARE SISTERS ENTERED HONG KONG ON TWO-WAY PERMITS. THEY HAVE OVERSTAYED FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BREACHED THEIR CONDITION STAY HERE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.