THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1993
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VISITORS CAUGHT FOR BREAKING IMMIGRATION LAW
IMMIGRATION
INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED FIVE TWO-WAY PERMIT VISITORS FOR SUSPECTED BREACHES OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE AND AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FROM CHINA DURING A SERIES OF OPERATIONS YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY).
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THE VISITORS WERE THREE MEN AND TWO WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 26 AND
TWO OF THEM WERE APPREHENDED IN A FACTORY. ANOTHER TWO WERE ARRESTED IN A RESTAURANT WHILE THE REMAINING ONE WAS FOUND IN A BARBER SHOP.
TWO OF THEM WERE ALSO FOUND TO HAVE OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG FOR A PERIOD OF THREE AND EIGHT MONTHS.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, A NATIVE OF HOI FUNG, WAS LOCATED WORKING IN A GARMENT FACTORY IN CHEUNG SHA WAN AREA.
SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG TWO DAYS AGO.
FIVE HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE ASSISTING WITH INVESTIGATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
HE REMINDED VISITORS THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT, WHETHER PAID OR UNPAID, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
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THOSE WHO BREACH THEIR CONDITIONS OF STAY ARE LIABLE PROSECUTION AND UPON CONVICTION ΤΟ A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.
PEOPLE WHO AID AND ABET OTHERS TO COMMIT THESE OFFENCES ARE ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND PENALTY, HE SAID.
"ALL EMPLOYERS SHOULD CHECK THE IDENTITY OF THEIR RECRUITS. THEY WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF THEY DO NOT OBSERVE THIS LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT.
LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE.
"IT IS AN OFFENCE TO EMPLOY A PERSON NOT THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS A FINE OF $250,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE YEARS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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HE ALSO REFERRED TO A RECENT RULING BY THE COURT OF APPEAL WHICH STATED THAT EMPLOYING ONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS OR HER STATUS WARRANTED A SENTENCING STARTING POINT OF 15 MONTHS AND THAT TERM SHOULD RAISE WHEN THERE IS MORE THAN ONE UNLAWFUL ENTRANT OR THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF EXPLOITATION.
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