SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1993
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IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATOR SHARES SUCCESS RECIPE
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KWAN
AS THE BACKBONE OF HIS DEPARTMENT'S SOCCER TEAM, HAS DISCOVERED THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS ON THE PITCH PLUS METTLE.
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LEUNG
PING- SOLIDARITY
BACK TO WORK AS AN INVESTIGATOR OF IMMIGRATION FRAUDS, HE IS INSPIRED TO APPLY THE SAME FORMULA TO THE JOB.
AND IT WORKS TO0.
LAST YEAR ALONE, HE LED HIS
INVESTIGATION SQUAD TO SEIZE 2,840
FORGED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, UP BY 1.7 PER CENT OVER 1991.
MANY OF THESE INVOLVED RESIDENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES, CHINA, INDOCHINA AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
THE 55-MEMBER TEAM ALSO TRACKED DOWN NEARLY 5,000 PEOPLE AND PROSECUTED THEM FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION LAW LAST YEAR.
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**THE SECRET OF OUR SUCCESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES IS GOOD TEAM SPIRIT, SAID MR LEUNG, HEAD OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION SUB-DIVISION.
"EVERYONE GETS THEIR TEETH INTO THE JOB. PRUDENCE AND AGGRESSIVENESS ARE A MUST TOO.
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"WE HAVE ΤΟ GATHER LOTS OF EVIDENCE BEFORE MOUNTING A CRACKDOWN AND INITIATING PROSECUTION. THAT MEANS LONG AND IRREGULAR WORKING HOURS, HE SAID.
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BUT HE ALSO COUNTS ON CAREFUL PLANNING AND CLOSE WITH THE POLICE AND OVERSEAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
CO-OPERATION
FOR THREE DECADES, MR LEUNG HAS BEEN PUT то THE TEST IN DIFFERENT POSTS AT IMMIGRATION CONTROL POINTS AND STAFF RECRUITMENT OFFICE.
BUT HE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN THE INVESTIGATION FIELD, A JOB HE CAME TO LOVE MOST.
"IT'S
ALWAYS INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING. I LIKE DIGGING OUT CLUES AND HINTS FROM CLUTTERED INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT THE CASES.'
"IT
GIVES ME A GREAT SENSE OF SATISFACTION WHEN THE CULPRITS ARE FINALLY BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
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HE INSTANTLY CALLED TO MIND OPERATION REDSKIN, A JOINT PRODUCT OF THE HONG KONG AND CANADIAN AUTHORITIES IN AUGUST 1990.
THE FOUR-DAY RAIDS SUCCESSFULLY SMASHED AN SYNDICATE THAT USED FAKE PASSPORTS TO EXPORT HUNDREDS CHINESE TO CANADA VIA HONG KONG.
OF
INTERNATIONAL MAINLAND
/THE INVESTIGATION