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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987

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POLICE HOTLINE USEFUL IN ANTI-II OPERATION

THE RENOWNED POLICE HOTLINE 5-277177 HAS PROVED TO BE A USEFUL MEANS, NOT ONLY TO FIGHT CRIME, BUT ALSO TO COUNTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS, MORE THAN 60 REPORTS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR BY THE POLICE HOTLINE, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 93 PEOPLE.

COMMENTING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE HOTLINE IN COMBATING IMMIGRATION, THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER, POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS (DESIGNATE) MR JOHN DUNN, SAID: WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE IMMIGRANTS WERE INTERCEPTED AT THE BORDER, MANY OF THOSE WHO TO THE URBAN AREAS WERE CAUGHT DURING POLICE OPERATIONS.

ILLEGAL

BRANCH,

ILLEGAL

MADE IT

"I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS WERE THE RESULT OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PPRB HOTLINE.

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CITING AN EXAMPLE, MR DUNN SAID 23 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE NETTED SUBSEQUENT TO A REPORT TO THE HOTLINE EARLY THIS MONTH.

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ON JULY 1 A CALLER TELEPHONED SAYING THAT A NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN SEEN WORKING INSIDE A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

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ACTING ON THE INFORMATION, POLICE MOUNTED A SERIES OF RAIDS THE 18 BLOCKS AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND ARRESTED THE 23 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE LATER REPATRIATED TO CHINA.

AMONG THOSE ARRESTED THROUGH HOTLINE REPORTS

35 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES INCLUDING USING OTHER PEOPLE'S IDENTITY CARDS.

MR DUNN ADDED: "THE ENCOURAGING TREND HAS SHOWN THAT THE PUBLIC ARE NOW MORE AWARE OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM AND THE THREAT IT POSES

THE COMMUNITY AS A

WHOLE."

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HE BELIEVED THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD FOLLOW THE GOOD EXAMPLE BY THESE PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS BY REPORTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

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