WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
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IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED EIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, ONE PRO PASSPORT HOLDER AND TWO TWO-WAY PERMIT VISITORS FOR BREACH CONDITION OF STAY DURING A SERIES OF OPERATIONS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).
THIRTEEN BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS WERE VISITED. IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS ALSO CONDUCTED IDENTITY CHECKS ON 193 PERSONS.
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THE BIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FIVE MEN AND THREE WOMEN BETWEEN 21 AND 47, CLAIMED TO HAVE SNEAKED INTO HONG KONG FOR ONE WEEK TO 10 MONTHS. SOME OF THEM WERE LOCATED AT THEIR PLACES OF WORK.
THE TWO TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS, BOTH MEN AND AGED 24 AND 30, WERE FOUND WORKING IN A RESTAURANT AND A RIBBON COMPANY RESPECTIVELY. ONE OF THEM HAS OVERSTAYED HERE SINCE JUNE THIS YEAR.
THE MALE PRC PASSPORT HOLDER, AGED 32, WAS FOUND WORKING IN A RESTAURANT. HE HAS OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG SINCE AUGUST THIS YEAR.
FOUR HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE ASSISTING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY FOR
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REITERATED THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
UP ANY
THE
HE ALSO STRESSED THAT VISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE EMPLOYMENT, WHETHER PAID OR UNPAID, WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
"THOSE WHO BREACH THEIR CONDITION OF STAY HERE ARE LIABLE PROSECUTION AND TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.
"PEOPLE WHO AID AND ABET OTHERS TO COMMIT THESE OFFENCES ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND PENALTY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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