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| Corner where Filipina was found with forged HKID card (Photo: Google Maps) |
A Filipina asylum seeker has been been jailed for 12 months after she was convicted at Kowloon City Court of possession of a forged identity card.
Dolores Lumitap, 41 years old, had earlier pleaded guilty to being in possession of a fake Hong Kong Identity Card in the name of Joy Catahina, which is punishable under the Registration of Persons Ordinance.
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Lumitap, who has been issued a recognizance form to use for
identification purposes while her application for non-refoulement is pending, was
intercepted by police last Nov. 11 at the corner of Shanghai and Dundas and Streets in Yau Ma Tei.
Officers found the forged ID card, which the police said she had “without lawful authority or reasonable excuse”, after searching through her bag.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Acting Principal Magistrate Ko Wai-hung chose to hand down a
lighter sentence than that prescribed by Section
7A(1) of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, prescribes the following penalties
for possession of a forged HKID card:
- A fine at level 5 ($50,000) and imprisonment for 2 years on summary conviction, which happened to Lumitap, ; and
- A fine at level 6 ($100,000) and imprisonment for 10 years on conviction on indictment..
