Filipina asylum seeker issued arrest warrant, another fined

 

Corner where two Filipinas were arrested (Photo: Google Maps)

A Filipina asylum seeker was ordered arrested today after she failed to show up at the West Kowloon court for a hearing of her two theft cases, while her co-accused who is also an asylum seeker, was fined for not having an ID card and told to come back for her sentence for drugs possession.

Acting Principal Magistrate Cheng Lim-chi also ordered that Arlene Managtag, 36 years old, not be allowed bail if arrested. He reserved judgment on whether or not to confiscate her existing bail of $500 because of her absence.

Managtag is accused of stealing someone else’s recognizance document (form 8), which is issued to those seeking non-refoulement, or protection against being sent back to their home country, as identity document.

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Also found on her was a mobile phone she could not prove she owns, so she was slapped with another theft charge.

Managtag and her co-defendant Conifer Akinchang appeared in court together as a resut of their arrest last Sept. 24 after a routine police check at the corner of Po On and Cheung Fai St. in Cheung Sha Wan.

For her part, Akinchang, aged 44 years, pleaded guilty to possession of 0.18 gram of meth (or shabu) which was found in her possession while she was already in a police car after her arrest for failure to present proof of identity for inspection.

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She pleaded guilty to such failure, which is contrary to section 49 of the Public Order Ordinance, and was fined $500, the amount of her cash bail.

As for her drug conviction, Magistrate Cheng put off her sentencing to Jan. 16 pending a report from the Drug Abuse Treatment Center.