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It took almost eight years to resolve a case of overstaying against a Filipina, and it culminated with her being jailed for 14 weeks, minus the 31 days she had spent under administrative detention by the Immigration Department.
The case ended after Julie Leoncio, 49 years old, pleaded guilty today, Feb. 3, before Magistrate David Chum at Shatin Court to violating section 49 of the Immigration Ordinance.
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The case, filed by the Immigration department on May 24, 2017, accused her of violating her condition of stay for staying beyond the two-week grace period given her after the terminaton of her domestic helper contract.
According to the Immigration complaint, she was given by an
Immigration officer until Jan. 10, 2011 to leave Hong Kong, but she remained
until she was arrested on June 4, 2014.
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In the ensuing years, she had applied for non-refoulement, or protection from being forcibly sent back to the Philippines, and was issued a recognizance form which served as her identity document.
