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| Those arrested included asylum seekers, a FDH and an overstayer |
In a rare move, the Immigration Department announced that eight of nine persons arrested in an anti-illegal work operation conducted by its agents in Kwai Chung yesterday, Mar 4., were Filipinos. The ninth is a local who is believed to have hired them.
Usually, Immigration does not indicate the nationalities of the people they arrest in their anti illegal work operations.
The statement said the eight suspects were caught while performing transporting and wrapping duties in a unit of the industrial building. They comprised seven men and one woman, aged 34 to 60.
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Among them, six men were holders of recognizance forms, or asylum seekers, who are prohibited from taking up any employment.
One man was employed as a foreign domestic helper while the other was an overstaying former FDH.
Arrested with them was a 51-year-old male Hong Kong resident who is suspected of employing them.
The statement said the investigation is ongoing, and more persons involved in the operation may be arrested.
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| The recognizance paper held by 6 of those arrested |
Immigration warned that illegal work is a serious offence that merits a jail sentence.
Those who commit the offence
while on tourist or domestic helper’s visa could be jailed for up to two years
and fined $50,000.
Recognizance paper holders or overstayers face a maximum of three years in prison and a fine of $50,000.
Those found to have employed illegal workers could be jailed for up to 10 years and fined a maximum of $500,000.
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