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A domestic helper accused of violating her condition of stay by going into business selling food in Central, has avoided getting jailed after the prosecutors offered no evidence when she appeared at Shatin Court Thursday.
The charges against L. Echano, 43 years old, were dropped
after she agreed to be bound over, with the promise not to reoffend for 12
months, or else be fined $2,000.
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Magistrate David Chum charged her $300 for costs, to be
taken from her bail.
Echano was arrested on June 16 last year while selling food
to fellow Filipinas having their Sunday day off in Central.
A complaint from the Immigation Department said she violated
her condition of stay, granted by an Immigration officer on Feb. 23, 2024, that
she “… only take such employment as approved by the Director of Immigration, namely,
to work as a domestic helper for the address specified in the employment contract…”
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Such viiolation is punishable under the Immigtiob Ordinance,
which states: “Any person who contravenes a condition of stay in force in
respect of him shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction
to a fine at level 5 ($50,000) and to imprisonment for 2 years.”
In a separate case, Elyn Cuevas, 50 years old, also avoided jail
after she was meted a suspended sentence by Magistrate Chum for overstaying for
one year and one month.
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Cuevas was charged with breach of condition of stay after
she surrendered to the Immigration Department. She was given until Jan. 11, 2024
to leave Hong Kong, but she remained until her arrest.
Magistrate Chum gave her a sentence with a starting point of
30 days, gave her a discount of 20 days for pleading guilty and a further two days
for voluntarily turning herself in to Immigration – suspended for 12 months.
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