What will you do if you lose your Hong Kong ID card?
To Filipina domestic helper Lenie Quigao, 57, the solution was to apply for a new one under her maiden name, Lenie M. Antonio.
But her thumbprint gave her away, and she was arrested right at the Immigration Department on March 21, 2024 when she applied for the replacement ID card.
In Shatin court this morning, she said she could no longer recall her old HKID card number, and thought it would be easier if she just applied for a new one.
She also said that before she applied for a new ID, she had written to the Immigration Department but did not get a reply, so she went ahead securing a new one under a different name.
For this, she was charged before the Shatin Court of violating the Registration of Persons Regulations which prohibits residents from having more than one HKID card.
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She pleaded guilty to the offence, and was fined $1,000. In addition, she was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.
Magistrate David Chum told her she need not go to prison if she does not commit any criminal offense during the next year.
The Regulations prescribe a maximum penalty of a fine at level 5 ($50,000) and to imprisonment for two years.
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