5-month imprisonment for lying to Immigration

 

The accused lied a second time to an immigration officer at the airport 

Lying twice to Immigration officers has resulted in a Filipina being jailed for five months.

Jo An Mantos, 39 years old, pleaded guilty today at Shatin Court to two counts of violating section 42 (1)(a) of the Immigration Ordinance.

PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE

The first charge of “making a false statement to an Immigration Officer,” arose from her statement last March 20 when she was applying for an extension of stay, that she would work for a certain Choi Pu Kai as a domestic helper.

“… you did make (the) statement knowing the same to be false or not believing the same to be true,” the charge sheet accused Mantos.

Basahin ang detalye!

She repeated the offense last May 13 when she told the same lie to an Immigration officer at the departure area of the HK International Airport.

Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong meted on Mantos a six-month sentence for each of the two charges, but reduced both by one third to four months due to her guilty plea.

With three months of the second sentence running at the same time as the first, the resulting sentence was a total of five months.