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A Filipina domestic helper is to go on trial at Eastern Court after she denied hawking or selling clothes without a license on a sidewalk in Central last July 6, obstruction of a public place and violating a condition of her stay.
A defense lawyer for C. Mangandi,
44 years old, told a hearing Wednesday (Oct. 12) that no defense witness will be presented during her trial on Dec.
15 for violation of three laws: Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance,
Summary Offenses Ordinance and Immigration Ordinance.
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Principal Magistrate David Cheung extended her bail of $500.
The first charge, hawking without
a license, arose after she was arrested on a pavement beside a lamp post on Chater
Road while allegedly selling one scarf, two handkerchiefs, two underwear, three
pairs of shoes, 21 dresses, 50 upper body clothes and 30 pants.
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The charge of obstruction, on the
other hand, arose from Mangandi allegedly spreading out a cloth measuring 0.6 by
1.2 meters on which she displayed her merchandise, “which obstructed persons in
the aforesaid public place,” the police complaint said.
The third charge stems from the
fact that her DH visa prohibits her from “establish(ing) or join(ing) the
hawkering business in Hong Kong without permission of the Immigration Department,”
the complaint said.
