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| Kowloon City Court |
A Filipina who holds a recognizance form to serve as her identity document, denied on Wednesday a charge at Kowloon City Court that she unlawfully had in her possession a Hong Kong identity card that was in someone elses’ name.
With Irealle Gay Salazar, 38 years old, pleading not guilty,
Magistrate Tsang Chung-yiu, scheduled a trial for Christmas eve -- on Dec. 24.
He also placed her in jail custody while the case is pending.
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Police had said Salazar was arrested on July 28, 2025,
outside 59 Woosung Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, for possession “without lawful
authority or reasonable excuse” of a HKID in the name of Thapa Magar. Kamal.
The police complaint accused Salazar, who has a pending non-refoulement
claim seeking to prevent Hong Kong from forcibly sending her back to the
Philippines, of violating section 7A(1A)
of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, which states:
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“Any person who
without lawful authority or reasonable excuse uses or has in his custody or
possession an identity card or other document issued under this Ordinance which
relates to another person commits an offence and is liable—
“(a) on conviction on indictment to a fine at level 6 ($100,000)
and to imprisonment for 10 years; and
“(b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 ($50,000) and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Added 56 of 1989 s. 4).”
