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| Kowloon City Courthouse |
Two Filipinas originally charged before the Kowloon City Court for trading in medicines without a license, today found that violating their condition of stay -- one, by working illegally while on tourist visa and the other, by overstaying after being terminated as a domestic helper -- brought them longer jail terms.
Donna Flores, a 45 years old and visitor, was jailed for
four months for attempting to export prohibited articles without an export
licence, six months for possession of poison included in Part I of the Poisons
List, and 15 months for engaging in illegal work while a tourist.
Since Magistrate Philip Chan ordered Flores’ sentences to run
at the same time, her total sentence was 15 months in jail.
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Rahima Singgon, 38 years old, was sentenced to four months for
possession of poison and six months for overstaying for two years after being
terminated as a domestic helper. The two sentences also run at the same time.
In its complaint, Customs and Excise Department said its
officers arrested Flores on June 15, 2024 at the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office on Middle
Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, while attempting to mail 13,026 tablets of pharmaceutical
products without an export license.
She was charged with violating Sections 6D (1) and 6D(3) of
the Import and Export Ordinance, unishable under Section 159G of the Crimes
Ordinance.
She led the Customs officers the same day to Chiu Tat
Factory Building in San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, where she and Singgon were
found to have poison in their possession, resulting in both being
charged with possession of poison included in Part I of the Poisons List, contrary
to sections 23 (1) and 33 (1) of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.
The poison was in the form of (1) 458 tablets containing
Avanafil, 162 tablets containing Benzhexol, 410 tablets containing Bupropion,
490 tablets containing Celecoxib, 2,086 tablets containing Ciprofloxacin, 156 tablets
containing Citalopram, 3,412 tablets containing Clomiphene, 448 tablets containing
Clomipramine, 832 tablets containing Dapoxetine, 484 tablets containing
Dexamethasone, 600 tablets containing Diphenhydramine, 560 tablets containing
Dipyridamole, 140 tablets containing Disulfiram, 1,130 tablets containing
Domperidone, 1,130 tablets containing Doxazosin, 220 tablets containing
Enalapril, 1,760 tablets containing Estradiol valerate, 70 tablets containing
Etoricoxib, 690 tablets containing Finasteride, 92 tablets containing
Fluconazole, 50 tablets containing Frusemide,1,830 tablets containing Metformin,
80 tablets containing Metronidazole,1,570 tablets containing Misoprostol, 160 tablets
containing Orlistat, 220 tablets containing Enalapril, 1,760 tablets containing
Estradiol valerate, 70 tablets containing Etoricoxib, 690 tablets containing
Finasteride,92 tablets containing Fluconazole, 50 tablets containing Frusemide,
1,830 tablets containing Metformin, 80 tablets containing Metronidazole, 1,570 tablets
containing Misoprostol, 160 tablets containing Orlistat, 160 tablets containing
Prednisolone, 20 tablets containing Prochlorperazine, 105,184 tablets containing
Sildenafil, 40,553 tablets containing Tadalafil, 120 tablets containing
Tizanidine, 2 tablets containing Tretinoin, 280 tablets containing Vardenafil, 18
tablets containing Varenicline; 4.
In court, Singgon admitted violating section 41 of the
Immigration Ordinance by oversaying her visa, which expired on 28 March 2022,
or two weeks after the termination of her DH contract.
For her part, Flores pleaded guilty to being paid to post
the medicines to another country while being a tourist, in breach of the limit
of stay, in violation of the Immigration Ordinance which prohibits visitors
from taking employment, whether paid or unpaid.
The two were also intially charged with attempting to export prohibited articles without an export license, for attempting to export 400,000 tablets of pharmaceutical products. This charge was dropped.
