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| 2 other Filipinos charged with working illegally in a warehouse are on trial at Shatin court |
A 60-year-old Filipino domestic worker was bound over for $1,500 over 12 months after pleading guilty to illegal work as he was due to stand trial at Sha Tin court starting today, Monday.
But while he managed to walk free from court, Rodrigo
Sarabia was ordered to pay costs of $500 to be deducted from his $1,000 bail.
Two other Filipinos who were charged with him maintained
their innocence as their trial began before Magistrate Raymond Wong.
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| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
Junipher R. Sambalod, 41 years old and Marcelino G.
Guisinga, Jr., 44, are out on bail of $10,000 cash and $10,000 surety each,
pending the outcome of their trial which is due to end on Thursday.
The three were among seven Filipinos arrested on March
4 last year on suspicion of working illegally in a cargo company in Kwai Chung.
Six of those arrested were asylum seekers and were
charged with “taking employment while being a person in respect of whom a
removal order is in force.”
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Sarabia, who was the only one on domestic worker
visa, was charged with breaching his condition of stay.
Four of their co-accused all pleaded guilty earlier
to working illegally and were each sentenced to 15 months imprisonment.
In a statement issued on March 5 last year, the Immigration
Department announced it had arrested nine persons in an anti-illegal work
operation conducted by its agents in Kwai Chung eight of whom were Filipinos.
The
eighth Filipino was a female overstayer while the ninth was a 51-year-old male
Hong Kong resident who was suspected of employing the Filipinos.
The
Immigration statement said the eight suspects were caught while performing
transporting and wrapping duties in a unit of the industrial building.
The
maximum penalty for illegal work is between two and three years in jail and
fine of up to $50,000.
