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Twenty-one people were arrested in anti-illegal worker operations by Immigration Department (ImmD) on multiple target locations including restaurants, warehouses and massage parlours last Feb. 16 to 26.
During the operations, ImmD officers arrested 19 suspected
illegal workers and two suspected employers.
The arrested workers comprised nine men and 10 women, aged
33 to 58. Among them, three men and two women were holding recognizance forms
which prohibit them from taking any employment.
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Arrested as employers were two men, aged 48 and 56.
The investigation into the suspected employers is ongoing,
and the possibility of further arrests is not ruled out.
The arrests were made in a series of territory-wide operations
codenamed "Lightshadow", a joint operation with the Food and
Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services
Department codenamed "Flabbergast", and joint operations with the
Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Champion" and "Windsand".
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"Any person who contravenes a condition of stay in
force in respect of him or her shall be guilty of an offence. Also, visitors
are not allowed to take employment in Hong Kong, whether paid or unpaid,
without the permission of the Director of Immigration. Offenders are liable to
prosecution and upon conviction face a maximum fine of $50,000 and up to two
years' imprisonment. Aiders and abettors are also liable to prosecution and
penalties," ImmD said.
"As stipulated in section 38AA of the Immigration
Ordinance, an illegal immigrant, a person who is the subject of a removal order
or a deportation order, an overstayer or a person who was refused permission to
land is prohibited from taking any employment, whether paid or unpaid, or
establishing or joining any business.” it added.
“Offenders are liable upon conviction to a maximum fine of
$50,000 and up to three years' imprisonment. As stipulated in section 20(1)(a)
of the Immigration Ordinance, the Chief Executive may make a deportation order
against an immigrant, prohibiting the immigrant from being in Hong Kong at any
time thereafter if the immigrant has been found guilty in Hong Kong of an
offence punishable by imprisonment for not less than two years."
