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| Immigration officers escort suspected illegal workers after arrest. |
The Immigration Department (ImmD) rounded up 36 persons in its latest anti-illegal worker operations.
Those arrested consisted of
24 suspected illegal workers, nine suspected employers and three suspected
aiders and abettors.
The arrests resulted from ImmD’s territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations, as well as joint
operations with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Hong Kong Customs, from
Feb. 6 to Feb. 15.
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During the anti-illegal
worker operations at various Lunar New Year fairs, ImmD officers raided
multiple stalls at the events and arrested 12 suspected illegal workers and six
suspected employers.
The workers comprised four
men and eight women, aged 18 to 52. They were found selling goods at the
stalls.
Two men and four women,
aged 33 to 49, were suspected of employing them.
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Apart from mounting enforcement
operations, ImmD deployed a promotional vehicle and ImmD officers to distribute
"Don't Employ Illegal Workers" leaflets and convey the message to
Lunar New Year fair stall owners and other retailers across the territory.
In other anti-illegal
worker operations, ImmD officers raided multiple target locations including
restaurants, retail stores and garages etc. and arrested 12 suspected illegal
workers, comprising three men and nine women, aged 20 to 54.
Among them, two men and two
women were holding recognisance forms which prohibit them from taking any
employment, with one woman also being suspected of using and being in
possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card.
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The arrested workers were
found performing dishwashing, garage mechanic and goods loading duties.
Two men and one woman, aged
35 to 65, were arrested for employing the illegal workers. Furthermore, the
suspected aiders and abettors arrested were three men aged 42 to 45.
An investigation into the suspected employers is ongoing, and the possibility of further arrests is not ruled out.
