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| Immigration Department |
A French national got off lightly after he pleaded guilty Friday, at Shatin Court to employing one Filipina who was not lawfully employable.
Christophe Daures, 49 years old, was sentenced by Magistrate
Raymond Wong to three months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, for illegally
employing Jane D. Bautista on Oct. 28, 2024, contrary to section 171(1) (b) of
the Immigration Ordinance.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
No details of the illegal employment were made in the charge sheet.
With this sentence, Daures will not be jailed immediately, unless he commits another offense within the next 18 months, in which case his sentence kicks in along with the penalty for the new offense.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Aures was also charged by the Immigration Department with employing a second Filipina, Ma. Victoria Amazona, on Oct. 28 2023, but the prosecution later withdrew the charge.
Under the Ordinance employing people not legally employable,
will incur the employer the maximum of $500,000 and imprisonment for 10 years.
