Pinay jailed 11 months for lying to Immigration officer

 

Visa application interview (Immigration Department file photo)

A Filipina was jailed for 11 months today after she pleaded guilty at Shatin Court to lying three times to an Immigration officer that she would be working as a domestic helper for a local employer.

Jane Recones, 38 years, was sentenced to seven months for the three counts of making a false representation to an Immigration officer lawfully acting under or in the execution of Part III of the Immigration Ordinance.

This was in violation of section 42(1) (a) of the Immigration Ordinance.

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However, Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong ordered that only two months of the second and third sentences run consecutively to the first sentence, for a total of 11 months.

Recones was convicted after admitting that she lied when she told an Immigration officer, while applying for an extension of stay on Aug. 11, 2021, Aug. 11, 2022, and Aug. 7, 2025, that she would work for Lam Hang Kwong as a domestic helper.