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| Shek O Store (Photo by Alex SL Lee, Google Maps photo) |
A Filipina and her Indonesian fellow domestic helper today denied working illegally, setting in motion a two-day trial of their case at Shatin Court.
Bambi Gabriel, 44 years old, and Wakinah, 48 years old, are charged with breach of condition of stay contrary
to section 41 of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, Laws of Hong Kong, and by
virtue of Regulation 2 of the Immigration Regulations.
Magistrate Pang Leung-ting set the pre-trial review on Aug.
19 and the trial on Aug.28 and 31. He granted them bail of $1,000 each.
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The two are accused of performing odd jobs between May 4,
2023 and August 25, 2023 at Yeung Kee Store, in Shek O Village, violating their
condition of stay which bans them from doing any work other than as a domestic helper
The condition was imposed by an Immigration assistant on Gabriel
on Dec. 28, 2022 and on Wakinah on March 26, 2023 when they were permitted to
remain in Hong Kong for employment as a domestic helper for Tang, Pui Chun.
The prosecutor said they will present three prosecution witnesses,
including officers who arrested them, and 19 videos allegedly showing them performing
illegal work.
