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| A food delivery man suspected of illegal work is led away by Immigration agents (File) |
A total of 38 persons were arrested over the past week in the latest of anti-illegal work operations carried out by the Immigration Department and other government agencies.
Law enforcers from Immigration, Customs, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department carried out a series of raids from Aug 21 to 27 that targeted multiple locations including restaurants, markets and warehouses.
Of those arrested, 31 were suspected to be illegal workers, four were employers and three were overstayers.
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| PINDUTIN ITO PARA SA DETALYE |
The arrested suspected illegal workers comprised 21 men and 10 women, aged 20 to 60. Among them, three men and one woman were holding recognisance forms.
Four men, aged 23 to 51, were suspected of employing the illegal workers and were also arrested. Further investigations are being carried out to look into their operations, and whether other people are involved.
The arrested overstayers were three women aged 32 to 58.
At the same time, Immigration officers also distributed leaflets to employers participating in a large-scale job fair in Mong Kok to remind them not to hire illegal workers. The leaflets also bore the dedicated hotline for reporting illegal workers 185 185.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Under Immigration laws, illegal workers face the maximum sentence of between
two and three years in jail and a fine of up to HK$50,000.
All work that is not allowed under the visa granted to tourists and migrant workers is deemed illegal, whether paid or unpaid. They are also prohibited in engaging in business.
Employers of illegal workers face the stiffer penalty of up to HK$500,000 in fine and a maximum jail time of 10 years.
