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| Eastern Magistrates' Court |
An unemployed Filipina was sentenced at Eastern Court today to three months and 20 days imprisonment for overstaying in Hong Kong for 12 years and 10 months.
Emelita Arista, 56 years old. had earlier pleaded guilty to breach
of condition of stay overstay, contrary to section 41 of the Immigration Ordinance.
She had arrived in Hong Kong as a visitor and was permitted
to remain in Hong Kong as a visitor until October 4, 2004, but remained until her arrest on February 19, 2017.
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Magistrate Gary Chu said Arista’s offense is serious and
requires a sentence with a starting point of 12 months.
He deducted one third from the sentence for her guilty plea, plus the four months and 10 days of administrative detention at the Immigration Department in August 2018, Nov. 2018 and from July 25 to October 25, 2013.
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