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| 20 people were arrested in just one of the targeted locations |
A total of 24 suspected illegal workers and one employer were arrested in the latest weekly anti-illegal work raids carried out by the Immigration Department and the HK Police across the city.
The four-day operations were carried out from Jan 29
to Feb 1 (Tuesday to Thursday last week) in 88 targeted locations, including
premises under renovation, a recycling yard, restaurants, retail shops.
The biggest operations covering 77 locations were
carried out in Central, where five of the suspected illegal workers were
arrested. They comprised four men and one woman, aged 28 to 55.
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In the other raids which covered 21 target locations in unspecified districts, 19 suspected illegal workers, comprising 14 men and five women aged 25 to 65, were arrested.
One of them held a recognizance form
certifying her claim against being sent back home and prohibits her from taking
any employment.
One man aged 42, was arrested on suspicion of
employing the illegal workers.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Immigration warned the public that anyone found to
have violated a visa condition by working illegally shall be prosecuted and if found guilty,
could be jailed for up to two years and fined a maximum of $50,000.
Those who, on top of this violation, is found to be
an overstayer or subject to a removal
order can be jailed for up to three years and fined $50,000.
Employers of illegal workers face a maximum prison term of 10 years and a fine of $500,000.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Immigration requires all employers not just to
check the HKIDs of job applicants, but to make other enquiries that would show
that the persons they are hiring are legally employable.
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| PADALA NA! |
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