A Bangladeshi man and a Vietnamese man have been jailed for working illegally after being caught by Immigration officials.
The Bangladeshi man, aged 37, was charged with one count of illegal work as he conveyed goods in a warehouse in Fo Tan in the New Territories, according to a government statement released on Tuesday.
The Vietnamese man, aged 34, was arrested in Kwai Chung while doing loading work. He was also suspected of using and possessing a forged identity card.
Both men were asylum seekers.
The two men were charged at Sha Tin and Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on February 15 and 17 respectively. They pleaded guilty to the charge and each was sentenced to 15 months in jail.
Meanwhile, three employers suspected of employing the illegal workers were arrested and investigations are ongoing into whether they broke the law.
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Bangladesh is overpopulated and how do you expect them to make a living in their own country ? About 10 million Bangladeshis live illegally in India working as labourers. If you have 4 wives and 25 children it is hard to mkae a living in Bangladesh. They have to go overseas to earn a living. Birth control tablets and one man one wife will solve the unemployment problem and also the problem of over crowding. There is no space in the country for people to live there.