A Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong was given a two-month jail term for using her expired work contract and work visa to get a loan.
On March 1 at the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Court, Marites F Olarte, 42, was sentenced after pleading guilty to obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception, sunwebhk.com, a news portal for Filipinos in Hong Kong, reported on Monday.
On November 4, 2017, Olarte was fired by her employer Wong Chin-wang, which made her work contract and work visa invalid. Two days later, Olarte borrowed HK$40,100 (US$5,110) from a lending company after presented her expired contract and visa.
Olarte was to repay the loan in 17 months through monthly installments of HK$3,121. She paid the first installment, but then she stopped paying. Her outstanding debt rose to HK$49,936.
The lender learned from Olarte’s employer and the Immigration Department that she had left Hong Kong on November 11 after being fired.
On February 11, Olarte was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport when she arrived from the Philippines. She was supposed to start working for her new employer the next day.
The court sentenced Olarte to two months in jail after she pleaded guilty to the charge.
Wala po sanang prob kung hindi cya gumamit ng expired na documents. Falsification of public documents po ang kaso nya.
Nabasa ko ung orig,news about this,,, bago xa umuwi dahil maghhintay ng visa s pinas,,,ibinigay daw nya s fren nya ung panghulog nya ng pangtatlong buwan pra d xa madedelay s payments,,e ung fren nya,,nung alam nyang umuwi na xa dina daw binayad ung instalments nya
Warning na rin sa mga nananadya at mapagsamantala…
problema niya nang loko talaga. wala na visa , ginamit pa contact visa sa pag loan. yan ang kasalanan niya kaya nakulong.
Naterminate sya ng Nov. 4 at two days after that nangutang sya.maaring hindi sya agad pinababa.sana lamg ng bago sya umuwi makipag usap sya sa bangko na babalik sya at babayaran ang utang nya.so ng tumawag ang bangko sa bahay ng amo seguro sinabi ng amo na terminate na sya. Kaya un inireport nila kaya naka alert na ang name nya sa Airport tsk