Three women from the Philippines were sentenced by the Shatin Magistrates’ Courts to jail sentences ranging from six weeks to 14 months last week for illegally working in Hong Kong.
On April 24, the three women, aged 34 to 52, were arrested by Immigration Department officers during an anti-illegal worker operation in a restaurant in Central on Hong Kong Island. One of those arrested claimed she had applied for refugee status, while the other two were foreign domestic workers, according to a statement on a government website.
A local person was also arrested for allegedly hiring the three Filipinos, who were charged on April 26 with taking employment unlawfully in Hong Kong. The refugee claimant, who should have been deported, was accused of staying in the city illegally, while the two domestic workers were charged with breaching the conditions of their stay by taking up unapproved employment in Hong Kong.
They pleaded guilty to the charges in the court and were jailed from six weeks to 14 months.
According to Hong Kong law, illegal immigrants or people who are the subject of a removal order or a deportation order are prohibited from taking any employment, whether paid or unpaid, or establishing or joining in any business.
Offenders are liable upon conviction to a maximum fine of HK$50,000 (US$6,369) and up to three years’ imprisonment.
Foreign domestic workers who take up unapproved employment in Hong Kong can be jailed for up to two years and fined HK$50,000. The maximum penalty for a person convicted of employing illegal workers in the city is imprisonment for three years and a fine of HK$350,000.
Castillo Ruth im just saying you people must know your status here what are you applied for not trying to do some illegal thing to survive rubbish!!
Jeanette Martinez ????????????
bka harvard university graduate sya Sis
Criselda Ferrer Rualo oo nga nagtatagalog din
Well said po sir…????
That is a good question Mr.Andersen..In Taiwan rules,the employer need to pay penalty much higher than the penalty of the worker,the worker need only to pay 20,000NTD..BUT THE EMPLOYER PENALTY ALMOST 600,000TND.
Lee Edmond whether right or wrong,,,just have a heart to those people who experienced it,, everyone don’t want it,but they have reasons why they need to
Juvy Javier yes thats true
Randell Jay Orpiano Nuestro yes u are really right
how about if the employer are the one whonis breaching the contract …what is the penalty?..
Lee Edmond you feel you are good in English more than you do..
hahaha
Dpa ba? Bakit nsa back pack na item ano yun? Wala ako alm but i base sa report lang ..If true or not ..sana nga d totoo kc kalahi natin yan kahihiyan din natin yan if na totoo.
Lee Edmond and they are not allowed to do any work in hk they got allowances and groceries from government thats not really good
Wilson Yao what are you talking about you idiot man
Carmen Cortez that is why it called illegal
Oh common please speaks slowly many employers here in hk also working elligal and i tell you the truth most of them never follow the rules of contract the sign if you complain you will be in danger all the time so please careful don’t speaks too much looking down pilipino people because of one mistakes , its ok if hk people is also doing all right and strictly follow the rules of hk, i remember last time my previous employers ask me to work in their friend house if i complaint they do something to put me incharges for the things i didn’t do it, so all i can say is please be careful when you speaks and keep judging people’s , most especially some of you also not doing right.
WHY SO NARROW MINDED GUYS, RESPECT HIS OPINION. YOU DONT HAVE TO WASTE YOUR TIME ARGUING WITH HIM. AND HELLO, YOU HAVE THAT NERVE TALAGA NA MAKIPAGTALO, YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRITE OR TO TYPE THE CORRECT SPELLING OF EVERY WORD. RIP ENGLISH????????
OPS NO HARSH COMMENT!! RESPECT MY OPINION SO DO I..
Lee Edmond reaching you ahahahhah…
AJ B. Sotneirrabi nonsense!!!
Mr Lee edmond I don’t like to say this but I always see ur comment when have a new like this I don’t like to feel u bad but in social Media u need to comment the thing I true about what u want to say I’m not smart but all ur comment I read u never know what is it u always say wase the money off hongkong did u try to know about that I work here as legal I have contract but everything I don’t know I goggle it so when I comment know one think that I never know what I say u look smart but when somebody read ur mssg they thinking the same I thinking sorry sir
Why they need to apply for refugee status Philippines is not under attack.You can live in our country freely to stay there as long as you want.
Having fun reading comments,????
Be careful guys their is mr.dictionary here. ???????? reach, waisting, opened so on…
Jeanette Martinez nalugi tlga? ???????????? tawang tawa aq sau sis .
Hahaha,nice one sir jan andersen .. I salute u