A 36-year-old Filipino maid pleaded guilty in the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to selling fake Nike shoes in Central on Hong Kong Island and breaching the conditions of stay. She was sentenced to six weeks in jail, suspended for a year.
Geraldine Hurboda, who came to Hong Kong in July 2016 to work as a domestic helper for a family on Caine Road in the Mid-Levels, was arrested by a plain clothes customs officer while trying to sell eight pairs of fake Nike shoes near St Joseph’s Church on Garden Road, sunwebhk.com reported.
The court heard that the officer watched for a few minutes as Hurboda laid the shoes on the pavement for buyers before arresting her. Hurboda lost her job after the arrest.
Her defense lawyer said Hurboda admitted her offenses and added that she did it because she wanted to send money to her ailing mother. The lawyer read a letter from Hurboda, which said she was remorseful and was hoping to get another job in Hong Kong.
Her former employer also sent a letter attesting to her good character. The judge imposed a two-week sentence for selling fake goods and six weeks for breaching her condition of stay. Both sentences were to be served concurrently, but were suspended for 12 months.
A Chinese officer arrested a filipina who sells fake shoes which is surely made from China. haha
Don’t try to blame on others if the victim has done something wrong that is against the law. Who knows the authority concered is trying to gather enough evidents before they can catch the Supplier? Let them do their job & don’t judge.
The authorities should get the owner of the factory by producing the fake products instead of the reseller.
Iyan kasi ang hirap sa a tin alam mo NG bawal ginagawa pa at fake pa dapat nag silbing aral ito sa kapwa nating pilipino mahilig sa branded pero fake naman..
Racist
My fellow countrymen. To avoid all this such things we just need to follows their laws because we are only foreigner and what is written in our contract. Yes all of us we want to earn some extra cash but think of it the consequences of our action. Don’t put your work to risk…
Laddi Shah I appreciate your understanding about what is going on.
Maybe the reason why they arrested her because she sell in high price the shoes..even she buy in supplier in low price,,we dont even know all about the fact,,but hopefully this will reminds to all,,
the headline says maid gets suspended jail termfor selling fake nike shoes
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This is more of a discriminatory arrest in my opinion. People who’ve been to HK would say for certain that fakes and knock-off good floods its many streets and stalls. Why target this poor lady?
whatever you sell fake or not ,you are not allowed to do any extra job or earnings aside from your salary here in Hong Kong.just obey the laws to avoid any problem of your stay here,that’s it.
Because something can be 300% fake
Besh Panadero Superioridad
You are another individual who has a comprehension problem.
The headline states that it was fake items that precipitated her arrest.
Which begs the question, was it really because of the fake Nike shoes or it because she violated the country’s law.
As far as the headline and the whole story is concerned, the violation of the latter comes only as a minor infraction and the writer of this story focused instead on her selling crap.
Bottomline, the article is poorly written and instead of going down to what the major violation was, it magnified a story about "FAKE" shoes. Do you get it?! Clearly, you don’t.
If it was about her violating her terms of stay, then I woudn’t be discussing this subject with witless wonders like you.