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Tag: Illegal employment

Posted inChina, Taiwan

Sex worker held for illegal return to Taiwan

by Asia Times staff April 17, 2019February 18, 2020

A 38-year-old woman, who was sent back to Vietnam after being caught conducting vice activities in Taipei in 2017, was arrested early this month for illegal entry to the country – and providing sex services again. Taipei police raided a unit in April 2018 and caught the woman, surnamed Nguyen, in the act of an […]

Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan

Taiwan farmer jailed for hiring illegals

by Asia Times staff April 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Seven illegal Vietnamese farmworkers nabbed

by Asia Times staff February 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Taiwan

Employment agents arrested after investigation in Taiwan

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2019February 18, 2020
Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Worker, employer plead not guilty to illegal employment

by Asia Times staff November 26, 2018February 18, 2020
The Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inBangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, South Asia

HK employer, Indian asylum seekers jailed for illegal work

by Asia Times staff November 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon.Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Middle East, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam

21 people arrested for working illegally in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff November 8, 2018February 18, 2020
The market at Pasar Besar Seremban, 70km south of Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Google Map
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East

Stall owners urge govt to treat refugee workers leniently

by Asia Times staff September 26, 2018February 18, 2020
The Shatin Magistrates’ Court in the New Territories. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Vietnam

Two asylum seekers jailed for working illegally in HK

by Asia Times staff August 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Filipino helpers are sought after in major cities in China, but they are still not allowed to work there. Photo: Weibo
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Shanghai

Shanghai agency boss gets 8 years for placing Filipinos in jobs

by Frank Chen August 24, 2018February 18, 2020
The Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam

Illegal workers and their employers jailed after raids

by Almen Chui July 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Hung Hom, Kowloon. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines

Maid jailed for working illegally in HK for 15 years

by Asia Times staff June 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Higher pay is luring maids from Philippines to China, even though Beijing is yet to legalize such employment. Photo: Weibo
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, Taiwan, Wuhan

Chinese city clamps down on hiring of foreign maids

by Asia Times staff June 21, 2018February 18, 2020
The Ministry of Manpower in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore

Employers who had maids work elsewhere barred from hiring

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020
The Tuen Mun Magistrates' Court. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jordan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Vietnam

Six people jailed for illegally working in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff April 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Sham Shui Po in Kowloon.
Photo: Google Maps
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

23 Thai women arrested for working illegally in ‘triad pub’

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2018February 18, 2020
The Shatin Magistrates’ Court in the New Territories. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Vietnam

Hong Kong woman jailed 10 weeks for hiring illegal worker

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2018February 18, 2020
The Hong Kong government's headquarters in Admiralty Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Middle East, Philippines, United Kingdom, World

Questions raised on who should be blamed for work visa halt

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2017February 18, 2020
The Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, South Asia, Vietnam

Indian, Nepalese, Vietnamese jailed for working illegally

by Asia Times staff November 21, 2017February 18, 2020
The Ministry of Manpower, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Middle East, Singapore

Director charged over foreign workers, collecting kickbacks

by Asia Times staff September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

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