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Tag: Illegal workers

Posted inChina, Taiwan

Filipino fishermen arrested for being illegal in Taiwan

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Two migrant fishermen from the Philippines were arrested on Wednesday by Taiwanese authorities in New Taipei City for illegally working and running away from their previous employers. At about 9 pm on May 22, while an entertainment fishing vessel at Shen-Ao Fishing Harbor was about to set off from the fishing port inspection office, officers […]

Yuen Long, New Territories. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inHong Kong, Vietnam

Syndicate smuggling Vietnamese busted in HK

by Asia Times staff May 14, 2019February 18, 2020
The Sha Tin Magistrates’ Court where the case was heard. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam

Two Vietnamese jailed for working illegally

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Spa owner wields knife at Taiwan police

by Asia Times staff March 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam

Illegals arrested at Taipei poultry market

by Asia Times staff February 28, 2019February 18, 2020
The industrial district in Kowloon where the illegal workers were arrested.  Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, South Asia, Vietnam

Triad probe after asylum seekers nabbed at catering factory

by Asia Times staff December 31, 2018February 18, 2020
The third precinct of the Tainan City Police Department, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Gambling raid finds two illegal workers sleeping on the job

by Asia Times staff December 17, 2018February 18, 2020
Wanfang Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Middle East, Taiwan

Caregiver arrested for allegedly knocking child unconscious

by Asia Times staff December 10, 2018February 18, 2020
The Shatin Magistrates’ Court in the New Territories. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam

Three jailed for working illegally in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff November 15, 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
Pasar Besar Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Vietnam

More than 50 illegal migrants arrested in Malaysia market

by Asia Times staff October 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Photo: iStock.
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Malaysia, South Asia, Vietnam

Vietnamese arrested for working illegally in Malaysia

by Asia Times staff October 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Batam in Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia

Catholic priest in Indonesia fights human traffickers

by Asia Times staff September 11, 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
A police raid saw the arrests of a local employer and two illegal workers in the city's Portas do Cerco area. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Macau, Middle East, Vietnam

Macau man arrested for employing illegal workers

by Asia Times staff August 10, 2018February 18, 2020
The Fourth Branch of the police station of the Keelung City Police Department. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan

Ten illegal migrants try to jump off balcony during raid

by Asia Times staff July 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Tawau in Malaysia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia

Six migrant workers killed in speedboat crash on Borneo

by Asia Times staff July 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Raids were made across Hong Kong. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Middle East

22 people arrested for illegally working in Hong Kong

by Asia Times staff May 7, 2018February 18, 2020
The highway connecting Kaohsiung County and Tainan County in Taiwan where police stopped the van. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, China, Indonesia, Taiwan

Driver, eight illegal Indonesian workers arrested in Kaohsiung

by Asia Times staff March 23, 2018February 18, 2020
New Taipei City Poultry Marketing Cooperative and Affiliated Slaughterhouse in Tai Shan district, Taiwan. Photo: Google Maps
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Vietnam

Indonesians, Vietnamese held for illegal slaughterhouse work

by Asia Times staff January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

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