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27 arrested for work offences

http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/law_order/html/2012/04/20120424_1
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April 24, 2012

Twenty-four illegal workers and their three employers were arrested in
a crackdown on work offences in the northern New Territories and
Causeway Bay yesterday.

Officers from the Immigration Department, Police and Labour Department
raided 16 workplaces in Sheung Shui, Yuen Long and Tuen Mun, including
depots for electronic waste, recycling and auto dismantling.

After checking 42 people’s identity documents, 22 illegal workers aged
16 to 44 were arrested. Two employers aged 28 and 31 were also
arrested.

In Causeway Bay, two illegal workers and one employer were arrested.

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