16 persons arrested during anti-illegal worker operations (with photo)

The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide anti-illegal worker operations codenamed "Lightshadow", "Twilight", "Contribute", a joint operation with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department codenamed "Flabbergast" and a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force and the Labour Department codenamed "Champion", etc, from August 28 to yesterday (September 3). During the anti-illegal worker operations, ImmD officers raided multiple target locations including restaurants, massage parlours and flats under renovation. Thirteen suspected illegal workers, two suspected employers and one overstayer were arrested. The arrested suspected illegal workers comprised five men and eight women, aged 33 to 46. Among them, a man and a woman were holding recognisance forms which prohibit them from taking any employment, and a woman was suspected of using and being in possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card. Two men, aged 39 and 48, were suspected of employing the illegal workers and were also arrested. The arrested overstayer was a woman aged 68. An investigation into the suspected employers is ongoing, and the p