Hong Kong immigration authorities have damaged up an operation by which two native restaurant homeowners employed unlawful overseas employees at their meals manufacturing facility to produce merchandise to their eatery and culinary gala’s within the metropolis.
Pau Hiu-fung from the Immigration Division’s overseas home helpers investigation part stated on Tuesday that two homeowners of an area Southeast Asian restaurant and 5 unlawful employees they employed have been arrested final Saturday.
“Our investigations present that the meals produced by the manufacturing facility hiring unlawful employees was not solely provided to the homeowners’ restaurant, however was additionally suspected to have entered the market by way of completely different means, together with gross sales on the meals gala’s and different gross sales exhibitions,” the senior immigration officer stated.
Pau stated the manufacturing facility held a legitimate licence, however the homeowners have been alleged to have employed unlawful employees to supply and course of meals merchandise to avoid wasting prices.
Officers arrested three males and two ladies, all Indonesians aged between 24 and 52, who have been discovered working throughout a spot test on the manufacturing facility in Kwai Chung.
A big amount of cooking utensils, meals packaging bins and packaging instruments was additionally seized as proof.
The 2 restaurant homeowners, an area man and girl, have been additionally on the manufacturing facility through the test and have been arrested on the spot.