Two local co-owners of a souvenir shop and a mainlander have been caught for their involvement in fake employment, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said at a press conference yesterday.
Lai identified the two co-owners as a 60-year-old man surnamed Kuok and a man surnamed Chan who is in his fifties. The non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland, surnamed Li, is in her thirties.
According to Lai, the Judiciary Police transferred Li to the Public Security Police earlier this month, since Li had sold hotel-room bookings but was registered in the Immigration Department as a salesperson for a souvenir shop near the Ruins of St Paul.
PSP officers then investigated the souvenir shop and later discovered that Li, although registered as a “worker” at Chan and Kuok’s souvenir shop, had never worked at the shop.
Chan and Kuok were called to a police station last Thursday for questioning, where they admitted signing a fake employment contract with Li so that they could keep the government’s NRW quota for their shop. The trio insisted that the fake employment did not involve any pecuniary benefits.
The trio have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing document forgery charges, according to Lai.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the fake employment suspects being escorted by PSP officers to a police station in Taipa.
