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     Hong Kong Customs on August 8 detected a dangerous drugs internal concealment case involving one incoming passenger at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and seized about 770 grams of suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about $850,000.
      
     The male passenger, aged 27, arrived in Hong Kong from Brazil via Dubai and Bangkok on August 8. During Customs clearance at HKIA, Customs officers found him to be suspicious, and suspected that he had dangerous drugs concealed inside his body cavity. He was then escorted to the hospital for examination.
      
     Upon examination, the man was confirmed by a doctor to have foreign objects concealed inside his body cavity. He was arrested immediately. As at 11am today (August 10), the arrested man has excreted 77 pellets of suspected cocaine weighing about 770g in total.
      
     An investigation is ongoing.
      
     Following the resumption of normal travel and exchanges with the Mainland and other parts of the world, the number of visitors to Hong Kong has also been increasing steadily. Customs will continue to apply a risk assessment approach and focus on selecting passengers from high-risk regions for clearance to combat transnational drug trafficking activities.
      
     Under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, trafficking in a dangerous drug is a serious offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $5 million and life imprisonment.
      
     Members of the public may report any suspected drug trafficking activities to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 2545 6182 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

  

     The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force today (August 10) arrested four men and six women, aged between 26 and 43, in various districts for suspected “conspiracy to collusion with a foreign cou… read more

     The Lands Department today (August 10) posted land resumption notices in accordance with section 4 of the Lands Resumption Ordinance (Chapter 124) and section 14 of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Chapter 370… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:      The Judiciary announced today (August 10) the appointment of the new term of the Advisory Committee on Complaints against Judicial Conduct for a two-year period from August… read more

     A director and a company secretary of Kwong Ming Engineering Limited were prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violation of requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The two company responsible persons pleaded guilty earlier at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts and were each sentenced to 120 hours’ community service order today (August 10). They were also ordered to pay an outstanding sum of about $248,000 via the court to the employee concerned.
      
     The company had failed to pay an employee in accordance with the EO wages totaling about $130,000 within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and termination of employment, as well as the awarded sum of about $248,000 within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT). The two company responsible persons concerned were prosecuted and convicted for their consent, connivance or neglect in the above offences.

     “The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors and responsible officers of companies that they have to pay employees’ wages within the time limit stipulated in the EO and awarded sums as ordered by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board,” a spokesman for the LD said.
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     “The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees’ statutory rights,” the spokesman added. read more