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A Taiwanese businessman who tried to smuggle 10 Venezuelan passports through Kai Tak airport to sell on the mainland was jailed for four years yesterday.
Liu Chien-hong claimed he was roped in to act as a middleman to earn money to support his family after his business failed.
He admitted using a forged travel document, making a false statement, possession of implements adapted for making a false instrument, and possession of unlawfully obtained passports.
Liu, 32, had followed his family from Taiwan to the Dominican Republic in 1979, lawyer James McGowan told the District Court.
He graduated and moved to Venezuela, where he married and had three children.
But his seafood business failed and he had debts of US$55,000 (HK$425,000).
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