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125 suspected IIs held

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POLICE accompanied by immigration and Labour Department officers arrested 125 people in a series of operations against illegal immigrants yesterday.

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'We stopped a total of 14,115 people for identification checks yesterday,' a police spokesman said.

Sixty-three were arrested for overstaying along with 13 suspected illegal immigrants.

Immigration investigators visited residential and commercial buildings in Shamshuipo, North Point and Mongkok. Thirty-nine men and 10 women were arrested.

Meanwhile, Labour Department officers checked the documents of 6,727 employees and found 16 suspected of having broken conditions of stay.

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