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A Hong Kong resident who switched his flight boarding pass with a Mainland visitor has been jailed for 12 months.
Benny Lim Hay bun, 35, appeared at Sha Tin Magistracy yesterday (October 27) and was convicted of conspiracy to defraud.
The court heard that a Mainlander intended to board a flight for Vancouver on November 11 last year by using a boarding pass and a forged Canadian passport. All the documents were in the name of Benny Lim Hay bun which led to an Immigration investigation.
Despite Limˇ¦s denial, evidence and a witness showed that Lim had visited the airport and checked in a flight for Vancouver on November 11 last year. Forensic examination also confirmed that the Mainlanderˇ¦s Canadian passport was forged.
Under the Crime Ordinance, a person convicted of the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
Ends/Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:16
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