Crackdown on human smuggling nets 2,943
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MAINLAND and Hong Kong police have arrested 2,943 illegal immigrants in a joint operation to crack down on growing human smuggling, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.
Among the detained immigrants, 2,860 are from Southeast Asia and 83 from South Asia, the ministry said at a press conference in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
Most illegal immigrants were trying to sneak into Hong Kong from the mainland to seek employment, it added.
Since the 17-month campaign, police in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces have dismantled three cross-border smuggling syndicates with the help of Hong Kong police.
A total of 142 suspects from the three syndicates were apprehended by police, including 29 from countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia. The cross-border smuggling rings are well organized with clear division of labor, said the ministry.
“Smugglers in Southeast Asia and South Asia recruit immigrants, smugglers in the mainland transfer them to Guangdong from the border and ports and then sneak them into Hong Kong. Smugglers in Hong Kong then take control of the whole process,” it added.
Illegal immigrants also commit crimes such as thefts and drug smuggling, which affected the public security in both Hong Kong and Guangdong.
The authorities vowed to increase cooperation between police in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Xinjiang in an effort to safeguard social security and stability.
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