The Hong Kong police just notified: 9 people were arrested today on suspicion of assisting 12 Hong Kong people smuggling
[Global Network Comprehensive Report] According to Hong Kong media, 12 Hong Kong residents who were involved in the case were intercepted by the Guangdong Coast Guard when they were going to smuggle from Hong Kong to Taiwan in August this year. They are now detained at the Yantian District Detention Center in Shenzhen.
The Hong Kong police have just notified that 9 people were arrested today (10th) on suspicion of assisting fugitives to escape.
According to a report from Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Net", the Hong Kong police stated that 4 men and 5 women, aged 27 to 72, were arrested in different places in Kowloon and the New Territories early this morning (10th). The arrest was for assisting fugitives (absconding).
According to Hong Kong’s “East Net” report, Hong Kong’s Organized Crime and Triad Investigation Division Senior Superintendent He Zhendong said that the nine arrested reported that they were clerks, chefs, music teachers, etc. They and 12 Hong Kong people smuggled into the country. For friendship.
“Dongwang” learned that one of the arrested women, a 72-year-old woman, reportedly was Tang Wanqing, a former assistant to the former Hong Kong Legislative Council opposition member Liang Guoxiong, and the other arrested was a “Hong Kong independence” organization. Zhong Xueying, a member of "The People's Former".
He Zhendong revealed that the arrested persons involved in the incident involved providing boats, funds, and accommodation for 12 people who stowaway from Hong Kong; and picking up relevant persons to the dock and arranging their lives in Taiwan.
During the arrest, the police seized more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash, several computers and mobile phones, and documents.
As for smuggling fees, the amount ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.
The police said that the investigation of the case is still ongoing and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
On September 13, the Yantian Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau informed that on August 23, the Guangdong Coast Police seized 12 illegal border crossing personnel, including Li XX and Deng XX, who were suspected of illegally crossing the border. Take compulsory criminal detention measures in accordance with the law.
On September 30, the People’s Procuratorate of Yantian District, Shenzhen approved the arrest of suspects Deng and Qiao on suspicion of organizing others to cross the border, and approved the arrest of suspects Li and Huang on suspicion of illegally crossing the border. Wait for 10 people.
Currently, the case is under further investigation.