Six residents among those arrested are the owners or in charge of companies allegedly involved
2-MIN READ2-MINFiona SunPublished: 6:13pm, 10 Mar 2026Hong Kong authorities have arrested 20 people, including domestic helpers suspected of unlawfully providing services such as massages and manicures, in a crackdown on illegal labour.
Officers arrested 20 people, including 14 suspected illegal workers or overstayers. Six residents were arrested on suspicion of employing illegal workers or being involved.
The 14 suspected illegal workers or overstayers – a man and 13 women, aged 28 to 50 – were mostly Indonesian or Filipino nationals.
Among them were 11 domestic workers and a former helper who overstayed a visa. Another arrestee was staying in Hong Kong as a visitor, while one person was the holder of a recognisance form that prohibited employment in Hong Kong.
The six residents arrested – a man and five women, aged 30 to 60 – were owners or in charge of the companies involved.
Fu Chit-ho, senior immigration officer of the Foreign Domestic Helpers Special Investigation Section, said officers inspected several pedestrian overpasses and tunnels in Central district on Sunday to combat helpers violating their conditions of stay.
