[首页新闻]卖护照助人冒名入境澳洲 基督城华裔男子认罪

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天维网10月10日报道 援引Stuff消息 近日，一名基督城的华裔男子因将个人护照“私卖”他人，帮助别人“冒名顶替”由香港入境澳大利亚而被控上庭。    这名35岁的华裔男子名叫Hao Tan，是Halswell的一名零售商人，昨日，他被控以非法使用护照罪名在基督城地方法院出庭受审，在承认罪行后，Hao Tan已获准保释等候最准裁决，法院将于12月4日宣布其最终刑期。
    公诉人Barnaby Hawes则表示，对于Tan获准保释等候最终宣判，他们没有疑义。   
    在去年初次出庭受审时，Hao Tao面临包括人口走私在内的四项指控，当时与他一同受审的还有另四名在基督城被捕的华裔嫌犯。但在他昨日认罪后，控方撤销了走私人口、不诚实地使用文件、伪造虚假证明罪及作伪证罪三项指控。
    据称，Hao Tan没有前科。
　　
　　最终，法庭方面将这一案件定性为“过境签欺诈事件”。
    涉入此类案件的都是拥有永久或暂时居留权的中国公民，依照程序，他们会先以要经由澳洲回国为由，申请澳洲的过境签证。在签证获批后，他们会将签证寄送回中国，交由他人冒名凭此签证入境澳洲，这些人会在成功入境后以难民身份申请澳洲的居留权。最后，护照的真正所有者再将自己的护照挂失，申领新护照。
　　
　　2008年，Hao Tan申领了一份澳洲过境签，同月，一名非法移民冒充他的身份从香港入境澳大利亚。而当时，他本人仍在新西兰，随后，他号称自己护照被盗，申请换领了新护照。
    在接受审讯时，Hao Tan承认，是他在申请澳洲过境签证后将护照寄往香港的，从一开始，他就知道会有人冒用他的护照入境澳洲，而这笔“交易”，可以让他入账3000至5000纽币。
    据他述称，当时他手头很紧，是一个朋友告诉他这个“迅速来钱”的方法的.

A Chinese man living in Christchurch has admitted selling his passport which was then used by an imposter to enter Australia from Hong Kong.   
    Hao Tan, a 35-year-old retailer from Halswell, has been remanded for sentencing on December 4 after pleading guilty in the Christchurch District Court today to a charge of improperly dealing with a passport.   
    Judge Gary MacAskill asked for a pre-sentence report to include Tan's suitability for sentences of home or community detention. Prosecutor Barnaby Hawes said the Crown had no objection to Tan continuing on bail during the remand.   
    Tan originally faced four charges, including people smuggling, when he first appeared in court last year among a group of five Chinese-born men who were arrested in Christchurch.   
    But when he pleaded guilty today, the Crown had dropped the charges of people smuggling, dishonestly using a document, and making a false statement. He has no previous convictions.   
    The Crown described it as a case of "transit visa immigration fraud".   
    Chinese passports were obtained from Chinese nationals who were either permanent or temporary residents in New Zealand.   
    Australian transit visas were then sought from the Australian Consulate on these passports.   
    The passports were then sent to China and were used by imposters to enter Australia where they would then claim refugee status or asylum. The legitimate owner of the passport in New Zealand would then report their passport lost.   
    Tan applied for a transit visa in October 2008, and his passport was used for an imposter to enter Australia from Hong Kong that month. Tan was still in New Zealand at that time. He then reported his passport stolen.   
    He was later questioned and admitted that he had applied for the transit visa and then forwarded the documents to Hong Kong, knowing that the passport would be used by another person.   
    He said he received between $3000 and $5000 for the passport.   
    "He said he needed the money as he was in financial difficulty and that an associate had told him what to do in order to get some quick cash," said Hawes.   
    Defence counsel Serina Bailey said the offending was "relatively less dramatic than originally thought".   
    Four other men arrested at the same time have indicated they will defend the charges and are remanded on bail to December.

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