The Keelung District Court sentenced two people to 15 days' imprisonment each for using their identity cards to enter and exit the port area.
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The Keelung District Court recently heard that two men were sentenced to 15 days of detention and fined NT$15,000 for committing the crime of impersonating another person's identity card and using a national identity card delivered by others for entering and exiting the Keelung Port Controlled Area without obtaining a pass.
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Why It Matters
A valid pass is required to enter and exit the Keelung Port Controlled Area. The electronic image of the National ID Card is equally valid as the original. It constitutes a crime to use someone else's ID card falsely.
After a recent hearing, the Keelung District Court sentenced two people to 15 days of detention and a fine for committing the crime of impersonating one's identity and using a national identity card delivered by others. (Photo by reporter Wu Shengru)
On the morning of June 21 this year, the men surnamed Hu and Chen were hired to work in the Keelung Port Control Area. However, because they did not apply for a pass, they used the ID card photos of other employees sent by their employer and showed the barcode on their mobile phones to allow the control point system to pass through the customs. That afternoon, when he was about to leave the port area, he was discovered by the Hong Kong police and arrested on the spot. After a recent hearing, the Keelung District Court sentenced two people to 15 days of detention and a fine for committing the crime of impersonating one's identity and using a national identity card delivered by others.
The verdict pointed out that Hu and Chen wanted to enter and exit the Keelung Port Controlled Area due to work needs, but because the entry and exit permit had not yet been obtained, the employer surnamed Yang (a separate case was under investigation) sent the ID card photos of the other two employees to Chen through LINE to store them. At about 7 a.m. on June 21 this year, the two people used the ID card photos and barcodes stored in their mobile phones to conduct induction verification with the KIOSK automatic inspection system at the control point, thereby sneaking into the port area to work.
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Unexpectedly, at about 4 p.m. on the same day, when two people tried to leave from the West Pier Control Point, they swiped the barcode in the same way. The port police stationed at the control point discovered something strange. They were caught on the spot for impersonating other people's identities and were handed over to the law.
The judge held that the electronic image of the national identity card was sufficient as proof of identity and was no different from the original. The two people used other people's ID cards to enter and exit the port area under their false names, which has damaged the Keelung Port Branch's management of port security and the accuracy of Hong Kong police inspections. Considering that the two people confessed to the crime and had a fair attitude, they were each sentenced to 15 days of detention and fined NT$15,000 by Yike.
Open Questions
- Will the employer named Yang be sued?
- Did the employee whose ID card was used fraudulently know about it?
- Are similar incidents common in other port areas?
