APD | Sri Lanka jails 14 Chinese for violating local visa laws

By APD writer Easwaran

COLOMBO, March 15 (APD) – A Sri Lankan court has sentenced to jail 14 Chinese nationals for violating local visa laws, the Police said on Friday.

The fourteen Chinese nationals were arrested in Galle recently and have now been ordered to be jailed for a year.

The 14 Chinese nationals were produced in court on Thursday and the Galle Chief Magistrate ordered that they be jailed for a year.

They were also imposed a fine of Sri Lankan Rs. 50,000 each.

The Chinese nationals had been employed at a construction site in Galle without valid work visas.

They were arrested last month after being found to have been employed while in the country on tourist visas.

The Chinese nationals were produced in court and remanded till Thursday and were later sentenced to jail.

The Magistrate warned that if they fail to pay the fine the jail term will be extended by a month.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)