Tuesday, October 19, 2010

4 arrested for helping Cambodian men illegally work at supermarket [in Japan]

Fukuoka Prefectural Police investigators search the office of Lim's company in
Iizuka on Oct. 18. (Mainichi)

October 18, 2010
Mainichi Japan

FUKUOKA -- The president of an information technology (IT)-related company and three others were arrested on Oct. 18 for helping three Cambodian men come to Japan under the guise of IT engineers and illegally work at a supermarket, police said.

Arrested for violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law were Lim Wee Yee, 39, president of the IT company in Iizuka who is a Malaysian national; Takashi Miyazaki, 40, president of the Kurume Chimakiya supermarket chain; his younger brother and board member Yoji Miyazaki, 36; and Masaru Sakai, 30, the operator of another supermarket.

The elder Miyazaki has admitted to the allegations while the three others have denied any wrongdoing, according to investigators.
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