Authorities threatens deportation of Chinese citizens in Mandalay
Published on Saturday, 01 June 2013 15:03
Authorities have threatened to deport Chinese citizens who have been renting houses in Mandalay regardless if they have work permit.
Moreover, legal actions will be taken against the home owners who knowingly rent their homes to the Chinese. A guilty verdict could send the convicted to one and a half year in jail.
Business visa holders can extend their stay with the permission of respective ministry and cannot rent a house themselves except factory, workshop and building the company hire for them.
Among 500 foreign workers who have come with business visas, Chinese citizens made up about half of them. They are working mainly in natural gas pipeline, education and construction sectors. Mandalay Region Immigration and National Registration Department is checking with respective companies monthly not to live overstay, not to go to the restricted areas and not to break the rules and regulations of visas, it is reported.
"Recently, two Chinese came to our office and informed us that they want to rent a house. They can speak Burmese clearly. When we found out that they are from Hong Kong looking at their passports, we told them that they are not allowed to rent houses and have to stay in hotel. The Chinese citizens are not much different with Chinese who born and live in Myanmar and difficult to take action against breaking the rules and regulations of visas," Thaung Zaw, Regional Head of Mandalay Region Immigration and National Registration Department said.
Among the tourists, Chinese visitors stand in second place and they prefer to live with long stay to make business than just visit. "Chinese traders who came to do business in gem market hire houses with long term rent. No one stay at hotel for months," a rosary merchant from Mandalay said.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/06/01/authorities-threatens-deportation-of-chinese-citizens-in-mandalay/
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