SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police on Tuesday introduced the arrest of a male government from a paper firm situated in Saitama City over alleged unlawful hiring of overseas workers, studies the Saitama Shimbun (Aug. 13).
The 72-year-old government from paper processing firm JT Paper Co., Ltd. allegedly using 5 Indonesian males who had been in Japan illegally for overstaying the intervals allowed on their visas on the firm’s manufacturing unit between March 2021 and June of this yr.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act relating to aiding and abetting unlawful employment, the manager admitted to the allegations. “The company’s business was tough, so we hired illegal foreign nationals who could be hired cheaply,” he mentioned.
According to the police, an Indonesian man who had been working illegally on the firm was arrested on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act in February of this yr when he was stopped by police on the road in Minami Ward, Saitama City.
Subsequent investigations revealed that different Indonesians had been additionally working illegally on the firm of the manager.