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‘Deportation for alien workers driving illegal taxi’
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Posted on Feb 16 2009
Alien workers convicted of engaging in illegal taxi operations face immediate deportation from the CNMI, according to chief prosecutor Kevin Lynch.
Lynch said the maximum penalty for operating an illegal taxi is imprisonment of not more than one year or a fine of not more than $2,000 or both. Upon conviction, the defendant will be immediately deported, he said.
The chief prosecutor briefly explained the penalty for committing the offense of illegal taxi operation in the charging information he filed last week against Ming Hu Quan.
Lynch charged the 45-year-old Quan with one count of illegal taxi operation.
He said that on Dec. 5, 2008, the defendant was caught driving a vehicle for rent or hire without having in his possession a valid taxicab driver’s license. Lynch said Quan also did not carry a taxicab registration card.
Quan was summoned to appear and answer the allegations in the Superior Court on March 10 at 9am.
Immigration has found that most people driving illegal taxicabs are overstaying aliens.
Meanwhile, Lynch also charged a teenager who allegedly sexually abused a minor in December.
Wendall Dumot Dipus, 19, of Gualo Rai, was charged with one count of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
Lynch stated in court documents that in December 2008, Dipus had sex with a person who is under 13 years old. No other details were indicated in court papers.
