The Immigration Department arrested eight illegal workers and five people suspected of employing them in a city-wide crackdown on illegal workers yesterday.

Officers raided 11 locations including restaurants, renovation premises and wet market stalls.

Eight illegal workers – four men and four women aged 30 to 49 – were arrested. Among them, a man and three women were also suspected of using and being in possession of a forged Hong Kong identity card.

Three men and two women, aged 53 to 64, were suspected of employing them.

Visitors are not allowed to take up employment in Hong Kong, whether paid or unpaid, without the Immigration Department’s permission.