Zhuhai’s Gongbei border checkpoint announced in a statement yesterday that a woman from the Chinese mainland has been fined for attempting to bring a baby without ID from Zhuhai to Macau through the checkpoint on April 16.
According to the statement, on that day a mainland couple were attempting to exit the adjacent city through the manual inspection lane at the checkpoint with two children. They were urged by customs officers to change their travel plans because one of the children, a three-month-old infant, did not have an Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao (EEP), rendering the baby ineligible for departure.
The statement did not disclose the infant’s gender.
Afterwards, the statement said, the woman attempted to bypass supervision by carrying the infant through the express lane immigration clearance channel. Once she entered the channel, she was apprehended by immigration officers.
She was fined 2,000 yuan (2,360 patacas) under Article 59 of the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), for assisting others in illegally exiting the mainland.
Gongbei checkpoint reminded the public that only border crossers aged seven or older and measuring at least 1.2 metres in height may use the express (e-channel) clearance lane. Only one person is permitted to enter the e-channel at a time.
This pixelated image of a screenshot from a video posted by Zhuhai’s Gongbei checkpoint on its WeChat official account yesterday shows a family of four, the mother holding her undocumented baby, at the checkpoint on April 16.
