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24/11/2011, 06h41
Frenchman TV personality busted for working illegally in Japan
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111123p2a00m0na003000c.html
A man of French nationality who had appeared in several commercials on Japanese TV has been arrested for working in fields not coherent with his visa status, Tokyo police said.
Yann Cleary, 29, stands accused of violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law.
He has apparently denied the allegations, telling police he "thought it wasn't a problem."
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Cleary had a "Specialist in Humanities/International Services" status, a type of visa that is commonly given to specialists in human science fields, such as interpretation and translation.
Cleary, however, had worked as a TV personality, an English-language teacher, and a priest at a wedding chapel in Chiba Prefecture, all jobs of which were not coherent with his visa status, from July 2009 to November of this year.
According to the MPD, in order to obtain a visa, Cleary had registered himself as an employee at a fictitious interpreting company run by a 42-year-old Italian man. Investigators found that there are 74 foreigners from 15 different nationalities registered at the dummy company, all of whom had obtained their visas illegally by registering themselves as "employees."
The owner of the company had received an initial registration fee of 100,000 yen from each "employee" and additional monthly charges of 8,000 yen. He was arrested for violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, police said.
Cleary has appeared in several Japanese TV commercials, including for an automobile maker and lottery tickets.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111123p2a00m0na003000c.html
A man of French nationality who had appeared in several commercials on Japanese TV has been arrested for working in fields not coherent with his visa status, Tokyo police said.
Yann Cleary, 29, stands accused of violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law.
He has apparently denied the allegations, telling police he "thought it wasn't a problem."
According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Cleary had a "Specialist in Humanities/International Services" status, a type of visa that is commonly given to specialists in human science fields, such as interpretation and translation.
Cleary, however, had worked as a TV personality, an English-language teacher, and a priest at a wedding chapel in Chiba Prefecture, all jobs of which were not coherent with his visa status, from July 2009 to November of this year.
According to the MPD, in order to obtain a visa, Cleary had registered himself as an employee at a fictitious interpreting company run by a 42-year-old Italian man. Investigators found that there are 74 foreigners from 15 different nationalities registered at the dummy company, all of whom had obtained their visas illegally by registering themselves as "employees."
The owner of the company had received an initial registration fee of 100,000 yen from each "employee" and additional monthly charges of 8,000 yen. He was arrested for violating the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law, police said.
Cleary has appeared in several Japanese TV commercials, including for an automobile maker and lottery tickets.