Police have detained nine South Asian men who came ashore in the remote village of Sham Wat, south-west Lantau, last week.

The nine, including two from Afghanistan, had flown legally to Guangzhou, where they had hired a snakehead to bring them to Hong Kong.

Local residents called police after they found none of the men could speak Cantonese. One of them had asked in English for a cab to go to “the city,” Oriental Daily News reported.

Of the nine men, five were from Pakistan and two were from Bangladesh. All had passports. Continue reading →