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By JUAN TORRES; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Thursday, February 12, 1998 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 3A 





Agents of the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service on Wednesday
arrested three Asians illegally working in area restaurants, authorities said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The INS went to five restaurants owned by Eric Lee after receiving a series
of anonymous letters reporting illegal immigrants at those locations, said
Trish Mullin, an INS special agent in Philadelphia. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Chinese man working at Peking Chef East in the food court of the Wyoming
Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre Township, and an Indonesian man and Chinese woman
working at a restaurant at the Viewmont Mall, outside Scranton, were taken
into custody, Mullin said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Their identities were not released. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mullin said about 15 employees within the restaurant chain were asked to
produce documentation that allows them to work in the country. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wilkes-Barre police Sgt. Paul Middleton said he accompanied INS agents to
the Peking Chef on Public Square on Wednesday afternoon because there were
several individuals suspected by the INS as illegal immigrants. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "There were three or four guys they had a question about," he said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Middleton said those employees were taken to their homes and all produced
proper documentation. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We've been here for 19 years," said Jeffrey Lee, the general manager of
the Peking Chef on Public Square. "It must be our competitors trying to damage
our image. We're very sensitive about these things. We make sure all our
employees entered the country legally and all are taxpayers." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Lee said his brother, Eric Lee, was attending a business convention and was
unavailable for comment. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Lee did not comment on the arrests. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mullin said the three employees were taken to the York County Prison
Facility near Harrisburg where they will each be held on a $6,000 bond until
their deportation hearings. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Agents Arrest 3 Immigrants At Area Restaurants Immigration Officials Visited Peking Chef Locations, Pursuing On Anonymous Tip