By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

THE District Court of Guam has scheduled a sentencing of three Chinese nationals who were arrested last month for using fraudulent passports.
After accepting the guilty pleas of Yingshu Li a.k.a. Ouck Ja Sin, 40, Rizi Chi a.k.a. Kyungae Kim, 47, and Li Hua Piao a.k.a. Mi Ja Lee, 40, Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood set an Aug. 8 sentencing hearing of the three defendants.
The three arrived on Guam on March 29, 2007 and presented false and altered passports to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector.
In a plea agreement they entered into last week, the three Chinese nationals stated that they acquired the altered passports while in Malaysia where they gave a Korean male 5,000 China Yuan or approximately $600 for the fake document.
The false use of a passport is a federal felony with a corresponding sentence of up to 10 years of incarceration plus a $250,000 fine.
Probation violation
In other news, a Hong Kong national who was sentenced two years ago for possession of concealed weapon is now the subject of a warrant of arrest requested by the U.S. Probation Office after reporting that the felon violated his probation.
Hong T. Nguyen, 35, was sentenced to three years of probation with six months of home detention with electronic monitoring.
His probation conditions include refraining from all alcoholic beverages, participating in substance abuse treatment and testing and making a co-payment for treatment at a rate to be determined by the U.S. Probation Office, submitting to a mental health intake assessment, and complying with any recommended treatment and make co-payment for treatment at a rate to be determined by the U.S. Probation Office.
He was ordered to stay 500 feet away from Andersen Air Force Base where he was arrested with a concealed firearm.
Last month, his mother, Mae Yuen, called the U.S. Probation Office to inform authorities that she was concerned that her son returned to using drugs and that his mental health problems have returned.
She added that she was prepared to take him to Hong Kong to see a drug treatment specialist.
According to his probation officer, Nguyen failed to report to the U.S. Probation officer as instructed for weekly compliance appointments on April 23, 2007, and May 7, 2007.
The defendant has not submitted monthly supervision reports for the months of January 2007, February 2007, March 2007, and April 2007.
The U.S. Probation Office, however, recommended that the court issue a warrant of arrest for Nguyen who needs continued drug and psychiatric treatment.