Supplementary to question No. 2 in the
Legislative Council on 15 May 1985
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Mr. Peter C. wong Sir, will the police be holding an internal inquiry or review
regarding this matter especially in view of the fact that more than 84 shots were
fired by the police, seven policemen and two pedestrians were injured, and no arrests
were made ?
Secretary for Security : Sir, the police are carrying out an inquiry and I might
perhaps add that no arrests have yet been made.
Mr. Peter C. Wong:- Sir, is the Secretary completely satisfied that the ambush
was properly planned and executed?
Secretary for Security: - Absolutely, Sir, there's no question about that
whatsoever. The police considered their overall strategy and their particular
tactics with meticulous care. As I said, Sir, the trouble was that they did not
know how the robbers actually were going to carry out this particular robbery
and when it would be.
Mr. Peter C. Wong : Sir, was that a case of bad or inferior intelligence on the
part of the police ?
Secretary for Security :
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No, Sir, not at all. The police could only act on the
information that they have available and of course they used every possible means
to improve on the information they had available.
Mrs. Fan :
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Sir, during the exchange of fire between armed robbers and the police
it is not unusual for passers-by to suffer injuries. Has the Secretary for
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Security any advice to offer, suitable actions for passers-by to take for their
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own protection when they are caught in an exchange of fire ?
Secretary for Security : Yes, Sir, this is a point that the police take
particularly seriously; and to be honest with you, Sir, it handicaps them in
dealing with robbers of the sort they were dealing with on that particular day.
And frankly, to put it crudely, the best thing that people can do in these
circumstances: is to get out of the way as quickly as they possibly can.