CONFIDENTIAL
Annex D (Page 20)
Q.16b
Do you think
power?
there are at
present sufficient or
insufficient safe-guards against the abuse of the police
Answers given
Sufficient
Not sufficient
Don't know/no comment
(Base Number of respondents)
Percentage
17
66
17
(501)
Q.17a
Note :
(The respondent was asked to see the following statement card "Certain options in the discussion document, if implemented, will entail the liberty :
(i) For triad members
following loss of civil
(ii) For potentially dangerous re-offenders")
Which of these statements describes your attitude towards civil liberty?
Answers given
I think it is worthwhile to sacrifice
these civil liberties in order to, combat triads and organized crime
I think the loss of these civil liberties
is too great a price to pay to combat triads and organized crime
*I hold no strong views
*I don't understand "civil liberty"
Don't know/no comment
(Base Number of respondents)
Percentage
73
11
367
(1012)
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