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SECRETARY FOR SECURITY :
Sir, I am afraid I do not have
those details but I shall undertake to provide a reply in
writing. (See Annex I)
MR. RICHARD LAI (in Cantonese) : sir, will Government
consider the various points outlined as follows,
concerning the provision of evidence in court?
Could the evidence be video-taped and analysed by
psychologists and could the case social worker assist the
victim in providing evidence? And if pregnancy results
from sexual abuse, how will the matter be resolved? What
assistance will
will be provided? And will abortion, in such
circumstances, be permitted under the law?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir,, I will refer the
the various
questions put to me to the Secretary for Education and
Manpower for reply, with the exception of that on video
recorders which I feel I am qualified to say
about.
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The use of video recorders to take evidence from mentally
handicapped victims is still being examined, at the same
time as other possible uses. The ICAC, with whom I have
been recently associated, have been considering the use of
video recorders to record interviews with suspects, rather
than statements from witnesses,
and, with the Attorney
fode of practice.
General's Chambers, has drawn up a
yet, however, no video
prosecution.
recording
As
has been used in a