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SUPPLEMEN
TO QUESTION NO. 7
in LEGCO MEETING on 29.6.88.
MR. NGAI (In Cantonese):
operations, do they usually
Sir, when the officers conduct the
encounter resistance, or even
violent resistance? Are the measures applied to male illegal
immigrants different from those for female immigrants?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY:
Sir, normally resistance is not
years.
encountered. Some indication of this can be obtained by looking
at the numbers of illegal immigrants who have been charged with
four and a half
These amount assault or resisting arrest over the last
to 256, of whom eight were also charged with escape from lawful
custody. This is out of a total of 71,828 persons arrested.
As to women and children, there is special mention in Police
General Orders and also I believe, in the orders issued by the
Director of Immigration, that special attention should be paid
to females or juveniles and handcuffs shall not normally be
used on them.
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