HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-8 March 1989
香港立法局
·九八九年三月八日
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Protection might include special attention being paid by police patrols to the victims' properties or premises, or provision of a police escort. Where the risk to a person is assessed as serious, a safe house might be provided to ensure that no approach is made by suspects to the victim or his family.
In cases where a report has led to an arrest, a one-way glass might be used in identification parades so that the suspect could not see the victim. And the police will, where appropriate, oppose bail for a suspect, or apply to the court for an order that the suspect while on bail keep away from the alleged victim.
MR. HUI: Sir, in his reply the Secretary for Security told us that there were 502 cases of criminal intimidation reported in 1988, and he went on to say that in the majority of cases of reported intimidation the police made an arrest. Could the Secretary inform this Council in how many cases out of the 502 reported last year were arrests made, and in how many of these cases had the police opposed bail for a suspect or applied to the court for an order that the suspect while on bail should keep away from the alleged victim?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, I regret that I do not have available all the information which Mr. HUI has asked for, but what I can say is that the detection rate in criminal intimidation cases in 1988 was 66%. This is substantially higher than that of average crimes where it is approximately 46%.
MR. MARTIN LEE: Sir, if investigation of a report of criminal intimidation results in a prosecution, will the police automatically offer protection to all key prosecution witnesses?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, the short answer, I think, is "no". The police would consider any application or any need for protection in accordance with the circumstances of each particular case.
譚王䓪鳴議員問:保安司答詞的第2段提到,如果情況証明有此需要,警方會提供個人的保護。 政府可否告知本局,警方除因當事人舉報恐嚇事件遭受毆打或干擾,而立刻提供個人保護外,在
一般情況下,警方須考慮什麼因素才決定是否提供個人保護?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, the factors that the police would take into consideration would include the nature and the degree of intimidation, the