Comments:
1.12
This statement is untrue and it
reflects a substantial lack of
understanding of the real situation in Hong Kong. We do not have a "Victoria Prison Hospital". Pregnant women, who are
detained in detention centres located in
the remote outlying islands, are normally transferred upon reaching their 32nd week of pregnancy to the Kai Tak Vietnamese Migrant Transit Centre (KTVMTC) where they
await admission into the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital for delivery. The close
relatives of the pregnant women are also transferred to KTVMTC where the family are kept together for the entire period. Pregnant women who are detained in
detention centres located in the main
urban areas, such as the Whitehead
Detention Centre and the High Island
Detention Centre, are directly admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital for delivery of their children. As a normal practice,
their husbands and children are also
allowed to visit them in hospital. There is therefore no question of pregnant women being prevented from seeing their husbands and children until after they have given
birth.
Page 12 of the
Submission:
"Police and corrections officers fail to
provide adequate protection from the violent minority. Cases have been
reported of Government officials
themselves harassing and raping Vietnamese
women, and offering protection in exchange
for sexual favours."
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