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Wednesday, November 1, 1972
Referring to the problem of crime and punishment, Mra. Li said that
the "soft approach towards criminals" did not serve as an incentive to the
prosecution and reporting of crimes.
She said "the policeman who risks his life to apprehend a criminal
and the victim or the passerby who takes the trouble to appear in court as
witness would not be too happy to see the criminal get away with just a warning,
or suspended sentence, a bond for good behaviour, or put on probation."
Dealing with the problem of police recruitment, Mrs. Li said that the
provision of adequate housing not only during service but more permanently
on retirement would "go a long way as an extra and perhaps the most important
inducement for recruitment purposes."
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