WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1978
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DELIBERATE ASSAULTS IN PUBLIC PLACES MUST BE REPORTED
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THE SE RETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, SAID TODAY WOMEN SHOULD REPORT ASSAULT CASES IN WHICH THEY ARE DELIBERATELY ELBOWED OR PINCHED IN PUBLIC PLACES AND TRANSPORT.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. DAVIES SAID: +POLICE OFFICERS. INCLUDING PLAIN CLOTHES PATROLS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE OF ASSAULT AND WILL ARREST PERSONS SEEN COMMITTING THIS OFFENCE OR MAKE FOLLOW UP ENQUIRIES.+
MR. DAVIES ADDED THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH ACTION DEPENDS ON THE WILLINGNESS OF THE VICTIM TO COMPLAIN, BUT MODESTY AND AN UNDERSTANDABLE RELUCTANCE OF VICTIMS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SUCH INCIDENTS HAMPERS COUNTER ACTION.
+PUBLICITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN TO THE NECESSITY TO REPORT CRIME,+ MR. DAVIES SAID.
+IN ADDITION IF WOMEN WHO ARE ASSAULTED IN THIS WAY COULD BRING THEMSELVES TO RAISE A HUE AND CRY TO ENLIST THE HELP OF PASSERS-EY OR CTHER TRAVELLERS TO DETAIN THE CULPRIT THIS WOULD
BE A USEFUL DETERRENT AND COUNTER ACTION,+ HE ADDED.
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