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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986
FOR THE DIEHARD TRIAD VETERAN, SHE BELIEVED APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD LIMIT HIS MOVEMENTS AND INFLUENCE AS EFFECTIVEL Y AND FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE SO AS TO PROTECT SOCIETY.
+ IN THIS REGARD, ONE WONDERS WHETHER PRESENT PUNISHMENT IS HEAVY ENOUGH TO COPE WITH THE EXTREMELY SERIOUS OR VIOLENT ORGANISED CRIMES BEING COMMITTED.
+ I BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MASTERMINDS OF GANG WARS AS WELL AS SYNDICATED DRUG TRAFFICKING,+ MRS CHOW SUGGESTED.
REFERRING TO THE PROPOSED OPTION WHEREBY AN OFFENDER WOULD BECOME AUTOMATICALLY INDEBTED TO THE CROWN UPON CONVICTION UNDER THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, MRS CHOW SAID SHE SUPPORTED THIS BUT DID NOT THINK IT WENT FAR ENOUGH,
SHE SAID IN FACT A NUMBER OF TRIAD TRADES SUCH AS GAMBLING DENS AND VICE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE SOURCES OF INCOME WHICH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME TREATMENT AS INCOME FROM DRUG TRAFF ICK ING.
+FURTHERMORE, ANY MEANS TO CURB THE GROWTH OF CRIMINAL WEALTH THROUGH TRIAD ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE EXPLORED, FOR THIS WOULD NOT ONLY WEAKEN THEIR POSITION CONSIDERABLY, BUT ALSO UNDERMINE THE MATERIAL ISTIC APPEAL OF SUCH CRIMINAL ASSOCIATION TO THE VANITY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, SHE ADDED.
NEED FOR POLICE AND PUBLIC TO COOPERATE ****
IN DEALING WITH TRIAD SOCIETIES AND UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC MUST REACH SOME COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND REALISE EACH OTHER'S POSITION, THE HON RITA FAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON THE TRIAD PROBLEM, MRS FAN SAID THAT CITIZENS HAD TO SPARE MUCH TIME TO GIVING STATEMENTS, IDENTIFYING SUSPECTS AND ACTING AS WITNESSES WHEN THEY REPORTED TO THE POLICE ABOUT TRIADS.
AS A RESULT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE POLICE TO FIND
WITNESSES, SHE SAID.
SHE URGED THE POLICE TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DO THEIR BEST TO ASSIST THEM, RATHER THAN RELYING SOLELY ON LEGAL POWERS AND WORK ING BY THE BOOK.
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