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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988
THE SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
WAS ALSO PASSED AT THE
MEETING.
TWO OTHER BILLS WERE READ A SECOND TIME AND DEBATE ON THEM
ADJOURNED.
THESE BILLS WERE THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION} BILL 1988 AND THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.
WAS
(AMENDMENT)
MOVED BY THE THE COUNCIL ALSO PASSED A RESOLUTION,
UNDER THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER
SECRETARY {COMPENSATION)
ORDINANCE.
POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT FOR 1987 RELEASED
UMELCO
WHICH WAS SET UP IN EARLY THE POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE, 1986 TO TAKE OVER THE WORK PREVIOUSLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE FORMER POLICE GROUP (UPG), HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1987.
COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE THE REPORT IN TABLING THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICE COMPLAINTS (WEDNESDAY), IN HIS CAPACITY AS
THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, DR THE HON DANIEL TSE SAID THAT DURING 1987
CASES, EMBRACING 6,117 3,997 COMPLAINT HAD EXAMINED IN DETAIL
AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICE ALLEGATIONS, PROCESSED BY THE COMPLAINTS (CAPO) OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
THE REPORT STATES THAT, SIMILAR TO
SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT
WAS
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OF POLICE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS).
1986,
ABOUT OFFICERS
OVERBEARING, {25.2
PER
OF
THE LARGEST SINGLE IMPOLITE
OR CONDUCT CENT
THE TOTAL
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY NEGLECT OF DUTY OR IMPROPER
CENT), PER
ACTION (24.6 UNNECESSARY USE OF AUTHORITY PER CENT), ASSAULT (18.7 (15.0 PER CENT) AND FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE (10.1 PER CENT).
IN
THE ADDITION,
REPORT
STATES
THAT AS A RESULT OF OR ON BEHALF OF THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO COMPLAINTS CARRIED OUT BY
PROCEEDINGS CAPO AND MONITORED BY THE COMMITTEE, APPROPRIATE CRIMINAL
AGAINST WERE TAKEN OR DISCIPLINARY/INTERNAL ACTIONS OFFICERS DURING THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE REPORT POINTS OUT
THE THAT
1,417 POLICE
FIGURES FOR PUBLIC DISCIPLINARY OR INTERNAL COMPLAINTS AND VARIOUS FORMS OF LEGAL,
THE LIGHT OF ACTION TAKEN AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE DIFFICULT AND FRONT-LINE NATURE OF POLICE WORK.
THEY SHOULD