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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988
MR NENDICK SAID THE SITUATION IN ABERDEEN AND AP LEI WHICH MR LIU REFERRED, WAS NOT SERIOUS.
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"THE NUMBER OF DWELLING BOATS HAS REDUCED FROM SOME 680 TO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS," HE SAID.
"THE SQUATTER PROBLEM HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AND THERE NO SERIOUS NAVIGATIONAL ACCIDENTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
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HANDCUFFS AND PLASTIC RESTRAINERS ARE NOT USED AUTOMATICALLY INDISCRIMINATELY WHEN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE ARRESTED, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT, MR BARNES SAID THAT HANDCUFFS AND PLASTIC RESTRAINERS WERE USED ONLY WHEN NECESSARY FOR SPECIAL REASONS,
"THAT IS, IF THE ARRESTING OFFICER, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME, BELIEVES THAT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MAY BECOME VIOLENT OR MAY TRY TO ESCAPE, HE EXPLAINED.
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HE SAID THESE RESTRICTIONS IN THE USE OF HANDCUFFS AND PLASTIC RESTRAINERS WERE STIPULATED IN POLICE GENERAL ORDERS AND APPLIED TO ALL POLICE ARRESTS, NOT ONLY ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
MR BARNES ALSO EXPLAINED THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AN ARRESTING OFFICER MIGHT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AT THE TIME OF ARREST.
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES INCLUDED THE NUMBER, TYPE AND MOOD OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND THE LOCATION AS WELL AS THE TIME OF DAY AND NIGHT.
THE DISTANCE TO BE COVERED, MODE OF TRANSPORT AND AVAILABILITY OF SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICER'S ACTION HAD ALSO TO BE CONSIDERED.
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