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PER CENT ON ROBBERIES, MR WONG SAID WEAPONS WERE USED IN 44.4 OF THESE OFFENCES. RESULTING IN 23.9 PER CENT OF ROBBERY VICTIMS SUSTAINING INJURIES.
OF THE 1.665 ROBBERIES WHICH OCCURRED, 14 INVOLVED GOLDSMITH OR WATCH SHOPS. GOLD, JEWELLERY AND WATCHES
$18.7 MILLION TOTALLING WERE STOLEN.
CASES
IN
IN WHICH GENUINE DURING THE QUARTER, THERE WERE 53 ROBBERIES FIREARMS OR PISTOL-LIKE OBJECTS WERE USED, COMPARED WITH 59 THE SECOND QUARTER.
WITH REGARD TO BURGLARIES. MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT DOMESTIC CASES. HE ADDED BURGLARIES ACCOUNTED FOR 64.5 PER CENT OF THE 2,971 THAT SHOP BURGLARIES INCREASED BY 26.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS THREE-MONTH PERIOD.
WOUNDING AND SERIOUS ASSAULT
NOTING THAT THERE WERE 2.079 CASES. MR WONG HIGHLIGHTED THAT 153 OF THESE INVOLVED VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES AND VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
VIETNAMESE
OF THE 53 REPORTS OF RAPE, 15 CASES OCCURRED INSIDE DETENTION CENTRES AND CLOSED CAMPS. MR WONG SAID. INDECENT ASSAULT 10.2 PER CASES ROSE BY 3.3 PER CENT FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND BY CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF LAST YEAR.
JUVENILE NOTING THAT THE 1,673
OFFENDERS ARRESTED SHOWED A MR WONG ATTRIBUTED DECREASE OF 299 PERSONS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER, THIS TO A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF OFFENCES OF WOUNDING, SERIOUS ASSAULT, ROBBERY. MISCELLANEOUS THEFTS AND UNLAWFUL SOCIETY OFFENCES.
ON THE OTHER HAND. 1.954 YOUNG OFFENDERS (AGED 16-201 WERE ARRESTED DURING THE QUARTER,
UP 18. PER
4
CENT OF ALL
ARRESTED PERSONS.
WHICH MADE
IN
WERE ARRESTED FOR
OF OFFENCES
USING
DURING THE QUARTER, 297 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
WERE INVOLVED CRIME. OF WHICH 68.7 PER CENT IDENTITY CARD RELATING TO ANOTHER, FORGERY AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.
THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND ARRESTED FOR CRIME IN THE THIRD QUARTER
AN INCREASE OF CONCLUDED.
339 PERSONS OVER
THE
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE STOOD AT 523. REPRESENTING
MR
PRECEDING
QUARTER,
WONG
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