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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1990
HE EMPHASISED THAT THE TRIAD SOCIETIES DIVISION (TSD) HAD BEEN DISBANDED IN 1983 NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TRIAD PROBLEM, BUT BECAUSE THE FORCE WANTED TO MAKE BETTER USE OF RESOURCES BY AMALGAMATING THE *FORMER TSD, SERIOUS CRIME AND HOMICIDE DIVISIONS INTO THE ORGANISED
AND SERIOUS CRIME GROUP (OSCG).
SINCE ITS FORMATION, OSCG HAS CONDUCTED SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM INTELLIGENCE-BASED INVESTIGATIONS, ONE CASE - AGAINST A MAJOR TRIAD SOCIETY - TAKING NEARLY FIVE YEARS TO COMPLETE. THOUGH TIME-CONSUMING, THIS TACTIC IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED.
WITH THE RECENT ADDITION OF THE SOPHISTICATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTER SYSTEM (CICS) THE FORCE WAS
ABLE TO MAKE BETTER ASSESSMENTS IN RELATION TO ORGANISED, SERIOUS AND TRIAD-RELATED CRIME, MR HUI POINTED OUT.
"WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN STREAMLINING CERTAIN PROCEDURES TO ELIMINATE TRIAD INFLUENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FISH MARKETS AND ABATTOIRS AND MOST RECENTLY IN THE REGISTRATION FOR THE SALE OF FLATS.
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"FROM TIME TO TIME WE CONDUCT HIGH PROFILE ANTI-TRIAD OPERATIONS BY FLOODING BLACK SPOTS WITH BOTH UB AND CID OFFICERS. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE RECENT OPERATION AFTER THE HUNG HOM ARSON AND HOMICIDE CASE WHICH RESULTED IN 477 ARRESTS.
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IN CONCLUSION MR HUI STRESSED THAT THE POLICE COULD ONLY ACT WITHIN THE LAW. THE ULTIMATE AIM WAS TO ARREST, PROSECUTE AND REMOVE CRIMINAL ELEMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY BY PUTTING THEM BEHIND BARS.
"HOWEVER, WITHOUT THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE, PARTICULARLY THAT WITNESSES WHO ARE VICTIMS, WE FIND THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
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"I THEREFORE CALL UPON THE CHAIRMEN OF ALL DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES TO CONVEY THIS MESSAGE TO THEIR OWN DISTRICT. THE POLICE NEEDS THE HELP OF THE COMMUNITY IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST TRIAD-RELATED CRIME. THE PUBLIC MUST COME FORWARD, REPORT CRIME AND BE PREPARED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN COURT SO THAT THE TIDE CAN TURN IN OUR FAVOUR.
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"PREVENT CRIME, REPORT CRIME, PROVE CRIME"
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"PREVENT CRIME, REPORT CRIME, PROVE CRIME"
KEY THESE ARE THE MESSAGES IN A NEW GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME.
ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL PUBLICITY DRIVE ΤΟ SUPPLEMENT THE ON-GOING FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN TODAY (SATURDAY), THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID THE DRIVE WILL CARRY THE SLOGAN "JOIN FORCES AGAINST CRIME"
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