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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1991
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HOWEVER, THEIR OFFICES WERE VANDALISED BEFORE THE LUNAR YEAR WHEN THEY REFUSED TO BUY SIX POTS OF TANGERINE OFFERED BY THE DEFENDANTS AT A COST OF $18.000.
THE CONTRACTORS DECIDED TO SEEK HELP FROM THE POLICE WHEN THEY WERE AGAIN APPROACHED IN MARCH THIS YEAR FOR $120,000 IN PROTECTION FEE.
INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS BY OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL CRIME UNIT 6, KOWLOON FAST, LED TO THE ARREST OF THE DEFENDANTS WHO WERE INDICTED WITH VARIOUS BLACKMAIL CHARGES.
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A WAN CHAI DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, WHO CONVICTED ALL DEFENDANTS, PRAISED THE TWO CITIZENS WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS IN COURT.
CONDEMNED THE DEFENDANTS AS EVIL BLOOD SUCKERS", THE JUDGE IMPOSED A JAIL SENTENCE RANGING FROM FOUR AND A HALF YEAR ΤΟ FOUR YEARS AND NINE MONTHS ON APRIL. 2.
WHILE WELCOMING THE HEAVY JAIL SENTENCES FOR THEIR DETERRENT EFFECT ON CRIMINALS THE POLICE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT POLICE OFFICERS WOULD CONTINUE TO WAGE AN ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST TRIAD ELEMENTS.
"NO MATTER HOW MUCH EFFORTS POLICE OFFICERS HAVE PUT IN TO ARREST THESE TRIAD ELEMENTS, THE JOB WOULD ONLY BE HALF-DONE WITHOUT THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC.
"MANY CRIMINALS ARE DEFYING THE LAW SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME CITIZENS ARE AFRAID TO REPORT THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND ΤΟ TESTIFY AGAINST THEM IN COURTS, HE NOTED.
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"THE RECENT CONVICTIONS ARE A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TRIAD MEMBERS CAN BE APPREHENDED AND JAILED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.
LABOUR INSPECTION DIVISION OFFICE ON MOVE
THE LABOUR PREMISES
THE TO KWA WAN AND HUNG HOM DISTRICT OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR INSPECTION DIVISION WILL MOVE TO NEW THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF THE TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES 165 MA TAU WAT ROAD TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
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THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE NEW OFFICE WILL BE 760 0974.
THE DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING THE HOURS OF WORK AND REST PERIODS FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AGED UNDER 15.
IT ALSO ENFORCES PROVISIONS RELATING то EMPLOYERS' STATUTORY BENEFITS AND KEEPING OF EMPLOYMENT RECORDS, AS WELL AS ENSURING EMPLOYERS TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES ΤΟ COVER THEIR LIABILITY TO COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES INJURED AT WORK.
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