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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1992
POLICE MAY FIRE AT SMUGGLERS
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THE
ON SIX
MR
SECURITY,
POLICE OFFICERS FIRED AT SMUGGLERS OR SMUGGLERS' BOATS
LAST YEAR,
SECRETARY FOR OCCASIONS IN 1990 AND ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR ASPREY SAID POLICE GENERAL ORDERS
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER WONG, OFFICERS OF THE MARINE POLICE ARE SUBJECT TO GOVERNING THE USE OF FIREARMS.
HE SAID
THESE ORDERS
THAT PROVIDED
A
POLICE OFFICER MAY PERSON FROM
A SERIOUS FORCE COULD
DISCHARGE A FIREARM EITHER TO PROTECT HIMSELF OR ANOTHER DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY, OR TO EFFECT THE ARREST OF ANY PERSON TO
BELIEVE THAT HE HAD COMMITTED
LESSER DEGREE OF CRIME, PROVIDED THAT NO
WHOM HE HAD
REASON TO
AND VIOLENT
ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTS.
NO BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CHINA ON EXCHANGE OF CRIME INFORMATION
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HONG KONG HAS
NO
FORMAL CRIME
GOVERNING THE EXCHANGE OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS AND PRISONERS.
BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH CHINA INFORMATION AND PERSONAL DATA ON
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR
A REPLY TO
ALISTAIR QUESTION BY THE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ASPREY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN HON JAMES TO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
BOTH
HONG
KONG
AND
MR ASPREY SAID INTERPOL AND INFORMATION PASSES BETWEEN THE CHANNEL.
CHINA
ARE
OF MEMBERS TWO SIDES THROUGH THIS
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO OBLIGATION ON MEMBERS TO FROM OTHERS.
UNDER THE INTERPOL ARRANGEMENT COMPLY WITH REQUESTS RECEIVED
COMMIT
BY RETURNING
"WE ARE CONCERNED TO ENSURE THAT MAINLAND RESIDENTS WHO SERIOUS CRIMES IN HONG KONG DO NOT EVADE JUSTICE SIMPLY TO THE MAINLAND.
ΤΟ SUPPLY INFORMATION WHERE THEY HAVE COMMITTED IN HONG
"SO AS A GENERAL RULE, WE ARE PREPARED WHEN REQUESTED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN CASES ARRESTED A MAINLAND RESIDENT FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES KONG; SUCH AS MURDER OR ARMED ROBBERY,
HE SAID.
/HE NOTED