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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1992
SHOOTING INCIDENT INVOLVING SMUGGLING
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THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS MADE BY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DAVID CAREY, COMMANDING OFFICER OF HMS PEACOCK, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).
"AT 10.45 PM LAST NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) THE ROYAL NAVY PATROL CRAFT HMS PEACOCK WAS CONDUCTING A JOINT ANTI-SMUGGLING OPERATION WITH THE MARINE HARBOUR DIVISION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE WHEN SHE OBSERVED A GROUP OF "TAI FEIS" CONFIGURED FOR SMUGGLING LOITERING SOUTH OF KAU YI CHAU. TWO FAST PURSUIT CRAFT (FPC'S) WERE LAUNCHED FROM PEACOCK TO INVESTIGATE AND ATTEMPT INTERCEPTION.
A ROYAL NAVY RATING FROM ONE OF THE FPC'S JUMPED ABOARD ONE OF THE TAI FEIS AS IT TRIED TO SPEED AWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO CUT THE FUEL SUPPLY ΤΟ THE 10-METRE VESSEL'S FIVE LARGE OUTBOARD ENGINES TO IMMOBILISE IT.
IN THE COURSE OF THIS ACTION HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A SERIES OF ATTACKS BY TWO OF THE FOUR MEN CREW WIELDING WEAPONS. KNIVES AND A 10- FOOT POLE WERE LATER RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. BY THIS TIME THE TAI FEI WAS MAKING 50-60 KNOTS HEADING SOUTH OUT OF THE HONG KONG WATERS.
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DURING THE INCIDENT, THE RATING RECEIVED BRUISES AND LACERATIONS. HE FELT SO THREATENED THAT HE DREW HIS PERSONAL WEAPON A 9MM PISTOL AND FIRED THREE SHOTS IN SELF DEFENCE AT HIS ASSAILANTS AS THE ATTACKS CONTINUED. AS A RESULT OF THIS ONE OF THE MEN RECEIVED A BULLET WOUND IN HIS ARM AND THE OTHER WAS WOUNDED IN THE LEG.
BOTH MEN JUMPED INTO THE SEA, WHILE THE REMAINING TWO ON THE TAI FEI WERE OVERPOWERED AND DETAINED. AFTER AN
SEARCH ROYAL NAVY AND MARINE POLICE CRAFT, THE TWO MEN WERE
ON
SHORE OF HEI LING CHAU.
EXTENSIVE
BY
LOCATED
THE
THE FOUR MEN, ALL MAINLANDERS AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM CARRYING LARGE SUM OF MONEY, WERE ARRESTED BY POLICE.
A
QUEEN MARY'S HOSPITAL WAS TREATED AT QUEEN
THE TWO INJURED CHINESE WERE TAKEN то SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE RN RATING ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FOR CUTS, BRUISES AND OTHER INJURIES.
ROYAL HONG KONG INCIDENT ARE CONTINUING.
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