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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
GENERAL'S
CHAMBERS,
AND A WOULD
THE
1993, IN
ATTORNEY ON THE ADVICE OF THE PROSECUTIONS WERE
SERVANTS CONDUCTED AGAINST 44 GOVERNMENT FURTHER 18 WERE OFFICIALLY CAUTIONED ON ADVICE THAT PROSECUTION NOT BE
THE FIGURES FOR PROSECUTION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THREE PREVIOUS YEARS WERE 29, 33 AND 26 AND FOR CAUTIONS 19, 25. IN 1994 SO FAR, 31 GOVERNMENT SERVANTS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED 12 CAUTIONED.
IN 18 AND
AND
ARISING
FROM THE PROSECUTIONS IN 1993, 24 GOVERNMENT
SERVANTS
WERE CONVICTED.
IN THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, THE FIGURES WERE 15, 18 AND 15 AND SO FAR IN 1994 19 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED.
IT
SHOULD
PRECISELY MAY AND
NOTED
ONE
DO NOT YEAR
YEAR THAT STATISTICS FOR EACH BE
INVESTIGATIONS OF REPORTS MADE IN INTER-RELATE. FREQUENTLY DO RUN INTO THE NEXT YEAR(S) AND PROSECUTIONS ARISING FROM THEM WILL BE ACCORDINGLY CARRIED FORWARD FROM ONE YEAR TO CRIME, ANOTHER. IN A TIME OF HEAVY CASELOAD AND INCREASINGLY COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS TAKE LONGER TO COMPLETE AND THIS ALSO MAKES CORRELATION BY YEARS IMPRECISE.
OMBUDSMAN RECOMMENDAT LONS ACCEPTED
**
THE
THE
SECRETARY, FOLLOWING IS A SPEECH BY THE ACTING CHIEF
TO HON MICHAEL LEUNG, WHEN TABLING THE GOVERNMENT MINUTE IN RESPONSE
ANNUAL SIXTH
REPORT IN THE COMAC'S
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
(WEDNESDAY):
MR PRESIDENT,
THE CHIEF
IN THREE THAT
THE
то
THE
HIS
WHEN PRESENTING THE SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR
COMPLAINTS TO
ON THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE
6 JULY, SECRETARY SAID THAT A GOVERNMENT MINUTE WOULD BE PREPARED
AND THAT THIS WOULD OUTLINE MONTHS' TIME,
THE ACTION
OR TAKEN
PROPOSES TO TAKE IN RESPONSE MADE BY COMAC IN RELATION TO THE CASES LISTED IN REPORT ON WHICH COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIATED OR PARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED. THIS GOVERNMENT MINUTE IS TABLED TODAY.
GOVERNMENT
HAS
RECOMMENDATIONS
IN 1993-94, COMAC FOUND 37 COMPLAINT CASES TO BE SUBSTANTIATED OR PARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED.
THE IN THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES,
OF BRANCHES OR DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED HAVE ACCEPTED AND FOLLOWED UP ALL
RECOMMENDATIONS. COMAC'S
THERE ARE THREE CASES IN WHICH ONE OF RECOMMENDED MEASURES COMAC'S
HAS HAD TO
BECAUSE BE MODIFIED OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS. I AM REFERRING TO CASES NOS. OCAC 24/93 COMPLAINT AGAINST THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT), OCAC 65/93 (AGAINST LABOUR
DEPARTMENT). DEPARTMENT) AND OCAC5/93 (AGAINST THE LANDS REASONS FOR THE MODIFICATIONS ARE SET OUT IN THE MINUTE.
OF
(A
THE
THE
THE
SHOULD ANY MEMBER WISH TO HAVE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON ANY EXPLANATIONS GIVEN IN THE GOVERNMENT MINUTE, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE PLEASED TO PROVIDE THIS.
OF
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