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Complaint cases update
In response to press enquiries, a spokesman for the Registration and Electoral Office said today (Wednesday) that so far the Boundary and Election Commission had received a total of 68 election-related complaints. Thirty-one were about election advertisements (25 on advertisements of functional constituency candidates and six on advertisements of geographical constituency candidates).
Action on 36 cases were completed.
Meanwhile, the Returning Officers received a total of 112 cases of complaints. One hundred and six cases were related to election activities launched by geographical constituency candidates while six were on activities by functional constituency candidates. Of the 106 cases, 88 were on election advertisement. Of the latter six cases, five were on election advertisement.
End/Wednesday, September 6, 1995
Report on VMs escape from detention centre released
The report on the escape of 23 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) from Green Island Reception Centre (GIRC) on July 26 was released today (Wednesday), a Government spokesman said.
The report was compiled by the Board of Inquiry appointed by the Commissioner of Correctional Services to investigate into the circumstances of the escape. The three-member Board was chaired by a senior superintendent of the Correctional Services Department.
The Board found that the escape was successful because of a combination of factors including:
GIRC was not a purpose-built detention facility. The ageing structure of the huts was vulnerable to deliberate tampering:
Most of the escapees were double-backers who had stayed in GIRC for a long time and were therefore familiar with the overall conditions including the patrol schedule of the staff; and