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Suicide attempts by suspects under arrest
Following is a question by the Hon Selina Chow and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Security, Mrs Carrie Yau, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
of the number of suspects who have committed, or have attempted to commit, suicide whilst under arrest by the police or in police detention in each of the past three years; and
subsequent to each such incident, what follow-up actions the police takes and what measures the police adopts to prevent the recurrence of such incidents?
Reply:
Mr President,
The answers to the two parts of the question are set out below:
(a)
The number of suspects who have committed suicide during police custody or detention in the past three years is as follows:
1993
1994
1995
Total
1
2
3
6
There were 19 cases of attempted suicide in 1995. The figures for 1993 and 1994 are not available.