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No of cases of Disciplined Services Staff Prosecuted for Criminal Offences and the Respective No. of Convictions (1993-1995)
Offences
1993
1994
1995
Corruption related offences
42(21)
49(17)[10]
31(4)[15]
Perverting the course
2(1)
13(1)
18[14]
of justice
Theft
16(7)
16(8)
8(3)[3]
Assault/Wounding/
21(8)
24(3)
19(1)[8]
Intimidation
Sexual Offences
8(4)
8(5)
7[5]
Gambling
0
1
11[9]
Deception & Related
1(1)
5(4)[1]
8(3)[3]
Offences
Robbery
2(1)
2(2)
3[3]
Driving Offences
5(5)
3(3)
5(4)[1]
Others
14(5)
9(5)
19(12)[4]
Total
111(53)
130(48)[11]
129(27)[65]
Note: i)
(b)
Disciplined Services here include the Customs & Excise Department, Correctional Services Department, Fire Services Department, Immigration Department, Royal Hong Kong Police Force, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption;
ii) The above figures are based on the number of counts of offences and an
officer can be accused of more than one offence in some cases
iii) figures in () indicate the number of conviction
iv) figures in [ ] indicate the number of cases still under court proceedings
The number of cases in which staff in the disciplined services who were accused of breach of internal discipline, and the number of staff who were subsequently disciplined for such breaches in the past three years are as follows: