Reply:
Mr President,
- 19
(a)
The number of cases involving serving police officers investigated by the ICAC in the past five years are as follows -
Year
Total number of cases
1991
255
1992
260
1993
389
1994
413
1995
362
1996
335
(b)
(c)
(as at 13.11.1996)
Detailed breakdown of investigation time for the cases in part (a) are as follows -
Year
less than 1
1 year -
Investigation time
2 years -
3 years or
year
2 years
3 years
1991
228
22
3
more
2
1992
213
39
8
0
1993
340
44
5
0
A
1994
369
41
3
0
1995
344
18
0
0
1996
335
0
0
0
(as at 13.11.96)
In accordance with Section 17 of the Police Force Ordinance, the Commissioner of Police may in the public interest interdict police officers at the Inspectorate rank or below. Interdiction of police officers at the rank of Superintendent or above is governed by Colonial Regulation 60 with the authority delegated to the Secretary for the Civil Service by the Governor. Irrespective of rank, the primary consideration in deciding to interdict a police officer is whether it is in the public interest to do so. Each case will have to be considered on its individual circumstances.