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The reasons behind the 6 substantiated cases at Annex are as follows:
Year/ Nature of
Cases
1993
"Others"
"Others"
"Obstructing/ assaulting a police officer" (2 cases)
1994 "Obstructing/ assaulting a police officer"
"Others"
Reasons for framing
A traffic warden wrongly issued 8 fixed penalty tickets and fabricated evidence when the mistake was discovered. He was disciplined with a "caution". 4 police officers were accused of stealing property from an illegal immigrant. During the investigation, the 4 officers gave false information regarding the circumstances under which the illegal immigrant was arrested. They were interviewed by senior officers with an entry into their record of service.
4 police officers were convicted of unlawfully assaulting 5 persons during a stop and search action with imprisonment ranging from 3 to 7 months. These officers together with another 10 officers attending the scene fabricated evidence afterwards to support the arrest. Disciplinary action against the 10 officers are in progress.
An off duty police officer involved in a traffic accident falsely accused the driver of another vehicle of assault. Disciplinary action against the officer will be taken after the completion of his criminal trial in connection with another case.
A police officer summonsed a shop owner for "Articles Obstruction" when the owner was away from Hong Kong. The officer was disciplined with "severe reprimand".
The following mechanism is in place to prevent the occurrence of cases of police officers framing innocent persons -
(i) enhancing the quality of police officers through careful
recruitment and training;
(ii)
inculcating a high standard of ethics and values among police officers through different channels;