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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988

THE SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

WAS ALSO PASSED AT THE

MEETING.

TWO OTHER BILLS WERE READ A SECOND TIME AND DEBATE ON THEM

ADJOURNED.

THESE BILLS WERE THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION} BILL 1988 AND THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988.

WAS

(AMENDMENT)

MOVED BY THE THE COUNCIL ALSO PASSED A RESOLUTION,

UNDER THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER

SECRETARY {COMPENSATION)

ORDINANCE.

POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT FOR 1987 RELEASED

UMELCO

WHICH WAS SET UP IN EARLY THE POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE, 1986 TO TAKE OVER THE WORK PREVIOUSLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE FORMER POLICE GROUP (UPG), HAS RELEASED ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1987.

COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE THE REPORT IN TABLING THE

CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICE COMPLAINTS (WEDNESDAY), IN HIS CAPACITY AS

THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, DR THE HON DANIEL TSE SAID THAT DURING 1987

CASES, EMBRACING 6,117 3,997 COMPLAINT HAD EXAMINED IN DETAIL

AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICE ALLEGATIONS, PROCESSED BY THE COMPLAINTS (CAPO) OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

THE REPORT STATES THAT, SIMILAR TO

SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT

WAS

ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OF POLICE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS).

1986,

ABOUT OFFICERS

OVERBEARING, {25.2

PER

OF

THE LARGEST SINGLE IMPOLITE

OR CONDUCT CENT

THE TOTAL

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY NEGLECT OF DUTY OR IMPROPER

CENT), PER

ACTION (24.6 UNNECESSARY USE OF AUTHORITY PER CENT), ASSAULT (18.7 (15.0 PER CENT) AND FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE (10.1 PER CENT).

IN

THE ADDITION,

REPORT

STATES

THAT AS A RESULT OF OR ON BEHALF OF THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO COMPLAINTS CARRIED OUT BY

PROCEEDINGS CAPO AND MONITORED BY THE COMMITTEE, APPROPRIATE CRIMINAL

AGAINST WERE TAKEN OR DISCIPLINARY/INTERNAL ACTIONS OFFICERS DURING THE YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE REPORT POINTS OUT

THE THAT

1,417 POLICE

FIGURES FOR PUBLIC DISCIPLINARY OR INTERNAL COMPLAINTS AND VARIOUS FORMS OF LEGAL,

THE LIGHT OF ACTION TAKEN AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE DIFFICULT AND FRONT-LINE NATURE OF POLICE WORK.

THEY SHOULD