TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1988
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COMMENDATION FOR BRAVE PC
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POLICE CONSTABLE WONG TIN-LUN'S BRAVERY IN COMBAHING AN ARMED ROBBERY IN JANUARY THIS YEAR HAS WON HIM A COMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
AT A CEREMOMY HELD AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, PRAISED PC WONG FOR HIS COURAGE, INITIATIVE AND DEVOTION ΤΟ DUTY OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH ORDER, DISPLAYED AFTER COMING UNDER FIRE DURING THE PURSUIT OF AN ARMED GANG WHO HAD ROBBED A JEWELLERY SHOP IN HILTON HOTEL, CENTRAL.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, MR LI ALSO PRESENTED A APPRECIATION ΤΟ SUPERINTENDENT TREVOR COLLINS AND SECRETARY'S LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PC LAM OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE SAME INCIDENT.
LETTER OF THE CHIEF
WAI-MING, FOR THEIR
THE CASE OCCURRED ON JANUARY 28 THIS YEAR WHEN FOUR ROBBERS ARMED WITH HEAVY CALIBRE REVOLVERS, SNATCHED $3 MILLION WORTH OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY FROM A SHOP IN THE SHOPPING ARCADE OF THE HILTON HOTEL.
SUPERINTENDENT COLLINS, WHO WAS OFF DUTY AT THAT TIME, WITNESSED THE ROBBERY AND IMMEDIATELY CLEARED THE ARCADE OF BYSTANDERS AND STOPPED TAXIS FROM DISCHARGING PASSENGERS OUTSIDE THE HOTEL.
THE SUPERINTENDENT LATER FOLLOWED THE FLEEING ROBBERS SPOTTED HIM AND FIRED A TOTAL OF THREE SHOTS.
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THE ROBBERS THEN HIJACKED A PASSING TAXI AT GUN POINT AND INTO QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
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PC WONG TIN-LUN, WHO WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ROBBERY THROUGH BEAT RADIO, RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND SAW THE ROBBERS HIJACKING THE TAXI. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ROBBERS SAW HIM AND OPENED FIRE.
DESPITE THIS, PC WONG REMAINED CALM, NOTED THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE TAXI AND ITS ESCAPING DIRECTION, AND ALERTED REGIONAL COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE VIA HIS BEAT RADIO.
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ON RECEIVING THE MESSAGE, A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS CAME TO HIS ASSISTANCE. AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE FOLLOWED, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED.
WHILE ESCAPING, THE ROBBERS WERE HELD UP IN TRAFFIC THEY ALIGHTED FROM THE TAXI AND FLED ON FOOT.
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PC LAM WAI-MING WHO WAS IN THE VICINITY ATTEMPTED TO THE ROBBERS BUT WAS SHOT AT THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE То RETURN FIRE, HAVING NOTED A CLEAR FIELD OF FIRE.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED BY A POLICE CONSTABLE AND LATER SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. ALL PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOVERED.
STOLEN
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