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JP'S REPORT ON HEI LING CHAU PUBLISHED

THE REPORT BY TWO THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) PUBLISHED

LAST MONTH TO LOOK JUSTICES OF THE PEACE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE INTO COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE TREATMENT

ON JULY FOLLOWING DISTURBANCES AT THE HEI LING CHAU DETENTION CENTRE 18 AND 19 THIS YEAR.

COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID:

**THE TWO

OUT

A VERY THOROUGH AND CARRIED HAVE JUSTICES

OCCURRED AT HEI LING IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE EVENTS WHICH

THEIR

THAT REPORT CLEARLY RECOGNISES CHAU ON JULY 18 AND JULY 19.

UNDER OFFICERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE OPERATING

THEM CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND COMMENDED

IN WHICH DISTURBANCES FOR THEIR SUCCESS IN EVACUATING THE TWO HALLS HAD TAKEN PLACE THE NIGHT BEFORE.

ON

CONCLUDED THAT UNNECESSARY FORCE BUT THE JUSTICES HAVE ALSO WAS USED BY UNIDENTIFIED CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON JULY 19. THE JUSTICES ALSO RAISED QUESTIONS

AND POINTED TO DOCTORS INVOLVED OVER THE ACTION OF THE DEFICIENCIES IN THE OPERATIONAL AND HANDLING THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.

L

ADMINISTRATIVE

H

LAPSBS

SOMB ARRANGEMENTS FOR

AMONGST OF DISCIPLINE 'CLEARLY THERE

SONR WERK

REPUTATION CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND IF THE HIGH

ACTION SHOULD BE ΤΟ BE SUSTAINED, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT ENJOYS IS

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. "IT IS ALSO TAKEN AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE,"

FURTHER RAISED BY THE JUSTICES BE IMPORTANT THAT THE OTHER MATTERS INVESTIGATED, THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED.

I

REPORT, THE GOVERNOR HAS

AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE DIRECTED THAT:

(A)

PROCEDURES,

IN THE LIGHT OF THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, EXAMINE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SHOULD

STANDING ORDERS RELEVANT OPERATIONAL

LING CHAU HEI

AND MAKE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AT RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO HOW THEY CAN BE IMPROVED;

THE

THE

AND

(B)

SERVICES TOGETHER

WITH

THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND THE THE FINDINGS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS SHOULD EXAMINE

ACTION OF THE REPORT AND CONSIDER WHAT DISCIPLINARY

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SHOULD BE TAKEN DEPARTMENT STAFF INVOLVED; AND

(C)

THE DIRECTOR

OF

THE AGAINST

AND MEDICAL

HEALTH SERVICES

SHOULD INVOLVED

INVESTIGATE THE ACTIONS OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS IN THE INCIDENT AND THE SYSTEM OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS HEI LING CHAU AND LAI CHI KOK AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

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