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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1994

THREE CSD OFFICERS TO BE PROSECUTED FOR ASSAULTING VIETNAMESE

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NGUYEN,

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, MR PETER

HAS

DECIDED

PROSECUTE THREE CORRECTIONAL ΤΟ

SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) OFFICERS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE COUNTS OF ASSAULT DURING AN OPERATION TRANSFER VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE FROM WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE ON APRIL 7 THIS YEAR.

TO

TO

TWO OF THE OFFICERS WILL BE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF ASSAULT OCCASIONING

BE ACTUAL BODILY HARM. ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS WILL ALSO CHARGED WITH A FURTHER COUNT OF COMMON ASSAULT. A THIRD OFFICER WILL BE CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF COMMON ASSAULT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY {WEDNESDAY) THAT MR NGUYEN'S DECISION WAS MADE AFTER A

THOROUGH CAREFUL AND CONSIDERATION OF THE MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE INVESTIGATING POLICE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

ALL

то

"THEY INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE POLICE REPORT ON THE INCIDENT; WITNESS STATEMENTS; THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE AND THE EVIDENCE OF A CONSULTANT FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST RELATING TO IT; AND THE CONTENTS OF 19 VIDEOTAPES RECORDED BY POLICE AND CSD OFFICERS DURING THE INCIDENT, HE SAID.

THE

EVIDENCE,

SPOKESMAN SAID

AFTER A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS CONCLUSION

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS CAME TO THE THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RELIABLE AND ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE

OF ΤΟ AFFORD

RESPECT A REASONABLE PROSPECT OF A CONVICTION IN CHARGES REFERRED TO.

OF

THE

HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT OF THE 99 DETAINEES WHO MADE ALLEGATIONS

68 ASSAULT,

TO INDICATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE

LEAVING 31 COMPLAINANTS'

THEREBY

ALLEGED ASSAILANTS, INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE.

OF THESE THAT THERE

THEM

PROSECUTION.

IDENTIFY

THEIR

CASES TO

BE

OF

MAJORITY 31 CASES, IT WAS CONCLUDED IN THE VAST

WAS INSUFFICIENT RELIABLE EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY A

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NEW TELECOMS BILL BEING DRAFTED

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL

NEW THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW DRAFTING A TO KEEP PACE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN NEW TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW SERVICES, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH BOSHER, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

INTERNATIONAL

SPEAKING ON "TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM IN HONG KONG" AT THE THE SAID INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH CONFERENCE, MRS BOSHER NEW BILL, IN ONE SINGLE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WAS AIMED AT REPLACING THE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE AND THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE.

/THE CONTROL