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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994

GENERAL'S

CHAMBERS,

AND A WOULD

THE

1993, IN

ATTORNEY ON THE ADVICE OF THE PROSECUTIONS WERE

SERVANTS CONDUCTED AGAINST 44 GOVERNMENT FURTHER 18 WERE OFFICIALLY CAUTIONED ON ADVICE THAT PROSECUTION NOT BE

THE FIGURES FOR PROSECUTION IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. THREE PREVIOUS YEARS WERE 29, 33 AND 26 AND FOR CAUTIONS 19, 25. IN 1994 SO FAR, 31 GOVERNMENT SERVANTS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED 12 CAUTIONED.

IN 18 AND

AND

ARISING

FROM THE PROSECUTIONS IN 1993, 24 GOVERNMENT

SERVANTS

WERE CONVICTED.

IN THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, THE FIGURES WERE 15, 18 AND 15 AND SO FAR IN 1994 19 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED.

IT

SHOULD

PRECISELY MAY AND

NOTED

ONE

DO NOT YEAR

YEAR THAT STATISTICS FOR EACH BE

INVESTIGATIONS OF REPORTS MADE IN INTER-RELATE. FREQUENTLY DO RUN INTO THE NEXT YEAR(S) AND PROSECUTIONS ARISING FROM THEM WILL BE ACCORDINGLY CARRIED FORWARD FROM ONE YEAR TO CRIME, ANOTHER. IN A TIME OF HEAVY CASELOAD AND INCREASINGLY COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS TAKE LONGER TO COMPLETE AND THIS ALSO MAKES CORRELATION BY YEARS IMPRECISE.

OMBUDSMAN RECOMMENDAT LONS ACCEPTED

**

THE

THE

SECRETARY, FOLLOWING IS A SPEECH BY THE ACTING CHIEF

TO HON MICHAEL LEUNG, WHEN TABLING THE GOVERNMENT MINUTE IN RESPONSE

ANNUAL SIXTH

REPORT IN THE COMAC'S

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY

(WEDNESDAY):

MR PRESIDENT,

THE CHIEF

IN THREE THAT

THE

то

THE

HIS

WHEN PRESENTING THE SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR

COMPLAINTS TO

ON THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE

6 JULY, SECRETARY SAID THAT A GOVERNMENT MINUTE WOULD BE PREPARED

AND THAT THIS WOULD OUTLINE MONTHS' TIME,

THE ACTION

OR TAKEN

PROPOSES TO TAKE IN RESPONSE MADE BY COMAC IN RELATION TO THE CASES LISTED IN REPORT ON WHICH COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIATED OR PARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED. THIS GOVERNMENT MINUTE IS TABLED TODAY.

GOVERNMENT

HAS

RECOMMENDATIONS

IN 1993-94, COMAC FOUND 37 COMPLAINT CASES TO BE SUBSTANTIATED OR PARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED.

THE IN THE MAJORITY OF THESE CASES,

OF BRANCHES OR DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED HAVE ACCEPTED AND FOLLOWED UP ALL

RECOMMENDATIONS. COMAC'S

THERE ARE THREE CASES IN WHICH ONE OF RECOMMENDED MEASURES COMAC'S

HAS HAD TO

BECAUSE BE MODIFIED OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS. I AM REFERRING TO CASES NOS. OCAC 24/93 COMPLAINT AGAINST THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT), OCAC 65/93 (AGAINST LABOUR

DEPARTMENT). DEPARTMENT) AND OCAC5/93 (AGAINST THE LANDS REASONS FOR THE MODIFICATIONS ARE SET OUT IN THE MINUTE.

OF

(A

THE

THE

THE

SHOULD ANY MEMBER WISH TO HAVE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON ANY EXPLANATIONS GIVEN IN THE GOVERNMENT MINUTE, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE PLEASED TO PROVIDE THIS.

OF

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