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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1994

POLICE CHARGES BASE ON EVIDENCE

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AND A APSREY, IN

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU WAI-HING WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

CHARGE OF THE HAD STATED

QUESTION : IT WAS LEARNT THAT THE POLICE OFFICER IN

INVESTIGATION INTO THE RAPE CASES IN TUEN MUN THAT THE POLICE HAD CHARGED A CITIZEN WITH RAPE AND ROBBERY

ALTHOUGH TO HIS BECAUSE OF POLITICAL PRESSURE,

KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS EVIDENCE INDICATING THE CHARGED MAN WAS INNOCENT. WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER:

REPLY:

(A)

AN INQUIRY INTO SUCH STATEMENTS HAS AND

BEEN CONDUCTED;

(B)

THE POLICE CHARGE

WILL,

AGAINST

EVIDENCE;

LAY BECAUSE OF ANY SOMEONE EVEN WITHOUT SUFFICIENT THOSE AND WHETHER THE PERSON CHARGED UNDER

EVENTUALLY CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE COMPENSATED IF HE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY?

PRESSURES,

A

MR PRESIDENT,

(A)

AN INQUIRY

CONDUCTED.

INTO THE STATEMENTS

MENTIONED IS BEING

OFFICER CHARGE OF

THESE STATEMENTS WERE MADE BY AN INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION, BUT NOT IN

IT.

(B) THE POLICE WILL NOT LAY CHARGES AGAINST ANYONE IN

THE

ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE: TO DO SO WOULD AMOUNT TO AN ABUSE OF THE PROCESS OF THE COURT.

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