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Question No.

Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower to a question by the Hon. Mrs. Pauline Ng in the Legislative Council on 11 March 1987

Question:

In the light of recent reports concerning the alleged raping and abuse of mentally retarded female inmates of a rehabilitation centre, will Government inform this Council -

(a) the number of cases involving the abuse of mentally retarded female inmates of rehabilitation institutions in the last those

(b)

(c)

years,

particularly

three involving staff of such institutions;

how complaints of abuse in such institutions are handled; or

what steps will be taken to protect the mentally retarded from such possible abuse?

Sir,

Two

allegations of sexual

inmates by two ward attendants of

centre have been made in recent

abuse

of female

a

rehabilitation

weeks and both

allegations are now being investigated by the police.

Apart from these there have been no other allegations of

rape or abuse of mentally retarded female inmates of a

rehabilitation institution during the last three years.