TNAG-1924-FCO40-2729-Law-and-order-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 11

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CONFIDENTIAL #3

Annex B

Breakdown of Instances of

Corporal Punishment since 1 January 1980

Attached is a table showing the number of

persons sentenced to corporal punishment each year

since 1980.

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In the nine years from 1980-1988

(inclusive), 97 people have been sentenced to

corporal punishment, an average of about 11 per

year. In the last four years, 21 people have

received corporal punishment - an average of about

five per year.

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