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SITUATION REPORT BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: XCCI (90) 68
COMMENTARY
(a) District crime prevention officers would
continue to pay particular attention to
the theft of motor vehicles.
(b)
The Attorney General expressed concern
about the light sentences imposed by the
courts for indecent assault and said
that he had invited the Court of Appeal
consider imposing a term of
to
imprisonment in the worst cases.
(c) Police
action against triads and
organized crime had helped to reassure
the public that the Police were on top
of the crime situation.
(d) During next week's visit to Hong Kong by
a group of Chinese security officials,
the
opportunity
would be taken to
discuss ways of curbing the entry into
China of cars stolen in Hong Kong. The
question of smuggling by sea would also
be raised and the known bases in China
of
speedboats
engaged
in these
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