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CHINA INTERNAL AND HONG KONG: PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
SUMMARY
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TAO SIJU REVIEWS LAW AND ORDER SITUATION IN CHINA AND ADMITS SOME SHORTCOMINGS. CLAIMS WANG JUNTAO AND BAO TONG ARE IN GOOD HEALTH. COMMENTS ON THE PATRIOTIC NATURE OF TRIADS SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH STIRRED CONTROVERSY IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR.
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THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY, TAO SIJU, GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR LOCAL AND FOREIGN REPORTERS ON 8 APRIL. THE MEETING FOCUSSED ON CHINA'S DOMESTIC LAW AND ORDER SITUATION, BUT TAO ALSO ANSWERED QUESTIONS ON POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ON HONG KONG.
DOMESTIC LAW AND ORDER
3. TAO REPORTED THAT IN 1992, PUBLIC SECURITY ORGANISATIONS INVESTIGATED OVER 3.6 MILLION CRIMINAL CASES AND SOLVED 1.08 MILLION, ARRESTING OVER 480 THOUSAND CRIMINALS. INVESTIGATED, OVER 14,000 WERE DRUG-RELATED, 16,000 INVOLVED TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND 240,000 WERE PROSTITUTION-RELATED. 200,000 ILLEGAL FIREARMS WERE SEIZED, INCLUDING 2291 MILITARY FIREARMS. THEFT AND ROBBERY ACCOUNTED FOR 70 PERCENT OF CRIMES.
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TAO SAID THAT OVERALL, THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION WAS STABLE. A RECENT SURVEY OF SELECTED AREAS SHOWED THAT LAW AND ORDER WAS GOOD IN ABOUT 68 PERCENT OF THESE LOCATIONS, AVERAGE IN 28 PERCENT AND POOR IN 4 PERCENT. HE ADMITTED THAT IN A NUMBER OF AREAS THE SITUATION WAS 'SERIOUS'' ', PARTICULARLY AROUND RAILWAYS AND HIGHWAYS IN MINORITY AREAS. DESPITE STRONG EFFORTS TO CURB DRUG TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, ABDUCTION AND SALE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THESE PROBLEMS WERE STILL SERIOUS.
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