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Written by: Lu Jiayu
2020-07-04 00:07
Date of last update: 2020-07-04 00:11The first July 1 of the Minato City National Security Law came into effect, 6 men and 4 women were arrested for violating the Minato City National Security Law inciting others to split the country. Some of them were held, wielded or displayed including "Hong Kong Independence" ", "National Self-Strengthening", "Recovering Hong Kong, the Revolution of the Times" banner or slogan and was arrested. Among them, a 23-year-old man was suspected of driving a motorcycle and injuring three police officers. Terrorist crimes.
The police confirmed that during the investigation, the 10 arrested persons had their non-body samples (DNA) seized in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance. A barrister pointed out that if the arrested person committed a serious, arrestable crime, the general criminal case could not obtain the arrested person’s DNA, and considered that the practice was rare. It was also estimated that the police wanted to investigate whether the arrested person was related to other earlier cases. even.
A spokesman for the Police Public Relations Section said that on July 1, the police arrested 10 persons for inciting others to split the country in violation of Articles 20 and 21 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Maintenance of National Security. The maximum penalty is 10 Years in prison. During the investigation, the police seized the non-in vivo samples (DNA) from the 10 arrested persons in accordance with the Police Force Regulation 59C(2a).
Section 59C of the Police Force Regulations states that the collection of non-in vivo samples by the police for forensic scientific testing must be authorized by a police officer of the rank of superintendent or above to receive the sample, and there must be reasonable reasons to suspect that the person has committed a certain case Serious arrestable crimes, and believe that the sample helps determine whether the person has committed the above crimes.
Barrister: Only serious crimes can seize DNA
Counsel Lu Weixiong estimated that before the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law, if the arrested person had not committed a serious and arrestable crime, his DNA would not be available in ordinary criminal cases. Lu believes that the nature of the 10 arrested cases involving violations of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" is not directly related to the seizure of DNA samples. It is estimated that the police seized the arrested DNA samples to investigate the arrested persons and others. Whether the case occurred earlier is related.
He also cited the example that the police used similar methods to search evidence in the past. For example, there were suspects of illegally gathering people who were arrested earlier. The police asked them to hand over their mobile phones. The seizure of DNA samples is relatively rare, and it is believed that after the implementation of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law", the police will conduct further investigations.
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