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[Fugitives Ordinance] In the first 10 months of this year, the Mainland notified 611 Hong Kong people that compulsory measures had been taken

2019-12-04T05:32:26.664Z


The anti-revision of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations in June this year has triggered a series of demonstrations and conflicts. Mo Nai-kwong, a member of the Legislative Council of the information technology industry, asked the Security Bureau how many Hong Kong people have participated in anti-revision campaigns since June this year and have been subject to criminal coercive measures in the Mainland, including detention, bail pending trial, surveillance, residence, detention and arrest. The Security Bureau's written reply pointed out that from January to October this year, the Mainland notification unit notified the SAR Government a total of 799 Hong Kong people were taken compulsory measures involving 611 Hong Kong residents suspected of drug abuse, fraud and smuggling. The reply did not list statistics from June to date, nor did it mention any cases involving demonstrations.


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Written by: Zheng Qiuling

2019-12-04 13:23

Last updated: 2019-12-04 13:23

The anti-revision of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations in June this year has triggered a series of demonstrations and conflicts. Mo Nai-kwong, a member of the Legislative Council of the information technology industry, asked the Security Bureau how many Hong Kong people have participated in anti-revision campaigns since June this year and have been subject to criminal coercive measures in the Mainland, including detention, bail pending trial, surveillance, residence, detention and arrest.

The Security Bureau's written reply pointed out that from January to October this year, the Mainland notification unit notified the SAR Government a total of 799 Hong Kong people were taken compulsory measures involving 611 Hong Kong residents suspected of drug abuse, fraud and smuggling. The reply did not list statistics from June to date, nor did it mention any cases involving demonstrations.

Regarding the cases where the Mainland and the Mainland launched two separate inspections in September last year, Mainland law enforcement officers criminally detained Hong Kong residents in the inland port area of ​​West Kowloon Station. The Security Bureau stated that the area was in the Mainland's jurisdiction, not in the SAR, and the SAR government had no information. (Profile picture)

According to the reply of the Security Bureau, according to the mutual reporting mechanism between Hong Kong and the Mainland, the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will inform the residents of both sides on the following two types of cases: criminal coercive measures have been taken or criminal prosecutions have been instituted; and cases of abnormal deaths. From January to October this year, Mainland reporting units made 799 notifications about Hong Kong residents being taken compulsory measures, involving 611 Hong Kong residents. The suspected crimes include drug abuse, fraud and smuggling. According to the Security Bureau, after receiving the notification from the Mainland, the SAR Government will notify the relevant family members as soon as possible, so that the family members can consider and decide whether to hire a local lawyer or provide other assistance to the relevant Hong Kong people to protect their rights under the law, and Seek assistance from the SAR Government when necessary.

Law Enforcement Cases in Mainland Port Areas Without Hong Kong High-speed Rail Stations

This notification arrangement is also applicable to the inland port area of ​​the West Kowloon Station of the high-speed rail, and this area belongs to the inland jurisdiction, and the mainland authorities can exercise jurisdiction in the inland port area. On the number of cases in which Mainland law enforcement officers have taken enforcement actions against anyone in the mainland port area of ​​West Kowloon Station since the implementation of the two-place inspection in September last year, and whether the government has been informed by the Mainland authorities of the criminal detention of Hong Kong residents at the place In individual cases, the Security Bureau stated that the law enforcement figures and individual cases in the port areas of the Mainland are matters of the Mainland jurisdiction, not the affairs of the SAR, and the SAR Government has no information.

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Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong native who served at the British Consulate-General in Hong Kong in August this year, was brought back to Shenzhen for administrative detention for 15 days on the way back to Hong Kong from the Mainland Port Area of ​​the High-speed Rail West Kowloon Station. Zheng Wenjie stated that he was treated inhumanely during the period. According to the Security Bureau, the Immigration Department immediately received information from the family members of the Guangdong Office on August 9 to understand and follow up through the Guangdong Office. The police also received a report from the family members of the parties and classified the case as a missing person. After being released back to Hong Kong in late August, the client never expressed his need for further assistance to the SAR Government.

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