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[List of robbery] Mong Kok robbery disaster area inspected for 10 hours without police

2019-12-16T12:11:05.150Z


Last week (13th), the fifth watch robbery occurred within two months in Mong Kok district. A watch shop nearby indicated that steel reinforced doors have been used instead of pure glass doors, and some shop owners have reported that the number of burglaries has increased in recent days. Patrol. The reporter started to observe the area of ​​Huayuan Street in Mong Kok at 10 am this morning. Until 8 pm, no police officers were seen or police cars patrolled on the site. It is understood that, in general, the police patrol unit is divided into three, one for at least eight hours, mainly divided into patrol on foot or police car, and the route and manpower depends on the size of different police districts; The situation is that the police mainly changed to police patrols, and deployment was carried out according to the situation.


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Written by: Chen Kangzhi, Yang Wanting, Lin Zhenhua, Chen Leilei

2019-12-16 19:57

Last updated: 2019-12-16 19:59

Last week (13th), the fifth watch robbery occurred within two months in Mong Kok district. A watch shop nearby indicated that steel reinforced doors have been used instead of pure glass doors, and some shop owners have reported that the number of burglaries has increased in recent days. Patrol. The reporter started to observe the area of ​​Huayuan Street in Mong Kok at 10 am this morning. Until 8 pm, no police officers were seen or police cars patrolled on the site.

It is understood that, in general, the police patrol unit is divided into three, one for at least eight hours, mainly divided into patrol on foot or police car, and the route and manpower depends on the size of different police districts; The situation is that the police mainly changed to police patrols, and deployment was carried out according to the situation.

Observed without police patrol for more than three hours

The fifth robbery within two months occurred in Huayuan Street in Mong Kok last week (13th). The reporter visited the area of ​​Huayuan Street at 10 am this morning. There are many shops on the site, including money changers and watch shops. It is open, and the streets are densely populated. However, as of 8 pm, the reporter did not see any police officers or police cars patrolling the area.

From 4 to 6 pm, the reporter kept wandering around Mong Kok Road, Argyle Street, Fa Yuen Street, Sai Yee Street, and Kuai Fu Street. No police officers were patrolled, and no police car was passing by. Time ". A number of watch shops said that they did not see police patrols. In response to the rapid increase in robberies, they adopted a self-rescue plan, including replacing the window glass with acrylic, and after the customer pushed the door, the staff needed to open the door by pressing the electric gate. After the position of the table was moved, there were even tables that imitated the gold shop and pawn shop. An iron cage was built in the shop, and the proprietor sat inside to receive guests.

Watch owner installs "iron cage" to prevent robbery

A Cong, person in charge of Osaka clocks, said that due to the increase in robberies in recent days, the police force has not been strengthened, no police officers have been seen, and there have been police cars passing by. In addition to replacing the reinforced glass, the store also installed an "iron cage" in the store and sat behind the fence to receive the guests. "The robbery is too sharp! Do it yourself." However, if you leave the shop for a while, you will be People threatened with beef knives and could only offer helplessly.

As for the stolen goods stolen by robbers, he estimates that most of them will be brought back to the Mainland to cash in, because the watch shops will give the lost models and numbers to the police, and the police will mostly issue information to different watch shops and pawn shops within one or two days. Police will be notified as soon as suspicious is found when verifying the goods. If the thief sells online, A Cong reminds the public that it is best to buy watches at reputable stores. Even if you shop online, you should check the watch with the seller at the watch repair department for further verification. I believe it will help to avoid buying swag.

The police took fingerprints of the suspect. (Photo by Yu Ruijing)

Police cars patrol every eight hours or more

It is understood that, in general, the police patrol unit is divided into three, one for at least eight hours, mainly divided into patrol on foot or police car, and the route and manpower depends on the size of different police districts, each district is different Because Mong Kok Police District has always had different crimes, the police coordination flexibility in the Police District has always been greater. In addition, in response to the current social situation, police officers are mainly patrolling police cars instead of foot patrols in the past to ensure the safety of police officers. At the same time, the current variables are large. Manpower needs to be deployed to handle different tasks at any time, such as demonstrations. There will be more adjustments.

On duty street patrols for emergencies

Checking the police information, the formation of the uniformed patrol team is different according to the needs of different police districts, and divided into different parts to ensure that the team has sufficient manpower, personnel are equipped with police guns, batons, pepper spray and so on. Every day when going out for patrol, the patrol team will need to give more instructions, and then a police car will be sent out for patrol. In addition, the patrol team is mainly responsible for patrolling the streets on foot, responding to sudden cases and responding to 999 cases, and snoring on the scene.

Xie Zhenzhong stated in mid-August that the patrol police had switched to patrol cars. (Profile picture)

Police patrol in mid-August

At the time, Chief Superintendent Xie Zhenzhong of the Public Relations Division of the Police said in mid-August that due to the earlier situation, some regional headquarters staffed and adjusted to ensure that emergency cases can still be handled under the existing resource arrangements. The police will also consider whether the cases are May be handled by other government departments. Xie said at the time that he understood the public's expectations for the patrol service and emphasized that there was no lack of patrol personnel, but that the patrol car was changed to patrol without affecting the emergency services provided by the police.

Guo Jiayu has a lot of manpower to handle the violence

At today ’s police press conference, I was asked if another robbery occurred in Mong Kok last Friday. The crime rate in Hong Kong has risen. Some have said that the police had to disperse police forces because they had to deal with demonstrations, and that they were creating impressions caused by demonstrations. The newly-appointed Chief Superintendent of the Police Public Relations Division, Mr Kwok Ka-yee, emphasized that it was wrong for the police to fail to take action on other crimes. The police are very concerned about the crime situation in Hong Kong. The police need a lot of manpower to handle, so we need to adjust the police force on weekdays. Guo pointed out that if there is no public support to maintain a low crime rate, all people in Hong Kong want a safe Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a safe city six months ago, but we face many acts of violence, violent protesters and irresponsibility. Behavioral battle. Guo appealed to the public to stop supporting violence, as it was six months ago, to stop criminal activities together and to restore Hong Kong to a safe city.

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A watch shop in Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok. The robbery occurred last week (13th), the fifth robbery in the district in two months, and the watch shop involved was robbed for the second time. At the time of the incident, four thieves robbed with a knife and hammer. A male employee was injured in the hips of his hand and more than 1 million property was taken away from the shop.

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Source: hk1

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