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[Fugitives Regulations] Crimes in the second half of the year increased by robbery, burglary, looting and arson tripled

2020-01-05T08:41:10.922Z


Since last year's anti-revision storm, in the past few months, shops in many districts in Hong Kong have been arsonized and watch robbery cases are on the rise. Police stated that anti-revision demonstrations lasted for six months, and the number of crimes continued to rise. Police officers were required to deploy daily police values ​​in response to social conditions. According to police information, the "arson" in the second half of 2019 tripled compared with the first half. As for the burglary, robbery and robbery cases in the second half of the year, they also doubled compared with the first half and the same period last year. Since August last year, there have been at least 15 robberies involving watch shops and gold shops in Hong Kong. Earlier, some merchants said that Mong Kok police patrols were unsuccessful. According to police information, the number of robberies in Mong Kok District accounts for about 20% of the total robberies in the second half of 2019. In summary, the number of arson, burglary, robbery and robbery cases in the second half of 2019 has an upward trend over the same period in the past two years.


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Author: Chen Leilei

2020-01-05 14:54

Last updated: 2020-01-05 16:04

Since last year's anti-revision storm, in the past few months, shops in many districts in Hong Kong have been arsonized and watch robbery cases are on the rise. Police stated that anti-revision demonstrations lasted for six months, and the number of crimes continued to rise. Police officers were required to deploy daily police values ​​in response to social conditions. According to police information, the "arson" in the second half of 2019 tripled compared with the first half. As for the burglary, robbery and robbery cases in the second half of the year, they also doubled compared with the first half and the same period last year. Since August last year, there have been at least 15 robberies involving watch shops and gold shops in Hong Kong. Earlier, some merchants said that Mong Kok police patrols were unsuccessful. According to police information, the number of robberies in Mong Kok District accounts for about 20% of the total robberies in the second half of 2019. In summary, the number of arson, burglary, robbery and robbery cases in the second half of 2019 has an upward trend over the same period in the past two years.

Arson

Arson cases more than tripled

During the storm, many arson cases occurred in various districts, including petrol bombs were dropped at police stations in Tsim Sha Tsui and Ngau Tau Kok, multiple exits of MTR stations were set ablaze, and the Bank of China and HSBC were damaged by arson. . According to statistics, the number of arson cases in the first half of this year was 155, while in the second half it was 647, an increase of more than three times, and a total of 72 cases were detected. In the second half of 2018, a total of 149 cases were detected, compared with the same period last year. Times. At the same time, the number of arson cases in 2018 has a downward trend, but the number in the second half of 2019 has increased significantly, exceeding the full-year figure in the past two years by nearly double.

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[Arson at the police station] Sheung Shui Police Station was blackened by petrol bomb gates and broken ground glass

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Robbery

Robbery doubled

Robberies were frequent in the second half of last year. Police said at a press conference that the number of robberies in the first 11 months of last year increased by 28% year-on-year, from one every three days in previous years to one every other day this year. Since August, there have been at least 15 robberies such as watch shops and gold shops in various districts in Hong Kong, with the majority in Yau Tsim Mong district. According to the data, the crimes included robbery with firearms, robbery with similar pistol-shaped objects, and other robbery. In the first half of last year, there were 44 robberies. From July to November last year, 126 robberies occurred, the number is higher than 2018. It nearly doubled in the same period of the year, and the police detected a total of 62 cases. Compared with 63 cases in the second half of 2018, the number of robberies last year has doubled.

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Burglary

The burglary nearly doubled

Police said that burglary cases included cases of damage and no damage. There were 786 cases in the first half of 2019 and 1310 cases in the second half of the year, of which 299 were detected, showing that the number of burglary cases in the second half of last year has more than doubled from the first half . As for the figures in the second half of last year, they have almost doubled compared with the same period in 2018. In the past three years, the number of burglary cases in 2019 was as high as 2,096. Compared with 1,575 in 2018 and 1,864 in 2017, there were more burglary cases last year than in the past two years.

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[Theft in Sham Shui Po] The modern kitchen of "Huangdian" was robbed and the turnover was 30,000 yuan in two days.

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Robbery

Robbery nearly doubled

Regarding robbery cases, there were 58 cases in the first half of 2019, and a total of 105 cases were recorded in the second half of the year, almost doubling and 30 cases were detected. In the second half of 2018, there were 54 cases of robbery, which has nearly doubled in the same period. The number of looting cases in 2018 fell slightly by 15% compared to 2017, and the figures for the second half of 2019 were close to the figures for 2018 and 2017.

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Robbery in Mong Kok District accounts for over 20% of the total

The West Kowloon Region has always been the region with the largest number of crimes in Hong Kong. Looking at the overall crime figures in 2017 and 2018, the West Kowloon Region has the highest number of crimes in each district. A search of Mong Kok, Yau Tsim and Sham Shui Po districts showed that Mong Kok district had multiple watch robbery cases in the second half of the year. The number of robbery cases from July to November was 28, accounting for more than 20% of the total robbery. The Sham Shui Po District and Sham Shui Po District each accounted for about 10%; while in the case of burglary, Sham Shui Po District accounted for more than 10% of the overall figure, ranking first in the three districts, and Mong Kok District and Yau Tsim District each accounted for close to 10%.

Police: Watch for trends to step up patrols

In response, the police stated that they would closely monitor the crime trends and take appropriate actions at the appropriate time, including intensifying patrols in the area, and conducting targeted intelligence-led operations and crime propaganda to combat crime.

Robbery, Burglary and Fugitive Ordinance

Source: hk1

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