Burst
Written by: Lu Jiayu
2020-04-29 23:47
Date of last update: 2020-04-29 23:47The police cracked down on illegal debt collection activities in Tai Po and Sheung Shui District, launched an operation codenamed "Water Warfare", and arrested two 18- and 32-year-old men for "criminal destruction". Police said that in the new coronavirus epidemic, most citizens put on masks to give criminals the opportunity to pretend to be residents. They urged citizens to walk in and out of the building and be aware of strangers following.
Police launched operations yesterday (28 and 29). Tai Po Police District officers stepped up patrols against illegal debt collection activities in housing estates and stopped searching suspicious debt collectors in housing estates. The Anti-Triad Action Team of the Tai Po Police District arrested two men aged between 18 and 32 for criminal damage. They were suspected of being involved in oil spills in residential units in the district. The police investigation is still ongoing and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested.
The police said that the Tai Po Police District yesterday (28th) invited the New Territories North Regional Crime Prevention Office, Housing Department, Property Management Company and relevant stakeholders in the district to hold crime prevention exchanges to discuss the latest illegal debt collection activities And to provide feasible suggestions for villages to strengthen their security, and share the difficulties encountered by security guards in preventing illegal debt collection.
Criminal destruction of debt