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Written by: Zeng Kaixin, Ma Weijie
2020-07-05 15:58
Last update date: 2020-07-05 15:58Since the 29th of last month, 22 detainees in the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center in Tuen Mun have launched a hunger strike to protest the prolonged detention period. The CIC Concern Group today (5th) joined Legislative Council members and about 50 South Asians in solidarity outside the Qingshan Bay Immigration Center, asking the Immigration Department to stop indefinite detention.
Legislators Shao Jiazhen and Zhang Chaoxiong mentioned that they had written to the Director of Immigration on June 30 to ask for immediate follow-up and inspection, but so far there has been no reply, questioning that the prescription has not been responded to in the face of human life. Make an account.
Twenty-two detainees in the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center in Tuen Mun launched an indefinite hunger strike 7 days ago to protest the problem of excessive detention period. The members of the hunger strike are mainly made up of ethnic Indians and Pakistanis in Southeast Asia and all men.
Refusal to disclose the seven-day hunger prescription
The CIC Concern Group today (5th), together with Legislative Council members Shao Jiazhen, Zhang Chaoxiong and about 50 South Asians, went outside the Immigration Center to support the detained hunger strikers, during which they raised "Stop Abusing Detainees" and "Stop "Indefinite detention" and other slogans require the Immigration Department to release detainees as soon as possible. Legislative Council member Zhang Chaoxiong said that the main reasons for the detention of prisoners were illegal workers, illegal immigration, and contract completion. Some of the cases were detained for nearly four years.
Anna, a member of the CIC Concern Group, said that the Immigration Department refused to disclose the situation of people who face hunger strikes; Shao Jiazhen and Zhang Chaoxiong also wrote to the Director of Immigration Department on June 30 to request immediate follow-up and inspection, but so far there has been no reply, questioning the prescription In the face of human life, there was no reply.
The wife of the detainee stated that her husband was detained for up to two years. (Photo by Ma Weijie)
I can only see two releases a week without a deadline
One of the wives of detainees pointed out that her husband and the whole family are Hong Kong natives and have Hong Kong identity cards, but their husband's stay in Hong Kong was delayed due to their husband's imprisonment. She said that in the past two years, she could call her husband once a day and meet twice a week for ten minutes each time. However, her husband’s elderly mother is in poor health and waits for her son’s release at home every day. In addition, her husband was also suffering from knee dermatitis, but he was unable to obtain appropriate medicines during his detention. His condition has not improved so far.
Shao Jiazhen (left), a member of the Legislative Council, said that someone had reported to him that detention was worse than imprisonment. (Photo by Ma Weijie)
Up to four years in detention just like prison
Shao Jiazhen, a member of the Legislative Council, said that some foreigners revealed to him that the detention environment of the Immigration Center is worse than that of Stanley Prison, and the treatment is no different from that of imprisonment. Zhang Chaoxiong also pointed out that the detention rooms of the Immigration Department are generally used for short-term detention purposes, the internal environment is harsh, and even detainees have been treated inhumanely by staff. He continued that, from a humanitarian standpoint, the general detention is only 48 hours, but there is no time limit for the detention of the Immigration Department. Some detainees have been detained for four years, but it is still unknown when they will be released. The detention left him mentally tortured.
No way to deal with complaints inhumanely
Shao Jiazhen also pointed out that detainees face inhuman confrontation but have no complaints. Detainees must apply to the Immigration Department to register their names before they can complain. Some prisoners are worried that they will be drawn after the accounts, hoping that the prescription will face the problem as soon as possible , Improve the complaint mechanism, and regularly explain to the public the number of inmates and the length of detention. The CIC Concern Group and Members also said that if the prescription did not follow up, it would not rule out escalating the action.
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