Immigration Department refutes audit report, Shi Liqian says prescriptions should not be too much

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Written by: Zhou Lixi

2021-04-29 17:10

Last update date: 2021-04-29 17:49

In the new "audit report", the Audit Commission criticized the Immigration Department for its ineffective handling of false marriage cases. Some cases have been traced for more than 6 years until the death of the suspect. It is recommended to expedite the processing of the backlog of false marriage cases.

However, the Immigration Department rarely issued a rebuttal late last night, stating that the Immigration Department has always spared no effort to crack down on crimes involving fake marriages. "Some people who do not understand criminal investigations rashly criticize the law enforcement department's case handling methods", which seriously undermines the professional image of the Immigration Department. regret.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislative Council, Shek Liqian, told "Hong Kong 01" that the two departments in this incident are like "fighting in the air." Therefore, it is not simple to describe the incident. He emphasized that it should be handled by the Audit Office and the Immigration Department. It should be stated in the report that he accepts the opinion before saying more, believing that the pending hearing of the Accounts Committee has now become abominable.

The vice chairman of the committee, Xie Weijun, believes that the committee has a good chance to hold a public hearing on the part of the immigration department.

Former Legislative Council Member Liang Jichang, who was the former Vice Chairman of the Accounts Committee, said that this incident is inconsistent with the entire existing procedure (protocol) in the past. It is expected that the two departments will not make public before the hearing of the Accounts Committee. Response.

He estimated that the statement made by the Immigration Department last night might be a response to media enquiries or public opinions, and the official response to the report has already been included in the report.

In response, Shi Liqian emphasized that the various departments have their own agreements, and the departments should not criticize before the hearing of the AC.

He believes that the Immigration Department may think that the work is already very hard and laborious, so there are certain opinions.

However, Shi also emphasized that before submitting the report to the Legislative Council’s Accounts Committee, the Audit Commission had communicated with the departments that criticized the report, and given the relevant departments sufficient time to explain, "Accepted, and talked a lot."

Xie Weijun said that he believes the incident will have little impact on the future hearings of the Accounts Committee, and emphasized that the Accounts Committee will handle it in an equal manner, including hearing the opinions of all parties before making judgments.

He said that he did not want to respond to the incident at this stage, and that the Accounting Committee will hold a closed-door meeting to discuss related matters later.

Liang Jiajie pointed out that the Director of Audit must have given the Immigration Department ample opportunity to explain before making a conclusion during the audit.

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Liang Jiajie questioned the dwarfing of the audit report and urged the chief executive to respond

Liang Jichang, who has served as a member of the Accounts Committee for many years, was inquired by "Hong Kong 01". According to his impression, the Immigration Department has rarely accepted value-for-money audits in recent years. It is estimated that the current chief has the opportunity to never experience similar situations during his tenure.

He pointed out that it is difficult to be sure whether the statement of the Immigration Department directly responded to the contents of the audit report.

Former Legislative Council Member and Chairman of the Civic Party, Leung Ka-kit, stated on social networking sites that he had served in the Accounts Committee for many years and understood that during the audit process, the Director of Audit must have given the Immigration Department ample opportunity to explain before making a conclusion.

He said that he was very surprised that the Director of Immigration had blatantly abused the Director of Audit in an irrational manner after he chose to submit the audit report to the Legislative Council.

He emphasized that the work of the Accounts Committee is the most direct manifestation of the "Basic Law" requiring the executive organs to be accountable to the legislature.

Leung Ka-kit questioned that the Director of Immigration’s operation was not an isolated incident. He questioned the plan to dwarf the constitutional status of the audit report. He believed that Chief Executive Carrie Lam or Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong should immediately clarify the incident and request the Immigration Department. The chief apologized to the Director of Audit.

National Audit Office: Directors, department heads and supervisors should avoid publicly refuting audit results

The Audit Commission issued a statement today, referring to the press release issued by the Immigration Department yesterday (28th) night. According to the regulations, the Accounts Commission and the government agreed to submit the report to the Legislative Council for review until the public hearing. , Both parties should try to avoid disclosing matters that the dispute committee will investigate further. Regardless of whether it is related directors, department heads, heads of public agencies, or their subordinates, they should avoid disclosing the audit results contained in the rebuttal report; in order to comply with relevant regulations , The National Audit Office currently does not comment publicly on matters related to the audit report.

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