Former district councillor Yuan Jiawei and five female prisoners who were involved in violations of the National Security Law were found hiding contraband in the Luohu Correctional Institution on Thursday and were prosecuted for disciplinary proceedings. This attracted the support of other persons in custody and eventually called for "Black Panther". Troops" quell the chaos.
The Commissioner of Correctional Services Hu Yingming, who was personally present to direct the situation, revealed in an interview on Friday that the contraband involved included food, lipstick and hairpins. The problem should not be underestimated.
As the number of people arrested and imprisoned in conflicts involving anti-amendment regulations increases, Hu Zhi’s challenge to the department is greater in scale and organization than in the past. He emphasized that prisons should not be allowed to become a base for anti-China chaos in Hong Kong.
TVB Interview with Director of Correctional Services Hu Yingming (Screenshot of Radio News)
Wireless News Network broadcasted an interview with Director of Correctional Services Hu Yingming in the early hours of the 4th. It started with the disciplinary prosecution of six women in custody in Luohu Correctional Institution who were found to have contraband.
At that time, 18 persons in custody requested the cancellation of prosecution and release. The Correctional Services Department’s Regional Response Team "Black Panther Troops" was dispatched to deal with it. Director Hu Yingming was present at the scene to give instructions. He revealed that the contraband involved were food, lipstick and hairpins. Wait, there is an upper limit for those who have exceeded the return. He thinks that this issue should not be underestimated.
Prohibited goods involved: food, lipstick and hairpins
Hu Yingming said: "In the beginning, it may be about feelings and friendships have been given to you, but when the problem develops, it is not feelings. It turns into soliciting others. This is how power is formed. The underworld used to collect people in the past. They made an action and asked us to release people. This has already stepped on my red line, so I must leave the regional response team."
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He described that since the 2014 Occupy Central operation, he has noticed that related persons in custody have brought challenges to the management of the Department. He described the organization and scale of this time as being larger: "It is very organized to discredit our correctional system, to provide food, clothing, shelter, transportation, etc. There are problems in the scope, and the purpose is very simple. It is to change the ecology in the (prison), changing to a situation that makes people not afraid of jail time, and the final result is to affect the stability and security of Hong Kong as a whole."
The Correctional Services Department dispatched a regional response team to Lo Wu Correctional Institution to provide support (photograph)
Won't turn the prison into a paradise
Hu Yingming also questioned whether there is a real need for district board members to visit prisons: "Many young people regretted that they were sent to prison for crimes related to gangsters. Tell them not to change, tell them to keep fighting."
Earlier, after a pro-democracy activist had completed his sentence, he urged the prison to provide humane treatment, including improving the hot environment. Hu Yingming responded: "If it is really unreasonable, it will be changed. But the question is whether it can suddenly become a beautiful paradise, of course it won’t. The prison and the environment in which you come out will never be equal. If they are equal, how can they be a prison?"
After the anti-amendment incident, the number of people waiting for information has soared so that the reception is full.
Some people need to be transferred to Stanley Prison or Lo Wu Correctional Institution. Hu Yingming believes that there is still room for processing for the time being.
Luohu Correctional Correctional Correctional Services 24th prisoner explodes and hides contraband. Collectively fights against the Panthers, isolates troublemakers and hugs prisoners. Yuan Jiawei fines prisoners for violation of regulations. On the 10th, the Correctional Services Department does not comment.
