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PPRB's replies to the media


It is not unusual for the media to occasionally run inaccurate news stories on the Force. And the Police Public Relations Branch has been working hard to send prompt replies to the organisations concerned or issue press releases setting the record straight. Now OffBeat will regularly carry a brief summary of these replies for readers. Force members wanting to read replies in full can view them through PEN and POINT.

A press release was issued November 18 referring to a report in a Chinese-language paper that an officer would be disciplined over the 'June 26 incident' outside the Central Government Offices.

It said that although the Complaints Against Police Office Report had been completed, it was highly improper to speculate on the outcome of it until the Independent Police Complaints Council met to discuss the report and make recommendations.

  • The Hong Kong Press Council was sent a letter on November 21 saying the Force was appalled at the photographic coverage in several newspapers of a fatal accident involving a Traffic officer while he was carrying out duties on Tuen Mun Road, November 18.

    It was told the ghastly coverage was in bad taste and well beyond the limits of common decency, causing unnecessary distress. The letter called for improvements in this area, and was copied to the Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority.

  • A Chinese-language paper was sent a letter on November 28 stressing that Police attached importance to the allegation it ran that an officer guarding the scene of a suicide case in Mui Wo on November 26 was suspected of neglect of duty. It said disciplinary investigations would be launched and appropriate action taken if the accusation was substantiated.









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