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(offbeat@police.gcn.gov.hk), phone, fax or write a letter to Editor OFFBEAT and say it. We're here for you. DEAR SIR,
The wife of our company's manager, Cheng
Nai-chiu, was kidnapped in Costa Rica on 10 October this year. The gangsters tepephoned
our company in Hong Kong demanding a ransom of US$500,000, then said that they would
call back in two hours.
Not knowing what to do, we reported the case to the Hong Kong Police.
Led by SIP Lam Pui-kin and WSIP Leung Chi-ki, officers of the 3A team of the Regional
Crime Unit, HKI, swiftly mounted telephone recording facilities in our office and at Mr
Cheng's home in time to record the secomd telephone call from the kidnappers and to pass
the information on to Interpol in Costa Rica.
The police officers worked in Mr Cheng's home day and night until they were informed
that the kidnappers had been arrested, followed by a call from Mrs Cheng on the morning
of 14 October saying that she was safe.
Nonetheless, SIP Lam insisted that police officers in Costa Rica continue to protect Mrs
Cheng until she boarded her flight back to Hong Kong.
We are extremely grateful for the professionalism and dedication of the Hong Kong Police
officers in helping to ensure the safety of Mrs Cheng. The officers concerned deserve the
hightest commendation. We are proud of the fact that Hong Kong has such a high calibre
police force.
Cheng Lam-choi
PGO 15-02 states that: "UB officers shall wear
seasonal working dress when attending court to five evidence. . ."
My question is, however, if a Task Force or EU officer arrests a suspect while in
plain-clothes, should he/she attend court in plain-clothes or should he/she wear a uniform?
Lau Chiu-leung
DEAR SIR,
Your correspondent quite correctly
points out PGO 15-02.
Emergency Units and Task Forces are uniformed units and officers attached to such units
shall wear uniform when on duty unless specifically exempted under FPM 15-03, or ordered
otherwise by their Formation Commander. It follows, therefore, that Task Force or EU officers
should wear uniform when attending court.
As a general rule, this would apply whether or not the officer was wearing uniform at the
time an arrest was made. If, however, it is considered important to the case and in consultation
with the OC case, an officer may attend court in plain-clothes the provisions of PGO 15-02
paragraph 3 would then apply.
Yours faithfully
DEAR SIR,
Not long ago my family and I were burgled by
Illegal Immigrants at our residence in Tseng Lan Shue. Fortunately we were not home at the
time, but when we returned we called the police who quickly responded from Tseung Kwan
O.
Two days after the incident we received a phone call from Sergeant Lai Man-cheung of CID
Sau Mau Ping Police Station who connected a report listing the missing items from our home
to a report of items found in the possession of IIs arrested during a police raid on unoccupied
premises in Sai Kung.
We were extremely pleased that the most valuable of our items taken by these culprits were
subsequently recovered and retruned to us.
I would like to thank all the police departments concerned in the recovery of our stolen
belongings. I was extremely impressed by the speed and co-ordination within the Hong
Kong Police which brought this case to a close. Special thanks to PTU for their initial action
leading to the arrests, to the TKO CID and Task Force for setting up affirmative action in the
hills surrounding our premises, and especially to SMP CID Sergeant Lai, Sergeant Wong
Tak-yuen and DSIP Lee Ming-kai for their quick reaction in linking the suspects from the
PTU raid to our bruglary.
It was a good examlpe of excellent inter-departmental co-ordination and co-operation, I
praise the Hong Kong Police for a job well done.
John F Greene
DEAR SIR,
To better reflect the services we are providing
to the people of Hong Kong, may I suggest that the name of the Hong Kong Police Force
be changed to the Hong Kong Police Services.
Yours faithfully
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