Police to Stop Publicly Reporting Follow-up on Anti-Extradition Bill Protest Complaints; 37 Allegations Substantiated, Only Two Officers Warned
警方不再公開滙報反修例投訴跟進 累計37宗指控屬實僅兩人遭警告
The 2019 anti-extradition bill movement generated a large number of complaints against police officers. Since the last meeting of the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) in November, two more complaints have been substantiated. One involved a reporter being pepper-sprayed by a police officer while covering news at Yuen Long MTR station; an unidentified officer in the crowd was also alleged to have made “impolite, inappropriate” remarks. The officers on duty were admonished. A police representative said at the meeting that the IPCC had approved 95% of the cases. Of the remaining 29 cases for which reports had not been submitted to the IPCC, 26 were subject to ongoing legal proceedings and three were being reinvestigated. As the figures were unlikely to change significantly in future, the police would no longer report on them at open joint meetings, an arrangement agreed to by the IPCC.
2019年反修例運動衍生大量警員被投訴案件，自上次11月監警會會議後，再多兩宗投訴獲證明屬實個案，其中一宗涉及有記者在元朗港鐵站採訪時，遭警員噴射胡椒噴霧，一位不知名警員在人群中說出「不禮貌、不恰當」說話，當值警員均被訓諭。警方代表在會上指，監警會已通過95%個案，剩下29宗未向監警會交報告的案件，有26宗有案在審，3宗重新調查，因為數字在未來變化不大，今後不再在公開聯席會議匯報，監警會同意安排。