The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) held a meeting on the 18th, where the police revealed that they had received a total of 679 complaints requiring reporting in the first 5 months of this year, a slight decrease of 4.6% compared to the 712 complaints received during the same period last year. Of the complaints approved by the ICAC, only 23 were proven to be true, accounting for a mere 3.6%.
In the first 5 months of this year, the police received a total of 679 complaints requiring reporting. Minor accusations included “negligence of duty” with 380 cases (56%), “misconduct” with 241 cases (36%), and “use of vulgar language” with 9 cases (1%), totaling 630 cases, a decrease of 45 cases from the same period last year. Serious accusations included “assault” with 31 cases (5%), “abuse of power” with 16 cases (2%), “fabrication of evidence” with 1 case (0.15%), and “intimidation” with 1 case (0.15%), totaling 49 cases, an increase of 12 cases from the same period last year.
In the first 5 months of this year, a total of 643 complaints were approved by the ICAC. Among them, there were 290 cases of “withdrawn complaints” (45%), 223 cases of “unable to trace” (35%), 74 cases resolved through “simplified means” (12%), 14 cases of “unproven” (2%), 13 cases of “no fault” (2%), 8 cases proven to be true (1%), 15 cases proven to be true without being reported (2%), and 6 cases of “false and inaccurate” (1%).
During the meeting, ICAC member and Legislative Council member Yick Chi Ming expressed astonishment at the 31 complaints of “assault,” stating “there are many!” Senior Superintendent Chan Hin Kwan from the Complaints Against Police Office responded that most complaints came from arrested individuals involved in serious violence or drug offenses. Among the complaints approved by the ICAC in the first 5 months of this year, none of them involved “assault.”
Furthermore, Wang Pui Sze, the chairperson of the ICAC and also chairman of the University of Hong Kong Council, declined to comment on the recent governance controversy at HKU when questioned by reporters after the ICAC meeting. She emphasized that today’s focus should be on the ICAC and expressed hope for continued support for HKU, noting that she does not see any conflicts of interest in holding multiple public positions.