Detainees involved in physical confrontations at CIC and disciplinary penalties (2020-2022)

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make a data access request about physical confrontations at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre. May I know, in each of the years between 2020 – 2022,

1) The number of cases of physical confrontation involving detainees

2) The number of detainees involved in such physical confrontations

3) The number of detainees receiving disciplinary penalties as a result of involvement in such physical confrontations
i) The type of disciplinary measure or penalty administered in response to physical confrontations

4) The number of staff members receiving disciplinary penalties as a result of their handling of physical confrontations

If the information could be provided in CSV format, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much for your help on this matter. I look forward to your response.

Kind regards,
H. Y. Fung

Our Reference: L/M (15) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear H. Y. Fung,

Our department has received your application for access to information on
20.12.2022. Your application is now under processing. According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
09.01.2023.

If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.

Best regards,

NG Hon-sum
for Director of Immigration

Our Reference: L/M (15) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear H. Y. Fung,

Further to our interim reply on 29.12.2022, I am writing to inform you
that your application for Access to Information is still under processing,
as more time is required to gather and consolidate the information
requested in your application (if any). According to paragraph 1.18 of the
Code on Access to Information, our department will inform you of the
latest progress of the case separately on or before 08.02.2023.

Should you have any enquiries, please contact the undersigned via this
email.

Best Regards,

CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration

Our Reference: L/M (15) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear H.Y. Fung,

I refer to your request for access to information on 20 December 2022 and
our interim replies to you on 29 December 2022 and 9 January 2023. I
hereby provide you with the following information.

(1) The numbers of cases of physical confrontation involving detainees at
the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre ("CIC") from 2020 to 2022 are
tabulated below:

Year No. of cases of physical confrontation involving detainees at the
CIC
2020 25
2021 28
2022 18

(2) The numbers of detainees involved in physical confrontations at the
CIC from 2020 to 2022 are tabulated below:

Year No. of detainees involved in physical confrontations at the CIC
2020 70
2021 61
2022 32

(3) The numbers of detainees receiving disciplinary penalties as a result
of involvement in physical confrontations at the CIC from 2020 to 2022 are
tabulated below:

Year No. of detainees receiving disciplinary penalties
2020 68
2021 60
2022 31

You may wish to know that a detainee at the CIC who contravenes any of the
rules of the CIC may, after due inquiry and upon being afforded an
opportunity to exculpate himself, be separately confined by order of the
Superintendent for a period not exceeding 7 days in accordance with the
Immigration (Treatment of Detainees) Order, Chapter 115E of the Laws of
Hong Kong, with a view to maintaining the good order at the CIC. In case a
suspected criminal offence is detected, the case will be referred to the
Police for further investigation.

(4) No staff of the CIC received disciplinary penalties as a result of
their handling of physical confrontations at the Centre from 2020 to 2022.

I hope the information is useful to you.