Number of detainees involved in physical confrontations at CIC
Dear Immigration Department,
I am writing to make a data access request about number of detainees involved in physical confrontations at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre. May I know, in each of the years between 2010 – 2021,
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
a) The type of disciplinary measure or penalty administered in response to physical confrontations.
If a CSV or Excel format is possible, I would greatly appreciate it.
Yours faithfully,
Gigi Lo
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.2
Dear Gigi Lo,
Our department has received your follow-up application for access to
information on 20.10.2021. 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 09.11.2021.
If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.2
Dear Gigi Lo,
Further to the interim reply on 29.10.2021, 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 09.12.2021.
If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.2
Dear Gigi Lo,
I refer to your request for access to information on 20 October 2021 and
our interim replies to you on 29 October 2021 and 9 November 2021. I
hereby provide you the following information.
(1) The numbers of cases of physical confrontation involving detainees at
the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre ("CIC") from 2010 to 2021 (as at
September 2021) are tabulated below:
Year ^Note 1 No. of cases of physical confrontation
involving detainees at the CIC
2010 14
2011 27
2012 24
2013 21
2014 15
2015 26
2016 38
2017 24
2018 15
2019 14
2020 25
2021 22
(as at September 2021)
(2) The numbers of detainees involved in physical confrontations at the
CIC from 2010 to 2021 (as at September 2021) are tabulated below:
Year ^Note 1 No. of detainees involved in physical
confrontations at the CIC
2010 23
2011 52
2012 55
2013 37
2014 38
2015 44
2016 73
2017 57
2018 32
2019 29
2020 70
2021 50
(as at September 2021)
(3) The numbers of detainees receiving disciplinary penalties as a result
of involvement in physical confrontations at the CIC from 2010 to 2021 (as
at September 2021) are tabulated below:
Year ^Note 1 No. of detainees receiving disciplinary
penalties
2010 23
2011 52
2012 55
2013 32
2014 38
2015 42
2016 65
2017 51
2018 32
2019 29
2020 68
2021 50
(as at September 2021)
Note 1: The Immigration Department has taken over the management of the
CIC from the Correctional Services Department since 15 April 2010. The
above table covers the relevant figures of the CIC for the period from 15
April 2010 to 30 September 2021 only.
(4) 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.
I hope the information is useful to you.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Dear Immigration Department,
Thank you for your response and the information provided.
I would like to confirm: based on the information provided in item 4), does it mean that every detainee who receives disciplinary punishment for involvement in physical confrontations is separately confined?
Yours faithfully,
Gigi Lo
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.2
Dear Gigi Lo,
Our department has received your follow-up application for access to
information on 13.12.2021. 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 02.01.2022.
If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.2
Dear Gigi Lo,
I refer to your request for access to information on 13 December 2021 and
our interim reply to you on 20 December 2021. I hereby provide you the
following information.
Not every detainee involved in physical confrontations at the Castle Peak
Bay Immigration Centre was imposed separate confinement. In case a
suspected criminal offence is detected, the case will be referred to the
Police for further investigation.
I hope the information is useful to you.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
