Detainees having served / currently serving criminal sentences at Mau Tau Kok
Dear Immigration Department,
I am writing to make a data access request about the number of detainees at Mau Tau Kok Detention Centre who have served sentences for criminal offences or are currently serving sentences. May I know, in each of the years between 2018-20:
a) the number of detainees admitted in each year and of those how many have served sentences for criminal offences or are currently serving sentences.
b) the detainee population on 31 December of each year and of those how many have served sentences for criminal offences or are currently serving sentences.
If a CSV or Excel format is possible, I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise PDF or similar would be fine as well.
Yours faithfully,
Surabhi Chopra
Our Reference: (2) in L/M (510) in ImmD DR/6-5/10/R
Dear Surabhi Chopra,
Re: Freedom of Information request - Detainees having served / currently
serving criminal sentences at Ma Tau Kok
Our department has received your application for access to information on
21 April 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 11
May 2021. In the meantime, please contact the undersigned via this email
if you have any enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
FUNG Tsz-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: (3) in L/M (510) in ImmD DR/6-5/10/R
Dear Surabhi Chopra,
Re: Freedom of Information request - Detainees having served / currently
serving criminal sentences at Ma Tau Kok
Further to our interim reply of 30 April 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. 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 10 June 2021.
If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.
Yours sincerely,
FUNG Tsz-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (510) in ImmD DR/6-5/10/R
Dear Surabhi Chopra,
Re: Freedom of Information request - Detainees having served / currently
serving criminal sentences at Ma Tau Kok
I refer to your request for access to information on 21 April 2021 and our
interim replies to you on 30 April 2021 and 11 May 2021. I hereby provide
you the following information.
(a) Number of admissions to the Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre
("MTKDC") in each year:
Year 2018 2019 2020
No. of admissions 5069 3936 3893
(b) Detainee population on 31 December of each year at the MTKDC:
Year 2018 2019 2020
No. of persons 22 10 43
The Immigration Department ("ImmD") does not maintain the requested
breakdown information of detainees. Meanwhile, the MTKDC does not admit
any person serving a sentence.
I hope the information is useful to you.
Yours sincerely,
KO Tsz-Kong
for Director of Immigration
