Dear Labour and Welfare Bureau,

Hope all is well. I am Yue Teng. Me and my friends came to know that there has recently been an increasing number of rescue calls from Hong Kong individuals who were allegedly trafficked to Southeast Asia.

1.Therefore, for our information request, we would like this Department to provide detailed information related to how this Department, the immigration office, the C&E Department and the police force collaborate to help out those people who were allegedly trafficked from or to Hong Kong. We would be grateful if you can also clarify the differences between the policies of the aforementioned departments in terms of standard protocols or procedures when conducting TIP assessments. In particular, we would also be grateful if you can explain how cases involving human trafficking are allocated between different departments and their respective screening methods (such as guidelines or common practices).

We do understand that this Department may not possess information that involve or belong to other departments. In that case, please let us know and provide those requested information that this Department has access to only.

2.For the ease of reference, according to the disclosure log, please provide the above requested documents in the reference number of: AIO 104/2020, AIO 3/202, AIO 52/2021 and AIO 55/2021.

Please let us know if there’s anything. Thanks very much for making Hong Kong a better place.

Yours faithfully,

Yue Teng

Dear LWB ENQ/LWB,

Thanks for your kindly feedback.

1.For the documents we requested AIO 104/2020, AIO 3/202, AIO 52/2021 and AIO 55/2021, we would be grateful if you help us to transfer the request to Labour Department for follow up.

2.We do understand that the information in paragraph 1 of our original request relating to Immigration Department, Customs and Excise Department and Police Force is not under your possession. We would like to know if you can provide us those requested information that this Department or Labour Department has access to only. To be specific, how Labour Department help out those people who were allegedly trafficked from or to Hong Kong. We would also be grateful if you can explain how cases involving human trafficking are allocated to Labour Department and its screening methods (such as guidelines or common practices).

Please let us know if there’s anything. Thanks very much for making Hong Kong a better place.

Yours sincerely,

Yue Teng