Hong Kong's High Court ruled today that police officers failing to display their unique identification is a breach of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. The Hong Kong Journalists Association and few other citizens filed a judicial review previously over police officers failing to wear distinctive identification numbers when carrying out non-covert duties in public order events. The court also ruled that the current two-tier mechanism for handling complaints against the force in Hong Kong fails to meet the requirement of independent investigation under the Bill. All complaints against police officers are handled by the Complaints Against Police Office, and will be reviewed by the Independent Police Complaints Council. Any independent investigation, he added, should be capable of identifying police officers suspected of using unreasonable force or other forms of ill-treatment.-RTHK/The Standard

Source: The Standard November 19, 2020 04:18 UTC