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The Politics of Policing in Greater China pp 117–140Cite as

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Policing in Hong Kong

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Abstract

The Hong Kong police force can be seen as a professional and efficient disciplinary force highly adaptive and responsive to the rapidly changing socio-political circumstances. Its responses to the politicization of Hong Kong, the rise of localist politics and protests, the emergence of some home-grown terrorists, and the increase in cross-border crime have demonstrated the efficiency and effectiveness in maintaining the law and order in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong police have been operating under a well-established and solid system of internal and external checks and balances on the exercise of police power, including the Complaints Against Police Office, Independent Police Complaints Council, Independent Commission Against Corruption and the mass media. Under these circumstances, the police in Hong Kong can strike a balance between professionalism in their operation and accountability to the public.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    “Force Vision, Common Purpose and Values,” in http://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/vm.html, access date: March 27, 2016.

  2. 2.

    Ibid.

  3. 3.

    “Introduction to Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force,” in http://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/11_useful_info/aux_police/intro.html, access date: March 27, 2016.

  4. 4.

    “Ex-officer jailed 12 years for police station rape,” South China Morning Post, September 19, 2009.

  5. 5.

    Apple Daily, August 8, 2015, p. A14.

  6. 6.

    Sing Pao, July 26, 2015, p. A5.

  7. 7.

    “ICAC arrests three police officers in triad informer scandal,” January 22, 2016, in http://www.ejinsight.com/20160122-icac-arrests-3-police-officers-triad-informer-scandal/, access date: March 27, 2016.

  8. 8.

    “Complaints Against Police Office: A Guide for Complainants,” in http://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/pol/en/Pol_679.pdf, access date: March 28, 2016.

  9. 9.

    “Independent Police Complaints Council Observers Scheme,” in http://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/complaints/IPCC_os_Leaflet.pdf, access date: March 28, 2016.

  10. 10.

    “Franklin Chu,” in http://evchk.wikia.com/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E7%B6%93%E7%B7%AF, access date: March 29, 2016.

  11. 11.

    Sing Pao, February 7, 2016, p. A5.

  12. 12.

    Apple Daily, June 14, 2015, p. A2.

  13. 13.

    Ibid.

  14. 14.

    Ibid., October 3, 2015, p. A14.

  15. 15.

    Ibid.

  16. 16.

    Wen Wei Po, June 14, 2015, p. A2.

  17. 17.

    Sing Pao, September 28, 2015, p. A3.

  18. 18.

    Wen Wei Po, October 25, 2015, p. A10.

  19. 19.

    Ibid.

  20. 20.

    Ibid., February 28, 2016.

  21. 21.

    Shadow Li, “Students storm HKU council meeting,” China Daily, July 29, 2015.

  22. 22.

    Sing Pao, January 31, 2016, p. A2.

  23. 23.

    Oriental Daily News, December 22, 2015, p. A1.

  24. 24.

    See https://www.facebook.com/wedaretofight, access date: March 28, 2016.

  25. 25.

    Cable TV news, March 28, 2016 at 4:00 pm.

  26. 26.

    Ming Pao, December 27, 2014, p. A10.

  27. 27.

    Ibid.

  28. 28.

    Jack Chang, “Defiant Hongkongers resist embrace of motherland,” Associated Press, April 22, 2015.

  29. 29.

    Samuel Chan and Emily Tsang, “Police use pepper spray amid chaotic scenes as protest against traders continues into the night,” South China Morning Post, March 1, 2015.

  30. 30.

    Editorial, “The right to protest is not an excuse to break the law,” South China Morning Post, March 25, 2015.

  31. 31.

    Editorial, “Unruly protestors targeting parallel traders can’t be allowed to break the law,” South China Morning Post, March 13, 2015.

  32. 32.

    Sing Pao, November 15, 2015, p. A10.

  33. 33.

    “Hong Kong Football Association fined 10,000 Swiss francs after fans boo China anthem,” in http://www.ejinsight.com/20160115-hkfa-fined-10000-swiss-francs-after-fans-boo-china-anthem/, access date: March 28, 2016.

  34. 34.

    Sing Pao, November 15, 2016, p. A5.

  35. 35.

    Ibid.

  36. 36.

    The Sun, September 27, 2014, p. A9.

  37. 37.

    Macao Daily News, November 11, 2015.

  38. 38.

    Sing Pao, February 12, 2016, p. A4.

  39. 39.

    Oriental Daily News, February 6, 2016, p. A1.

  40. 40.

    Chantal Yuen, “Put refugees in a closed camp outside Hong Kong, says ex-security secretary Regina Ip,” in https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/21/put-refugees-in-a-closed-camp-outside-hong-kong-says-ex-security-sec-regina-ip/, access date: March 27, 2016.

  41. 41.

    Oriental Daily News, March 27, 2016, p. A1.

  42. 42.

    Ibid., p. A2.

  43. 43.

    Ta Kung Pao, June 8, 2015, p. A11.

  44. 44.

    Headline Daily, August 8, 2015, p. 1.

  45. 45.

    Oriental Daily News, March 25, 2016, p. A1.

  46. 46.

    Ibid. Law’s mother locked her room and thus the gangsters could not kidnap her. Instead, the gangsters turned to kidnap Rosita Law and her boyfriend, according to the testimony of the mainland gangsters during the trial in Shenzhen.

  47. 47.

    Ta Kung Pao, July 26, 2015, p. A6.

  48. 48.

    Macao Daily News, May 27, 2015.

  49. 49.

    Sky Post, December 24, 2015, p. 1.

  50. 50.

    Ibid.

  51. 51.

    Hong Kong Commercial Daily, January 31, 2016, p. A2.

  52. 52.

    Samuel Chan, Emily Tsang and Danny Lee, “Police ‘jet pack’ solution more powerful than pepper spray or tear gas, says Post photographer hit by all three,” South China Morning Post, November 27, 2014.

  53. 53.

    The Sun, April 11, 2015, p. A13.

  54. 54.

    Sing Pao, February 27, 2016, p. A3.

  55. 55.

    Sing Pao, May 4, 2015, A2.

  56. 56.

    “Community Policing in Hong Kong,” p. 17, in http://www.police.gov.hk/info/doc/cphk09.pdf, access date: March 30, 2016.

  57. 57.

    Ibid.

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Lo, S.SH. (2016). Policing in Hong Kong. In: The Politics of Policing in Greater China. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39070-7_5

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