12 Hong Kong suspects are suspected of illegally crossing into the Mainland. Hong Kong Government: Hong Kong Police are investigating whether anyone has organized and planned cross-border crimes
[Global Network Reporter Yin Yanhui] The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government News Network issued a press release on the evening of September 26. Regarding the case of 12 Hong Kong suspects illegally entering the mainland, the Hong Kong police received a reply from the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau yesterday (25th), stating The Guangdong Coastal Police Bureau seized a vessel suspected of illegally crossing the border in the waters under its jurisdiction at about 9 am on August 23. After boarding the vessel, the Coastal Police found 12 Hong Kong residents who were suspected of "crossing the border." "Be arrested according to law.
After a preliminary investigation, the Yantian Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau adopted criminal detention measures for the 12 suspects to conduct an in-depth investigation.
The report stated that the police are investigating whether anyone has organized and planned cross-border crimes.
According to the communiqué, the investigation revealed that the 12 people boarded a speedboat arranged by a smuggling group at the Budai O Wharf in Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong at about 7 am on August 23, and one of the suspects was responsible for sailing the boat, planning to pass through inland waters. Fleeing to Taiwan to evade criminal responsibility involved in the case in Hong Kong.
Before boarding the ship, they had paid a certain amount of funds to the relevant smuggling group personnel to make arrangements for the escape fee.
At present, the Yantian Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau is still investigating the case, and will later report it to the People’s Procuratorate of Yantian District of Shenzhen to approve the arrest of relevant persons in accordance with the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China.
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The following is the full text of the Hong Kong Government Press Release:
Twelve Hong Kong suspects suspected of entering the mainland illegally
Regarding the case of twelve Hong Kong suspects who were suspected of illegally entering the Mainland illegally, the police received a reply from the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department yesterday (September 25), stating that the Guangdong Maritime Police Department issued a report at 9 am on August 23. A vessel suspected of illegally crossing the border was seized in the waters under its jurisdiction. After boarding the ship, maritime police officers found twelve Hong Kong residents. The relevant persons were arrested in accordance with the law on suspicion of committing the crime of "crossing the country (border) illegally."
After preliminary investigations, the Yantian Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau adopted criminal detention measures for the 12 suspects in accordance with the law for in-depth investigation.
Investigations revealed that the twelve persons boarded a speedboat arranged by a smuggling syndicate at the Budai O Wharf in Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong at about 7 am on August 23. One of the suspects was responsible for sailing the boat and planned to pass through the inland waters. Fleeing to Taiwan to evade criminal responsibility involved in the case in Hong Kong.
Before boarding the ship, they had paid a certain amount of funds to the relevant smuggling group personnel to make arrangements for the escape fee.
At present, the Yantian Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau is still investigating the case, and will later report it to the People’s Procuratorate of Yantian District of Shenzhen to approve the arrest of relevant persons in accordance with the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China.
According to the information provided by the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department and the records of the Maritime Department’s navigation monitoring system and the Marine Police Digital Radar Security System, the speedboat suspected of smuggling departed from Budaiao at about 7 am on August 23. At about 7:30 a.m. on the same day, he left the boundary of Hong Kong waters in the waters southeast of Hong Kong and entered inland waters.
The speedboat and later exceeded the effective detection range of the above-mentioned system, and the marine police digital radar security system finally detected the speedboat at about 8 am on the same day. The speedboat left the boundary of Hong Kong waters by about 10.9 nautical miles and was heading southeast Direction to sail.
In addition, the Guangdong Maritime Police Bureau announced that it seized a speedboat suspected of illegally crossing the border in the waters under its jurisdiction (21°54'00''N, 114°53'00'' E) at about 9 o'clock on August 23. , The location mentioned in the announcement is about 26 nautical miles southeast beyond the boundaries of Hong Kong waters.
The police are investigating the above cases in the direction of whether anyone has organized and planned cross-border crimes.