The head of the beleaguered monitoring body that oversees complaints against police has been reappointed for a two-year term despite the recent controversial leaking of personal data on the...
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- May 23, 2013
- Updated: 5:02pm
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Activist Lau Shan-ching will file a writ next month to sue over the leaking of his personal information on the internet by the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC).
Any compensation paid out to the victims of the blunder that led to 20,000 names of police complainants being published on the internet is to be met by Hong Kong taxpayers.
Instead of clearing the air, the report published last Saturday into the leaking of personal data on police complainants has just stirred up more controversy.
The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) admitted the leaking of personal details of complainants had been a mistake made by a staff member who wrongly gave the information to a...
IPCC chairman Ronny Wong Fook-hum said: 'The PCC rests on the confidence of the public, and this incident damaged . . . the mechanism in place for considering complaints against police.'
Alarmed council calls emergency meeting over bungle
The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) yesterday denied any link with the operator of a website that carried the...
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