The sheriff stole sparrows when involved in a gambling stall. The police officer of the same team confessed that the sheriff had said that “100 mosquitoes bought the canal with you.”

A sergeant of Tai Po Police District was accused of seizing two brand new sparrows during the anti-gambling operation in August last year For own use. The sheriff was charged with a crime of misconduct in a public office. The case opened in Fanling Magistrates’ Courts today (4th). The defendant and the police officer of the same team confessed that the defendant once held two brand-new sparrows involved in the case and said to the person in charge of the casino: “A hundred mosquitoes will buy the ditch with you.” At the same time, they winked at the same time. Lah.” The prosecution said that a police officer was present and heard the defendant say that “there was a sparrow playing back.”

The defendant admitted negligence in handling the exhibits

The prosecution plan said that the first team of the Tai Po Special Duty Squad went to the Fanling crime scene to conduct anti-gambling activities that day action. After arriving at the unit involved, two sparrows and eight gamblers were found. Later, when inspector Feng Daren made a round of inspections, he found two brand new sparrows. Seeing that Kaifeng didn’t think it had anything to do with the case, he did not instruct his subordinates to seize them. Police officers from the defendant’s team once heard that the defendant wanted to buy two sets of sparrows from the person in charge of the casino for 100 yuan, and some police officers heard the defendant say that “there were sparrows going back.” The defendant then brought two sets of sparrows and a closed-circuit television box to the police car.

The prosecution continued to point out that the case exhibits police officers reported to the inspector The report stated that the defendant had seized two sparrows, but did not give instructions to deal with them. Inspectors and Chief Inspector Jiang Weifeng met with two police officers from the same team, and then met with the defendant after learning of the incident. The defendant admitted that in addition to the four sparrows seized at the Mahjong Terrace, he also brought two brand-new sparrows on the police car, but did not instruct the police to deal with it, and that there was no need to confess, and admitted that the work was negligent and “did not do a good job.”

The defendant once told the person in charge of the gambling stall that “100 mosquitoes buy a canal with you”

is now affiliated to the railway police district, police officers 12702 who participated in the operation that day Zhang Yaoyong (transliteration) confessed that Zhang drove a police car to pick up other team members from the Tai Po Police Station to the scene in Fanling. Zhang and two other police officers entered the unit first, and the other team members joined in to assist. The defendant instructed Zhang to arrest the person in charge of the gambling stall. When Zhang recorded his statement to Ling Yuwen, the person in charge of the gambling stall, in his room, he heard another police officer 19035 ask, “Brother Xiang (defendant), do you two envoys seize?” The defendant responded: “Oh, wait for me. Hey.” Zhang turned and saw police officer 19035 pointing to two sparrows on the ground. The defendant held up the two sparrows and said to Ling, “A hundred mosquitoes buy the canal with you.” At the same time, he motioned with one eye, and Ling responded, “Ah Sir, go away. La”. The defendant then instructed Zhang to escort Ling Yuwen, the person in charge of the gambling stall, to the Sheung Shui Police Station. Zhang asked for additional manpower but was ignored by the defendant.

Zhang drove Ling to the Sheung Shui Police Station in a police car, Then drive back to Tai Po Police Station to get off work. The next day, Inspector Feng Daren told him that there were “two sparrows” in the car, and asked him if anything special happened during the operation. Zhang Sui informed the inspector of the conversation he had heard.

The defense stated that the police did not ask whether the sparrow needs to be seized. The witness disagrees

In the afternoon, the defense counsel cross-examined the witness, Constable Zhang Yaoyong. The defense pointed out that the defendant had taken Ling Yuwen, the person in charge of Zhang’s investigation twice, and talked in a low voice, but Zhang did not record it in the notebook. Zhang responded that there is no need to write it down. If other police officers question the suspect, it will depend on the situation. If the content is related to the case, it will be written down. Zhang admitted that he had not recorded that the defendant had taken Ling twice, and he did not know the content of the conversation between the two. Zhang also did not ask the defendant why he took Ling away. Zhang believed that the defendant was directly under his superiors and “there must be a reason for taking it away.” I believe that the defendant will take the initiative to inform Zhang if he finds other investigation results.

Zhang also mentioned in the prosecution’s questioning, Another police officer at the scene 19035 asked the defendant, “Which two (the sparrows involved) should seize?” Zhang admitted under cross-examination that he did not confirm the dialogue with the police officer and did not report to his superiors. The defense pointed out that the police officer had not asked relevant questions, and Zhang disagreed. It is understood that the two sparrows are worth about 500 yuan in total.

Defendant Huang Wenhao (34 years old), charge There is no reported occupation, and the reported address is the married police dormitory. He was charged with a crime of misconduct in a public office, alleging that he was a public officer or police officer in Hong Kong on or about August 4, 2020. In the course of performing his duties, without reasonable excuses or reasons, he deliberately, Misconduct intentionally and illegally.

Defendant’s misconduct included in Fanling and Lung Street 22 During the investigation in the back shop on the ground floor, two sparrows were accepted, acquired or misappropriated; and the above matters were concealed or failed to be reported or disclosed.

Case number: FLCC338/2021