Hong Kong Police Commissioner Tang Ping-keung speaks to the media on Aug. 27, 2020.
A few days ago, Hong Kong Police Commissioner Tang Ping-keung said at a press conference about the situation of Hong Kong police officers involved in cases, police officers will be “aggravated”, and then blurted out “as a police officer, more need to know the law,” the amazing words. Although he later argued that “a slip of the tongue”, but the matter has become a laughing stock of Hong Kong people, Deng’s speech video also quickly circulated overseas.
In the afternoon of February 2, local Time, the Hong Kong police held a press conference. In the press conference, Deng Bingqiang reviewed the law and order situation in Hong Kong in 2020 and the police work of the police force.
Deng Bingqiang claimed that the total number of crimes in Hong Kong last year was 63,232, up 6.8% compared to 2019; among them, fraud cases alone accounted for 15,553 cases, a sharp rise of 89% compared to 2019; in addition, the number of crimes such as blackmail, criminal intimidation, robbery, sexual offences, illegal immigration, etc., also increased compared to the previous year; only the number of indecent assault cases dropped, which is probably related to the Epidemic.
In terms of the anti-amendment (anti-sending) campaign, by the end of December last year, 10,200 people were arrested, 2,443 were prosecuted, 940 have completed the judicial process, and more than 190 were sentenced to imprisonment. Forty percent of the people arrested in these cases were students.
In terms of Hong Kong’s national security law, 97 people have been arrested since the official implementation of this bill, involving charges such as secession, subversion of state power, collusion with foreign forces and publishing seditious texts.
When asked at the press conference about crimes involving Hong Kong police officers last year, Deng Bingqiang replied that 45 police officers were arrested in criminal cases last year, an increase of nearly 90 percent compared to 24 cases in 2019. He claimed that police officers who break the law would be “more guilty”, but then suddenly blurted out that “as a police officer, it is even more necessary to know the law and break it”.
Afterwards, Deng Bingqiang said he was in a hurry to speak at the press conference and made a slip of the tongue, but what he wanted to say was “know the law and obey the law”. However, his “know the law and break the law” comment has already become a household name in Hong Kong, and has become a laughing stock among Hong Kong people.
Numerous Hong Kong netizens commented in online communities, making fun of Deng Bingqiang’s slip of the tongue: “Finally, he admits it.” “A slip of the tongue has come out of his heart.” “You also know that Hong Kong triad police know the law and break it.”
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