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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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June 17, 2007
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Crime

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Pik Uk Prison fight stopped

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Correctional Services Department

Correctional Services officers have contained a disturbance amongst inmates at Pik Uk Prison in Sai Kung.

 

About 8.45am today, 212 prisoners were participating in recreational activities in the exercise yard when a dispute broke out. Officers intervened and separated the prisoners. Three Vietnamese and 11 local prisoners sustained minor injuries and were treated by the prison medical officer.

 

The altercation is being investigated.