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Female police killed in duty to expose rampant smuggling in Hong Kong and China

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In early September, Hong Kong netizens photographed a large number of smuggled speedboats in the waters off Tai O, sending goods back to the mainland, describing the scene as more shocking than filming. (Image source: video screenshot)

[Watch China September 28, 2021]In the past period of time, Hong Kong news has been dominated by various political repressions and interrogations. In the past few days, the focus has been on those who fell into the sea and disappeared while pursuing smuggling ships.Policewomansuperior.After days of searching, the body of the policewoman was finally recovered, but the incident was revealedCovid -19 outbreakLower Hong KongsmugglingThe problem of goods returning to mainland China is very rampant, and citizens have even filmed shocking images of “maritime ants” smuggling ships like “A Thousand Arrows”.

On Saturday, September 25, Senior Female Inspector of Hong Kong Marine Police, Lam Yuen-yee, was chasing a smuggling vessel off Sha Chau. She fell into the sea and disappeared after the Marine Police interceptor boat was overturned. After days of search and rescue, her body was finally recovered in Erao, Lantau Island on the 27th. The Hong Kong police expressed their sadness and distress over her death. The police in China and Hong Kong emphasized the need to crack down on smuggling in their respective waters. The Commissioner of Police Xiao Zeyi said that all four police officers on the interception boat were wearing life jackets at the time of the incident, but he did not disclose whether the interception boat lacked support for law enforcement alone. He only said that the police force was “absolutely sufficient” and threatened to strengthen anti-smuggling. Action to apprehend “cold-blooded criminals.”

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Under the epidemic situation, China and Hong Kong have closed land routes, and smuggling activities have increased significantly. Smuggling groups use smuggling speedboats commonly known as “sea ants” to smuggle high-priced goods such as expensive seafood, mobile phones, and brand-name products back to the mainland for profit. On January 22 last year, when Customs chased the smuggling ship off the sand bar at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, it was suspected of being hit and capsized, causing 3 deaths and 2 injuries to customs officers.

Witness: The smuggling ship is more shocking than shooting

Recently, a number of videos have been uploaded on the Internet, showing dozens of smuggled speedboats speeding along the waters off Tai O near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Mr. Lin, who filmed the relevant footage, told The Position News that that day was September 5, he accidentally found 50 or 60 smuggling boats heading towards Macau at high speed while hiking in Tai O. The speedboat was moving and the speed was extremely high, and the speedboat had disappeared within 2 to 3 minutes. He described that there would not be so many ships speeding at sea at the same time when making movies, and such a large-scale smuggling operation was very shocking.

“Stance News” also collected a number of fragments and photos of Lantau residents and the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, which showed that many speedboats appeared in the waters off Tai O and the waters near the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on many days in August and September. The police launch attempted to chase, but was quickly thrown away. When “Stance” interviewed environmental groups on September 10, it also photographed at least 4 speedboats speeding in the Southwest Coastal Park of Lantau Island within 5 minutes, with people on board covered with black cloth. The members of the environmental protection group pointed out that the relevant sea area has a speed limit of 10 nautical miles, but the speed of speedboats is as high as 40 nautical miles. The vice president of the Dolphin Conservation Society said that the speedboat had been illegally modified and equipped with 6 motors. It immediately dispersed at high speed upon seeing the police or customs inspections. After the police ship failed to pursue it, the speedboat returned to its original position and continued to park.

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Hong Kong Police Commissioner Xiao Zeyi said that the Hong Kong police arrested an average of 32 people each year in anti-smuggling operations from 2017 to 2019, but 66 people have been arrested in 2020, and 46 people have been arrested in the first eight months of this year. The market value of the goods seized in the first eight months of this year approached that of last year, reaching as high as 480 million yuan.

Smuggling rampant under the epidemic, expensive goods are favored

However, the “Stance News” checked the police figures and found that the number of anti-smuggling operations by the marine police dropped from an average of 2,279 per year from 2017 to 2019 to 1,419 in 2020. As of August this year, there were only 735 operations, which was lower than last year. Of the 26 maritime anti-smuggling operations announced by the police, at least 17 have failed to arrest any smugglers.

Which products are smuggling groups mainly smuggling back to the mainland? Data show that most of them involved smuggling of electronic parts and supplies, seafood, brand-name handbags, frozen beef products, and cigarettes. “Oriental Daily” reported that these smuggling speedboats, commonly known as “sea ants”, are mostly used to carry expensive goods such as American ginseng, electronic products, frozen meat and cosmetics due to the high driving risk and high cost of transportation and loading. Supply to Mainland China by means of intensive transportation. According to news, smuggling syndicates will first use barges or fishing boats to carry cargo to the airport, Tuen Mun and the waters off Shazhou. The “Marine Ants” will be moored under the piers of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and will go to the barge to pick up the goods as soon as they receive the order, and then fly to mainland China at high speed. Some residents of Lantau revealed that the smuggling situation has worsened in the past six months.

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