Flogging

Flogging <div><font face="SimSun">Lee Siu On assisted flogging from 1970-73 when he was an officer in Stanley Prison. He observed that most of the offenders who received flogging were young people who were convicted for robbery and other crime. Since Community Service Order was not introduced until later years, the judge often sentenced flogging for young offenders. Lee Siu On received the offender from the police at the prison and brought them to the reception office and superintendent office for identity verification. The offender had to be checked by the medical officer before receiving flogging. The medical officer would determine if the offender was fit for the punishment. All the prisoners Lee encountered were fit. After the medical checkup, the offender was taken to a room next to the execution chamber in Block H to receive the punishment. Lee Siu On helped to stable the flogging stand when the offender was being flogged. He would then take the offender to the bus stop near the prison after the punishment was over. </font></div> Share