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Lax controls exposing Hong Kong prisoners to infectious diseases, former detainee says

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Inadequate prison control measures are exposing inmates to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV, according to a former remand detainee. The former inmate, surnamed Chen, approached the Post after being remanded at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre for 13 days in January to undergo a mental assessment and report. Hong Kong’s prison system explained He said a detainee from over the border, named Wang, coughed day and night without wearing a surgical mask and told others he had been...

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