CMAB expresses grave concern about Register of Electors case

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     In response to media enquiries on a case in which the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) has so far failed to locate a Register of Electors relating to the 2016 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election, a spokesman for the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (CMAB) today (April 5) gives the following response:

     The CMAB recently learned that the REO had yet to recover a Register of Electors of a polling station in the Kwai Tsing District in respect of the 2016 LegCo General Election. The CMAB expressed grave concern about the incident, and tasked the REO to complete the relevant verification and search expeditiously within one week and give a full account of the findings immediately afterwards.

     The CMAB also instructed the REO to give prior notice of the incident to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), and to confirm to PCPD that should the loss of the relevant register be ascertained, action would be taken promptly to notify all affected electors and to mitigate any possible damage.

Ends/Friday, April 5, 2019
Issued at HKT 20:16

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