“Assisting the Police is such a natural thing to do, and I don’t consider it any bother,” says Paul Chan, who helped the Police arrest criminals and was presented a Good Citizen Award twice for his bravery in 1978 and 2007 respectively.
In June 1978, when Mr Chan was only 15 years old, he overheard a call on a security officer’s walkie-talkie that a woman was being raped in Kwai Hing Estate. Curiosity led him to the crime scene, where he overheard two neighbours talking about the license plate of a bus on which the two suspects boarded as they fled.
He tried to convince them to inform the Police, but they didn’t want to get involved. So he told the security officer, who brought the young Mr Chan to the Police Inspector who was in charge of this case. With Mr Chan’s help, the Police arrested the two suspects, who were prosecuted with the statement of the victim.
In 2006, Mr Chan saw a man being assaulted, and assisted the Police in helping arrest the two suspects. Mr Chan once again was rewarded for his efforts with a Good Citizen Award. He believes in justice and thinks that whenever someone needs help or there is crime, we should offer a helping hand, so that everyone can live safely in our city.
