新加坡棄兒

今天各大報章都報導了一個父親把聾啞智障兒子拋棄在新加坡的新聞，新加坡警方透過國際刑警知會香港警方，拘捕了這父親，不管棄兒的原因，也不作道德審判，也不談政府對這些工作及支援是否足夠，只講法理，香港警察有權拘捕這父親嗎？

報導講警方以「疏忽照顧」罪拘捕這父親，控罪在此：

Chapter:	212	Title:	OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	27	Heading:	Ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of child or young person	Version Date:	30/06/1997

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(1) If any person over the age of 16 years who has the custody, charge or care of any child or young person under that age wilfully assaults, ill-treats, neglects, abandons or exposes such child or young person or causes or procures such child or young person to be assaulted, ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed in a manner likely to cause such child or young person unnecessary suffering or injury to his health (including injury to or loss of sight, or hearing, or limb, or organ of the body, or any mental derangement) such person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable- (Amended 50 of 1991 s. 4)

(a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years; or (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; 68 of 1995 s. 51)
(b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 years, (Amended 68 of 1995 s. 51)

案發地點是新加坡，香港無司法管轄權，要審都不會在香港的法庭。我以前粗略講過域外司法管轄權，香港以外發生的案件香港的法庭有權審訊的不多。(可參考拙文：域外司法管轄權，再談域外司法管轄權及陳嘉桓案香港管不了)

當然，有人會引用法例第503章《逃犯條例》，香港和新加坡簽署了第503Q章的《逃犯(新加坡)令》，兩地有引渡協議，新加坡提出引導要求，香港警方便可拘捕這父親。首先，現階段似乎未有新加坡的引渡申請，再者能否引導也成問題。先要搞清楚新加坡有沒有相關條例，再者要查閱503Q附表裏第二條所列的罪行，裏面根本不包括「疏忽照顧」罪，怎樣引導？香港不能審，引導也不行，警察就無權作拘捕了。

雖然寫了這一篇，我並不贊成或鼓勵犯法行為，不論發生在域內或者域外。