43RD E-NEWS LETTER OF ASIAN OMBUDSMAN ASSOCIATION (AOA) FEBRUARY 2021
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HONG KONG – CHINA Regulating cages of carton recycler occupying public places by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Lands Department The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced a full investigation report, namely “Regulating cages of carton recycler occupying public places by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Lands Department”. |
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HONG KONG – CHINA Security Bureau refused to disclose information regarding the written submissions received by the Government on the proposed amendments to the Mutual Legal Assistance Ordinance and the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced an investigation report relating to Code on Access to Information, namely “Security Bureau refused to disclose information regarding the written submissions received by the Government on the proposed amendments to the Mutual Legal Assistance Ordinance and the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance”. |
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA ACRC will turn people’s ideas into institutional improvement An idea for institutional improvement on People’s Idea Box with many likes and responds will be reflected in institutional improvement or policy suggestion process. |
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA ACRC, “Corruption whistleblowers can make a ‘proxy reporting through lawyers just as public interest reporters can”To better protect whistleblowers by expanding reasons of compensation payment and exemption of responsibility for corruption and public interest reporters. |
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REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN 105 calls were received during the hotline dedicated to the organization of healthy hot meals for students in educational organizationsAs the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan Sariya Saburskaya said, parents often ask to expand the possibilities of free meals for all schoolchildren. If we analyze the topics of the questions received, then parents are already more concerned not with the quality, but with the organization of food. |
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MACAO – CHINA Commissioners of CCAC and ICAC Meet By Video conferencingRecently, the Commissioner of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) of Macao, Chan Tsz King, and the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong, Simon Peh Yun-lu, held a meeting through videoconferencing and exchanged views on the works of integrity building of Macao and Hong Kong. |
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REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA Information Meeting with Representatives of GPI Holding relating to Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesOn February 18, 2021, representatives of the Department of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Department of Equality of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia held an information meeting for representatives of GPI Holding relating to the rights of persons with disabilities. |
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FEDERAL OMBUDSMAN OF PAKISTAN Centeral Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) digitized all saving centers (376) under Ombudsman’s instructions. The Federal Ombudsman Pakistan, Syed Tahir Shahbaz, taking cognizance of the difficulties of senior citizens and widows had directed Director General CDNS to facilitate senior citizens, widows and pensioners as per banking standards which has now been implemented. He was chairing a high level meeting to review the progress on CDNS Reforms Report issued by the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat(WMS). |
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FEDERAL TAX OMBUDSMAN OF PAKISTAN Online Training on Operations and Complaint Management Process The Second Training Session of OICOA (at Staff Level) was held on 27th of January 2021 in pursuance of “Building Communication Network” among all the Ombudsman Institutions. The training was basically on the awareness about Federal Tax Ombudsman Pakistan. The session covered Synopsis of The Federal Tax Ombudsman Institution of Pakistan, Overview of the Complaints Management System/Process and types of decisions and receipt/disposal of complaints. |
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REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA Public Defender’s special statement on situation in penitentiary establishmentsIn 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia published a special report, in which we talked about the fact that the management model of semi-open establishments was based on informal hierarchy of prisoners, where the so-called “prison watchers” provide fictitious order, which aims to silence prisoners and prevent them from talking about their problems. |
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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Chief Ombudsman of Turkey was Re-elected to the Post.Mr. Şeref Malkoç has been re-elected as Chief Ombudsman of Turkey by the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 11 November 2020. Mr Malkoç, a 60-year-old prominent lawyer and former member of the Parliament, was sworn in on the 1st of December 2020 at the Parliament. |