Editing Right to silence (section)

=== Hong Kong ===
The right to silence is protected according to [[common law]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/panels/se/papers/se0103cb2-754-04-e.pdf|title=Rules and Directions for the Questioning of Suspects and the Taking of Statements: Caution Statement|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> The "Rules and Directions for the Questioning of Suspects and the Taking of Statements" (Rules and Directions), promulgated by the then [[Secretary for Security]] in 1992, stipulate that the caution to be used to remind a suspect of his right to remain silent when
he is questioned. The statement can be read in English, [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] or [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]:<ref>{{cite web|author=Department of Justice (Hong Kong) |author2=Security Bureau (Hong Kong)  |title=Rules and Directions for the Questioning of Suspects and the Taking of Statements: Caution Statement |date=December 2005 |page=5 |access-date=2011-05-17 |ref=CB(2)754/05-06(04) |url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/panels/se/papers/se0103cb2-754-04-e.pdf|author-link=Department of Justice (Hong Kong) |author2-link=Security Bureau (Hong Kong) }}</ref>

<blockquote> English: "You are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so but what you say may be put into writing and given in evidence."</blockquote>

<blockquote> Cantonese: 「唔係勢必要你講嘅，除非你自己想講喇，但係你所講嘅野，可能用筆寫低及用嚟做證供嘅。」</blockquote>

<blockquote> Mandarin: 「你不一定要說話，除非你有話要說。但是，你說的話可能會寫下來及用作證據。」</blockquote>
This is similar to the caution given in England and Wales prior to the passage of the [[Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Loh, Christine|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/100317/we-must-keep-our-right-silence|title=We must keep our right to silence|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=1994-12-19|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>

According to Jessica Wing-kay Chiu (趙穎琦)<!--Chinese name from: https://hub.hku.hk/browse?type=author&value=Chiu%2C+Wing-kay%2C+Jessica. -->, then a PhD candidate of the [[University of Hong Kong]], the law does not codify the exact procedure for law enforcement to serve a notice to the right to silence.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Chiu, Jessica Wing Kay|title=Criminal Interrogation and the Right to Remain Silent – A Study of the Hong Kong Customs Service |journal=[[International Journal of Police Science & Management]]|volume=11|issue=2|year=2009|pages=217–235 |doi=10.1350/ijps.2009.11.2.127|hdl=10722/193572|s2cid=146426913 |hdl-access=free}} - [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1350/ijps.2009.11.2.127 PDF file]</ref>