Speaking of HKID card, what's the law in regards to "Search and seizure" in Hong kong?
One day, I was stopped by the police and they asked for my ID. I presented my ID and they proceed to ask me a bunch of questions such as where I lived (not closed to where I was stopped), how I got there (MTR + walking) and if I wore my flip-flops from where I live to where I was. (Just some back ground info, I look local and I was really dark at the time from my holidays and since I wore my flip-flops so they pretty much assumed I was from mainland as my local relatives explained.)
After rounds of questions, one of the officers began to stick his hand in my pocket! Now, this is where I got annoyed because where I came from, an officer is not allow to illegally search you unless you are suspected of or have been witnessed to committing a crime. I mean they can easily stuck a packet of drugs in my pocket and accuse me of dealing. I started yelling at the guy, and I was guessing they were trainees since there were about 6 of them together and I saw all of them walking in a group with a cop of higher ranked with them. I kept yelling at the cop and the higher ranked officer and they let me go eventually. But anyone have any ideas as to the laws on illegal search and seizure in HK? My legal understandings are mostly from 8th grade studies of the US constitution and many episodes of Law and Order. I have spoken to two friends who are local cops here and they said it is very standard procedures (to the point which one thought I was insane in thinking that the cop was wrong). Any ideas? Thanks and sorry for switching topics here.