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The Criminal & Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards paid out $5.9 million to victims suffering from criminal or law-enforcement injuries, or their dependents, for the year 2007-2008.
The compensations were made to 286 new and 202 review cases as burial, death, injury, disability or interim maintenance grants. The highest award of the year was $151,735 paid to the dependents of a murder victim.
The boards received 391 new applications for criminal injuries compensation during the year, compared with 442 in the preceding year.
Of the new applications, 337 were related to assault or wounding; 33 to robbery, theft or burglary; nine to homicide, murder or manslaughter; seven to injuries caused by falling objects; four to rape or sexual assault; and one to fighting in a public place.
The Police referred 219 of the applications; victims or their families directly submitted 133; 38 were lodged as a result of outreach services of the Secretariat to the boards; and the Social Welfare Department and Legal Aid Department each referred one.
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