Rupert Dover
{{short description|Hong Kong police officer}}
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{{Chinese|title=Rupert Timothy Alan Dover|order=ts|t=陶輝|s=陶辉|j=tou4 fai1|p=Táo Huī}}
Rupert Timothy Alan Dover ({{zh|first=t|t=陶輝}},Chinese name in https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/chi/4196.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005100904/https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/chi/4196.html |date=5 October 2019 }} which corresponds to https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/eng/4196.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005074046/https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/eng/4196.html |date=5 October 2019 }} born 19 August 1967) is a retired British-born Assistant Commissioner and Regional Commander of Kowloon West with the Hong Kong Police Force.{{Cite web|title=Senior Officers {{!}} Hong Kong Police Force|url=https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/os_sofficers.html|publisher=Hong Kong Police Force|access-date=4 May 2020|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815114551/https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/os_sofficers.html|url-status=live}} He retired from the police force in January 2024.
Early life
Dover attended public school in Bedfordshire,{{Cite web|title=Anger over the expat officers 'doing China's dirty work' : Ian Birrell|url=https://www.ianbirrell.com/anger-over-the-expat-officers-doing-chinas-dirty-work/|access-date=25 August 2020|website=ianbirrell.com|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019154853/http://www.ianbirrell.com/anger-over-the-expat-officers-doing-chinas-dirty-work/|url-status=live}} leaving Bedford School in 1985.{{fact|date=August 2023}} After obtaining an archaeology degree from a British university,{{Cite web|title=搶救墜機 押解難民機場特警揭秘|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20031110/3653280|accessdate=28 April 2020|work=Apple Daily|language=zh|quote=[...]在英國大學竟然是讀考古學。|archive-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321205732/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20031110/3653280|url-status=live}} Dover joined the then Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1988 as a probationary inspector."Hong Kong protest leader confronts British officer", Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times, 9 July 2019, p. 26.
Career
Dover joined the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1988 as Inspector. In 2002, Dover, as a Chief Inspector, was transferred to head the Airport Security Unit.{{cite press release |url=http://www.aci.aero/aci/aci/file/Press%20Releases/2008/TOP30_International%20Passengers_2007.pdf |title=Statistics: Top 30 World airports |publisher=Airports Council International |date=July 2008 |accessdate=15 October 2008 |archive-date=2 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102104304/http://www.aci.aero/aci/aci/file/Press%20Releases/2008/TOP30_International%20Passengers_2007.pdf |url-status=live }} Dover was involved in policing the 2014 Hong Kong protests (Umbrella Revolution).{{Cite web|url = https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/06/article/brits-in-hk-police-played-key-crackdown-roles/|title = Brits in HK police 'played key crackdown roles'|date = 24 June 2019|access-date = 2 May 2020|archive-date = 13 January 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200113001302/https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/06/article/brits-in-hk-police-played-key-crackdown-roles/|url-status = live}} In 2016, he received the Chief Executive's Commendation for Government/Public Service.{{Cite web |url=https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn97/97e/pdf/csn97eng.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 May 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020223124/https://www.csb.gov.hk/hkgcsb/csn/csn97/97e/pdf/csn97eng.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/eng/4196.html | title=2016 Force Honours List | access-date=2 May 2020 | archive-date=5 October 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005074046/https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1066/eng/4196.html | url-status=live }}
In 2019, he commanded the police response to protests about a proposed extradition law on 12 June when the protesters surrounded the Legislative Council Complex in an attempt to stall the bill's second reading.{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/edition/world/hong-kong-protesters-turn-ire-on-british-officers-after-clashes-with-police-over-china-extradition-bill-frg8b3hg3 | title=Activists single out British officers in protests against Hong Kong police | work=The Times | access-date=2 May 2020 | archive-date=10 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710095428/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/hong-kong-protesters-turn-ire-on-british-officers-after-clashes-with-police-over-china-extradition-bill-frg8b3hg3 | url-status=live }} Dover and other officers, particularly non-Chinese, were criticised for their handling of the protests while also targeted with harassment and doxing.{{cite web|title=Brits in HK police 'played key crackdown roles'|url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/06/brits-in-hk-police-played-key-crackdown-roles/|last=Chen|first=Frank|date=24 June 2019|work=Asia Times|accessdate=4 May 2020|archive-date=18 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518010652/https://asiatimes.com/2019/06/brits-in-hk-police-played-key-crackdown-roles/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Activists single out British officers in protests against Hong Kong police|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/hong-kong-protesters-turn-ire-on-british-officers-after-clashes-with-police-over-china-extradition-bill-frg8b3hg3|last=Sterwell|first=Phillip|date=23 June 2019|work=The Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116113645/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hong-kong-protesters-turn-ire-on-british-officers-after-clashes-with-police-over-china-extradition-bill-frg8b3hg3|archive-date=16 November 2019|access-date=13 November 2019}}{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong's expat police officers targeted by protesters as doing Beijing's bidding|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2019/07/17/hong-kongs-expat-police-officers-targeted-protesters-beijings-bidding/|date=17 July 2019|website=Hong Kong Free Press|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523210349/https://hongkongfp.com/2019/07/17/hong-kongs-expat-police-officers-targeted-protesters-beijings-bidding/|url-status=live}}
In February 2020, Dover was promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police and took over the position of Regional Commander, Kowloon West following the retirement of Michael Cheuk Hau Yip (卓孝業).{{Cite web|title=Wisdom sharing by retiring RC KW|url=https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1153/eng/8440.html|publisher=Hong Kong Police Force|access-date=11 May 2020|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625162023/https://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/1153/eng/8440.html|url-status=live}} Dover has subsequently retired from the police force in 2024.{{cite news |editor-last=Wan |editor-first=Hiu-ping 溫曉平 |date=2024-01-03 |title=鎮壓反送中外籍「主將」陶輝退休 許智峯促交待612開槍決定 |trans-title=Rupert Dover, the foreign "chief general" in suppressing the anti-extradition movement, retired; Ted Hui urged him to explain the decision of 612 shooting |language=zh |url=https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-police-01022024235855.html |publisher=Radio Free Asia |accessdate=2024-01-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126085032/https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-police-01022024235855.html |archivedate=2024-01-26 }}{{cite news |date=2024-01-04 |title=報道引述許智峯形容陶輝「政權劊子手」 警去信媒體不滿予逃犯發布 |trans-title=The report quoted Rupert Dover describing Tao Hui as "the executioner of the regime". The police wrote to the media dissatisfied with the fugitive's publishing of untrue remarks. |language=zh |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/本地/報道引述許智峯形容陶輝-政權劊子手-警去信媒體不滿予逃犯發布失實言論/421160 |newspaper=am730 |accessdate=2024-01-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126085747/https://www.am730.com.hk/本地/報道引述許智峯形容陶輝-政權劊子手-警去信媒體不滿予逃犯發布失實言論/421160 |archivedate=2024-01-26 }}
Property controversy
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On 29 April 2020, in a tabloid-style investigation{{Cite web|title=Watchdog urged to probe posting of reporter's photo on Facebook account|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3082608/watchdog-urged-probe-appearance-reporters-photo-facebook|date=2 May 2020|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=14 May 2020|archive-date=13 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513113548/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3082608/watchdog-urged-probe-appearance-reporters-photo-facebook|url-status=live}} during which two Next Magazine journalists were arrested on allegations of loitering,{{Cite web|title=壹週刊：記者清水灣追訪陶輝後被警帶走 嚴厲譴責警察濫權 阻揭警隊高層醜聞|url=https://thestandnews.com/media/%E5%A3%B9%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A-%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%81%A3%E8%BF%BD%E8%A8%AA%E9%99%B6%E8%BC%9D%E5%BE%8C%E8%A2%AB%E8%AD%A6%E5%B8%B6%E8%B5%B0-%E5%9A%B4%E5%8E%B2%E8%AD%B4%E8%B2%AC%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%E6%BF%AB%E6%AC%8A-%E9%98%BB%E6%8F%AD%E8%AD%A6%E9%9A%8A%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%A4%E9%86%9C%E8%81%9E/|accessdate=28 April 2020|work=Stand News|language=zh|location=Hong Kong|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625162047/https://www.thestandnews.com/media/%E5%A3%B9%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A-%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E7%81%A3%E8%BF%BD%E8%A8%AA%E9%99%B6%E8%BC%9D%E5%BE%8C%E8%A2%AB%E8%AD%A6%E5%B8%B6%E8%B5%B0-%E5%9A%B4%E5%8E%B2%E8%AD%B4%E8%B2%AC%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%E6%BF%AB%E6%AC%8A-%E9%98%BB%E6%8F%AD%E8%AD%A6%E9%9A%8A%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%A4%E9%86%9C%E8%81%9E/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=壹週刊嚴厲譴責警察濫用公權力 警方批評對方歪曲事實 |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1523296-20200429.htm |accessdate=28 April 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625162017/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1523296-20200429.htm |url-status=live }} it was alleged that Dover's house, and another property linked to Dover, in a village in Clear Water Bay Peninsula had extant violations of building regulations. The property is built on government land, on conditions where residents are prohibited from selling, trading, or leasing out their houses.{{cite web |title=【蘋果踢爆】陶輝私竇曝光！助理警務處長開公司賣冷氣零件 報住清水灣寮屋疑違法 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200429/SY2336Q2UTAVIHWBKKSUM3TA3U/ |accessdate=28 April 2020 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429070025/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200429/SY2336Q2UTAVIHWBKKSUM3TA3U/ |url-status=dead }}
On 4 May, the Lands Department sent ten officials to inspect Dover's home to investigate.{{cite web |title=Govt officials inspect Rupert Dover's home |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524108-20200504.htm |website=RTHK |accessdate=4 May 2020 |date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505222347/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1524108-20200504.htm |url-status=live }} On 26 May, the Land Department substantiated the allegations of illicit expansion works at Dover's residence, giving the license holder one month to rectify the situation with respect to the illegal structures.{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong properties linked to top police officers 'fall foul of government rules'|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3086193/hong-kong-properties-linked-senior-police-officers-fall-foul|date=27 May 2020|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=27 May 2020|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527000225/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3086193/hong-kong-properties-linked-senior-police-officers-fall-foul|url-status=live}} Police Commissioner Chris Tang has accused Apple Daily's investigations on senior officers as being retaliation for the 18 April arrest of the paper's founder Jimmy Lai.{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong police chief accuses newspaper of running targeted campaign against him|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3082996/hong-kong-police-chief-accuses-apple-daily-running|date=5 May 2020|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508122413/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3082996/hong-kong-police-chief-accuses-apple-daily-running|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Rupert Dover is married to Cheung Ngar-sze ({{zh-t|張雅詩}};{{Cite web|title=【獨家有片｜踢爆後匿入公廁】助理警務處長陶輝疑非法佔清水灣牌照屋 採訪後警察擄走記者|url=https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_737867_0|website=Next Magazine 壹週刊|language=zh-hk|access-date=12 May 2020|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508051920/https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_737867_0|url-status=live}} also known as Sze Dover), a sergeant in the Hong Kong Police Force.{{Cite web|title=Watchdog urged to probe posting of reporter's photo on Facebook account|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3082608/watchdog-urged-probe-appearance-reporters-photo-facebook|date=2 May 2020|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=4 May 2020|archive-date=3 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503081001/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3082608/watchdog-urged-probe-appearance-reporters-photo-facebook|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=【蘋果踢爆】目無法紀！陶輝與警妻非法出租千呎牌照屋作民宿 涉無牌經營旅館|url=https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200501/XK6RW2TWO5P2QWBMD7Z4BJORFU/|website=Apple Daily|language=zh-hk|access-date=4 May 2020|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502142811/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200501/XK6RW2TWO5P2QWBMD7Z4BJORFU/|url-status=live}}
References
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