1.  Mr Shen said it was up to judicial departments to grant medical parole.

2.  Ms Leung said the program followed a push by Mr Qian to strengthen ties between the judicial departments of the mainland and the Special Administrative Region.

3.  The judicial department will also decide if any sanctions will be imposed.

4.  The other has transferred the power to appoint deputies from the sheriffs to a board of political appointees in the judicial department.

5.  The official added that judicial departments have had no contact with Wang since.

6.  The bureau would try to recover state assets from those responsible for the losses or refer cases to the judicial department for action, he said.