Dear Dr. Mel, may I ask another question about CSO? I wonder if the CSO scheme only serves as a means of punishment.

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I see. Thank you for the kind assistance.

CSO aims at being both reparative and rehabilitative. An offender is necessary to perform community service as a reparation for the harm he has done to the community under the guidance of the PO, through which the offender is helped to reform himself as well.