12 Oct 2022法庭線#2599
12 Hong Kong people | QUINN Moon additionally charged with manufacturing and possessing explosives; obstructing justice charge to be pleaded in District Court on 11 January
「12 港人」之一的喬映瑜，2022 年 8 月完成內地服刑後被押返香港，隨即因在港涉及一宗爆炸品案被捕。她被控妨礙司法公正、藏毒 2 罪，周三（12 日）在粉嶺裁判法院再提堂時，被加控製造及管有爆炸品兩罪。
QUINN Moon, one of the “12 Hong Kong people”, was escorted back to Hong Kong after completing a mainland prison sentence in August 2022 and was immediately arrested in connection with an explosives case in Hong Kong. She was charged with obstructing justice and two counts of possessing drugs. When she appeared again at Fanling Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (12th), she was additionally charged with manufacturing and possessing explosives.
11 Oct 2022法庭線#2588
Five accused over Telegram posts allegedly expressing hatred of government; charged with conspiracy to incite wounding with intent and remanded
警方 2022 年 5 月拘捕 6 人，涉於 Telegram 發布仇恨政府與殺警言論，及討論製造炸彈、如何購買武器等，其中 3 人被控「串謀煽惑他人有意圖而傷人」罪。另外 2 人周一（10 日）到警署報到時被捕，周二（11 日）被帶到東區裁判法院提堂。
Police arrested six people in May 2022 over posts on Telegram allegedly expressing hatred of the government and remarks about killing police officers, as well as discussions about making bombs and how to buy weapons. Three were charged with conspiracy to incite others to wound with intent. Two others were arrested when they reported to a police station on Monday (10th) and brought before the Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (11th).
11 Oct 2022法庭線#2589
High Court grants interim injunction; over 20,000 vaccine exemption certificates remain valid as judge questions power to revoke them
7 名私家醫生被指濫發「免針紙」被警方調查。政府公布，7 人所發出的逾兩萬張「免針紙」將於周三（12 日）起失效。「長洲覆核王」郭卓堅入稟申請司法覆核。高院法官高浩文周二（11 日）就政府決定頒下臨時禁制令，令到涉案「免針紙」暫續維持有效，直至另有頒令，並將案件押後至下周四（20 日）作聆訊。
Seven private doctors are being investigated by police for allegedly over-issuing vaccine exemption certificates. The Government announced that more than 20,000 certificates issued by the seven doctors would become invalid from Wednesday (12th). Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as the “Cheung Chau Judicial Review King”, filed an application for judicial review. On Tuesday (11th), High Court Judge Ko Ho-man granted an interim injunction preventing the certificates concerned from being invalidated, meaning they will remain valid until further order. The case was adjourned until next Thursday (20th) for a hearing.
10 Oct 2022獨媒#2583
Former Civil Human Rights Front convenor Figo Chan released from prison
前民陣召集人社民連陳皓桓今早刑滿出獄，他曾因2019年至2020年的五宗遊行或集會案，合共被判囚22個月。陳在離開石壁監獄後，到東涌會合親友。他向記者提到，在獄中對民陣解散感到遺憾，但盼市民繼續發聲「而家個社會轉變咗，我哋唔可以再靠單一嘅組織去發聲、靠單一個人去發聲，覺得有咩唔公義、唔公平嘅，無論自己屋邨又好、學校又好、去到邊度都應該要發聲」，他又引用Dear Jane的歌曲《聖馬力諾之心》與港人互勉。
Figo Chan, former convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front and a member of the League of Social Democrats, was released this morning after completing his sentence. He was sentenced to a total of 22 months in prison in five procession or assembly cases between 2019 and 2020. After leaving Shek Pik Prison, Chan went to Tung Chung to meet family and friends. He told reporters that he regretted the dissolution of the Civil Human Rights Front while in prison, but hoped members of the public would continue to speak out: “Society has changed now. We can no longer rely on a single organisation to speak out, or on a single person to speak out. If we feel that something is unjust or unfair, whether in our own housing estate, at school or wherever we are, we should speak out.” He also quoted Dear Jane’s song “The Heart of San Marino” to encourage Hong Kong people.
7 Oct 2022法庭線#2572
Says there is “no crime” in being issued vaccine exemption certificates; Lo Chung-mau had no power to abolish them, Kwok Cheuk-kin files judicial review seeking decision overturned
7 名醫生早前被指濫發「免針紙」被捕，政府指當中所牽涉的兩萬多張「免針紙」，將於下周三（12 日）起失效。「長洲覆核王」郭卓堅周五（7 日）入稟高等法院申請司法覆核，指廢除「免針紙」是違法，醫務衞生局局長盧寵茂亦無權廢除，要求法庭推翻決定。
Seven doctors were earlier arrested for allegedly issuing vaccine exemption certificates improperly. The Government said the more than 20,000 certificates involved would become invalid from next Wednesday (the 12th). Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as the “Cheung Chau judicial review king”, filed an application for judicial review in the High Court on Friday (the 7th), arguing that abolishing the certificates was unlawful and that Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau had no power to do so. He asked the court to overturn the decision.
7 Oct 2022法庭線#2573
Dismissed for Not Being Vaccinated, Two Former Flight Attendants Seek Reinstatement at Labour Tribunal; Cathay Rejects Request
國泰航空前空姐去年 9 月因沒接種疫苗遭解僱，她們入稟勞資審裁處申索復職令，案件周五（7 日）在勞資審裁處進行聆訊，排期 12 月 1 日開審。國泰代表在庭上表明拒絕空姐復職。兩名入稟的前空姐在庭外指，是否打針是個人選擇，大眾應思考「係咪可以不斷合理化不合理嘅事」。
Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were dismissed last September for not being vaccinated and filed claims with the Labour Tribunal seeking reinstatement. The case was heard at the Labour Tribunal on Friday (the 7th), with the trial scheduled to begin on 1 December. A Cathay representative told the tribunal that the airline rejected the flight attendants’ reinstatement. Outside the tribunal, the two former flight attendants said whether to get vaccinated was a personal choice, and that the public should consider “whether it is possible to keep rationalising unreasonable things.”
7 Oct 2022法庭線#2576
5.24 Causeway Bay | Man denies using “street justice” against solicitor; defence says police threatened and induced him and fabricated oral admission, police categorically deny allegations
2020 年 5 月 24 日銅鑼灣「反惡歌法大遊行」，事務律師陳子遷疑制止示威者破壞店舖時遭「私了」。事後 4 男被指襲擊陳，當中 3 人認罪，餘下一男否認控罪，周五（7 日）踏入第 4 日審訊。被告在錄影會面承認曾襲擊陳子遷。辯方爭議被告並非自願作供，法庭召開「案中案」審理影片呈堂性。
辯方盤問負責拘捕及警誡的警員時指出，警曾威脅被告「合作啲，否則拉埋你女朋友。」又指被告遭赤裸搜身，期間遭警員侮辱，而警曾告訴被告「一係咁我講個劇本畀你聽，你同我認咗佢，我試吓同阿 Sir 講，搵條再輕啲嘅控罪告你」，並在記事冊虛構口頭招認。
During the 24 May 2020 Causeway Bay protest against the national anthem law, solicitor Tze Chin Chan was allegedly subjected to “street justice” while trying to stop protesters from damaging shops. Four men were subsequently accused of assaulting Chan. Three pleaded guilty, while the remaining man denied the charges and entered the fourth day of trial on Friday (7th). The defendant admitted in a video-recorded interview that he had assaulted Tze Chin Chan. The defence disputed that the statement was voluntary, and the court held a “trial within a trial” to determine whether the video was admissible.
When the defence cross-examined the police officer responsible for the defendant’s arrest and cautioning, it alleged that police had threatened him, saying, “Cooperate more, or we’ll arrest your girlfriend too.” It also alleged that the defendant had been strip-searched and insulted by officers. The police were said to have told the defendant, “Either I tell you the script, you admit it to me, and I’ll try talking to Sir to find a lighter charge to prosecute you with,” and to have fabricated an oral admission in the notebook.
6 Oct 2022法庭線#2568
Man who stabbed Junius Ho jailed for 9 years; judge refuses leave to appeal — lack of serious injury does not necessarily reduce culpability
2019 年 11 月區議會選舉，建制派屯門區候選人何君堯在街站拉票時，一名男子佯裝成支持者獻花並用刀刺何胸口，何的保鑣亦受傷。男子被制服後高叫「721 元朗襲擊係何君堯所為」、「唔該搵人繼承我嘅遺志殺咗佢」等。男子早前承認有意圖傷人罪及傷人罪，被判囚 9 年。他不服刑期申上訴，遭法官拒批上訴許可。
During the November 2019 District Council election, a man pretending to be a supporter presented flowers to pro-establishment Tuen Mun candidate Junius Ho while he was canvassing at a street booth, and stabbed him in the chest. Ho’s bodyguard was also injured. After being subdued, the man shouted, “The 721 Yuen Long attack was carried out by Junius Ho” and “Please find someone to carry on my cause and kill him.” The man earlier pleaded guilty to wounding with intent and wounding, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He challenged the sentence on appeal, but a judge refused to grant leave to appeal.
6 Oct 2022法庭線#2570
Moroccan man charged with insulting national and regional flags in North Point the day after National Day; granted bail until 12 January mention
本周日十一國慶翌日，北角有 13 支國旗、12 支區旗被人拆下及拋出馬路，警方事後拘捕 36 歲摩洛哥籍男子，起訴他侮辱國旗、區旗及刑事毁壞 3 罪，男子周四（6 日）在東區裁判法院首度提堂。
The day after National Day this Sunday, 13 national flags and 12 regional flags were removed and thrown onto the road in North Point. Police subsequently arrested a 36-year-old Moroccan man and charged him with insulting the national flag, insulting the regional flag and criminal damage. The man appeared at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts for the first time on Thursday (6th).
3 Oct 2022法庭線#2550
Man in his sixties acquitted over erhu performance of “Glory to Hong Kong” in Tung Chung
2022 年 4 月，六旬翁被指在東涌行人路，沒有許可用二胡演奏《願榮光歸香港》，遭票控「沒有許可證而奏玩樂器」。裁判官早前裁定他表證不成立後，自行覆核改裁成立。案件經審訊後，被告周一（3 日）於西九龍裁判法院獲判無罪。
In April 2022, a man in his sixties was accused of playing “Glory to Hong Kong” on an erhu on a Tung Chung footpath without a permit. He was charged with “playing a musical instrument without a permit”. After the magistrate earlier ruled that there was no case to answer, the decision was overturned on review. After trial, the defendant was acquitted at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Monday (the 3rd).
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