27 Jul 2022獨媒#2274
ICAC charges two over reposting post inciting blank votes, including former CUHK Students’ Union president So Tsun-fung
廉政公署早前拘捕多人，涉於2021年立法會選舉期間，轉載前民主黨議員許智峯一個煽惑他人在選舉中投白票的貼文，廉署今（27日）正式落案起訴兩人，包括前中大學生會長蘇浚鋒及58歲報稱福利工作員的男子，指他們在個人社交媒體專頁轉載有關貼文。兩人獲廉署准予保釋，將於周五（29日）在西九龍裁判法院答辯。
The Independent Commission Against Corruption earlier arrested several people over reposting, during the 2021 Legislative Council election, a post by former Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui that incited people to cast blank votes in the election. The ICAC formally charged two people today (27th), including former CUHK Students’ Union president So Tsun-fung and a 58-year-old man who described himself as a welfare worker, alleging that they reposted the post on their personal social media pages. The two were granted bail by the ICAC and will appear at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (29th) to enter pleas.
26 Jul 2022獨媒#2266
42-year-old accountant charged with rioting over participation the day after July 21 incident; granted bail pending transfer to District Court three years later
2019年7月21日的元朗站「白衣人」襲擊事件，鄧懷琛、吳偉南等7名「白衣人」被判監禁3年半至7年不等；前民主黨立法會議員林卓廷等7人亦被控暴動罪。事隔3年，警方昨日再拘捕一名42歲會計師，涉嫌翌日凌晨參與暴動，據悉他並非「白衣人」一方。案件今早（27日）於粉嶺裁判法院提堂，被告暫毋須答辯，押後至9月7日再訊，以待控方準備轉介至區域法院的文件。被告獲准保釋，但不得離開香港及須每周到警署報到兩次。
Seven "white-clad men", including Tang Waai-sam and Ng Wai-nam, were sentenced to between three and a half and seven years in prison over the July 21, 2019 attack at Yuen Long Station; seven others, including former Democratic Party Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting, were also charged with rioting. Three years later, police yesterday arrested another 42-year-old accountant suspected of participating in the riot in the early hours of the following day. He was reportedly not from the "white-clad men" side. The case was brought before Fanling Magistrates' Courts this morning (the 27th). The defendant was not required to enter a plea for now, and the case was adjourned to September 7 for mention pending the prosecution's preparation of documents to transfer the case to the District Court. He was granted bail on condition that he not leave Hong Kong and report to a police station twice a week.
26 Jul 2022同文#2267
Two Arrested over 2019 Assault on Apple Daily Reporter; Charges Dropped after Three-Year Delay
2019 年反送中運動期間，一名《蘋果日報》女記者下班後與家人外出用膳，在餐廳內突然遭四人拳打、掌摑受傷。警方在事隔半年後拘捕了兩名疑犯，並聲稱會將案件排期上庭。惟至今年七月中，遇襲的女記者收到警方通知，指由於其中一名犯人有精神病紀錄，遂決定撤控。女記者接受傳媒訪問時表示對警方的做法感無奈，指自己至今仍受事件影響，日常出入仍會擔心，「若有人在身旁急速走過，內心會『離一離』」。
During the 2019 anti-extradition law amendment bill movement, a female Apple Daily reporter was suddenly punched and slapped by four people and injured while dining at a restaurant with her family after work. Police arrested two suspects six months later and said the case would be listed for a court hearing. However, in mid-July this year, the reporter received notification from police that the charges had been dropped because one of the perpetrators had a record of mental illness. In a media interview, the reporter said she felt helpless about the police’s handling of the case and that she was still affected by the incident. She said she remained worried when going out in her daily life: “If someone walks quickly past me, I still flinch inside.”
26 Jul 2022獨媒#2268
Magistrate Debbie Chung Yee Ng orders teacher convicted of assaulting police remanded to Siu Lam; panel says “wrong exercise of judicial power” but complaint unsubstantiated
司法機構今（26日）公布3宗公眾針對裁判官作出投訴的調查報告結果，專責法官小組裁定3宗投訴均不成立。其中一宗涉及粉嶺法院裁判官吳重儀處理小學教師楊博文襲警的案件，投訴指吳官裁定被告罪成後，質疑其心智，並下令索取其精神科報告及還柙小欖精神病治療中心。專責小組表示「極不認同」裁判官做法，顯然是「錯誤行使司法權力」，對被告構成沉重壓力，亦未能合乎她判刑時應達到的高水平，但最後裁定這項投訴不成立。
The Judiciary announced today (26th) the results of investigations into three public complaints against magistrates. A panel of specialist judges found that none of the three complaints was substantiated. One concerned magistrate Debbie Chung Yee Ng of Fanling Court and the handling of a case involving primary school teacher Yeung Pak-man, who had assaulted a police officer. The complaint alleged that, after finding the defendant guilty, the magistrate questioned his mental state, ordered a psychiatric report and remanded him to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre. The panel said it “strongly disagreed” with the magistrate’s actions, which were clearly a “wrong exercise of judicial power”, placed considerable pressure on the defendant and fell short of the high standard she should have met when sentencing. It nevertheless found that the complaint was not substantiated.
25 Jul 2022獨媒#2261
41-year-old woman charged with criminal intimidation over alleged threatening letter to Secretary for Justice, unable to appear in court while hospitalised
41歲女子涉於本月郵寄恐嚇信到律政中心收發組，疑恐嚇律政司司長林定國。女子被控一項刑事恐嚇罪，今（25日）於東區裁判法院首次提堂。控方指被告目前正留院，未能到庭，因此申請押後。主任裁判官嚴舜儀應控方申請，押後至7月29日，或待被告出院後再訊，期間被告交由警方看管。
A 41-year-old woman allegedly mailed a threatening letter this month to the mail receiving and dispatch section of the Justice Place, reportedly threatening Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok. She was charged with one count of criminal intimidation and appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court today (25th) for the first time. The prosecution said the defendant was currently hospitalised and unable to attend court, and applied for an adjournment. On the prosecution’s application, Chief Magistrate Ada Shun Yee Yim adjourned the case until 29 July, or until the defendant is discharged from hospital, for a further hearing. In the meantime, the defendant was placed in police custody.
25 Jul 2022獨媒#2265
19-year-old female student in “Rescue PolyU” case pleads guilty to rioting and is sentenced to training centre
警方於2019年11月圍堵理大，市民發起「營救理大」，衝突蔓延至油麻地、佐敦、尖沙咀一帶。其中於尖沙咀厚福街被捕的10人早前受審，案發時18歲的男子及16歲女生於開審前承認暴動罪，女生今（25日）在區域法院被判入教導所。法官李慶年判刑時指，本案的暴動者有備而來，但不算計劃周詳和部署精密，被告並非領導或號召角色。李官強調被告有勇氣認罪，對過錯有承擔，沒有逃避或玩弄程序公義。
Police besieged PolyU in November 2019, and members of the public launched “Rescue PolyU”. Clashes spread to areas including Yau Ma Tei, Jordan and Tsim Sha Tsui. Ten people arrested on Hau Fook Street in Tsim Sha Tsui were tried earlier. A male who was 18 and a female who was 16 at the time of the incident pleaded guilty to rioting before the trial began. The female, now 19, was sentenced to a training centre at the District Court today (the 25th). In sentencing, Judge Clement Lee said the rioters in the case had come prepared, but the planning and deployment were not thorough or sophisticated, and the defendant was neither a leader nor a person who had called for others to take part. Judge Li stressed that the defendant had shown courage in pleading guilty, accepted responsibility for her wrongdoing, and had neither evaded nor manipulated procedural justice.
24 Jul 2022獨媒#2258
Luke Ching Chin Wai reports outsourced cleaning contractor to Labour Department, says request for contract copy was refused; company fined $2,000
去年9月入職港鐵外判清潔工的程展緯，向勞工處投訴簽約時未獲發合約副本。該外判公司被控違反《僱傭條例》，早前裁定罪成，罰款二千元。程展緯嘆，基層工友不獲發工作合約副本的情況普遍，但提告的過程不容易，一般工友難以應付；他又指罰款欠缺阻嚇性
Luke Ching Chin Wai, who joined an outsourced cleaning job with MTR last September, complained to the Labour Department that they were not given a copy of the contract when signing it. The outsourcing company was charged with contravening the Employment Ordinance, convicted earlier and fined $2,000. Luke Ching Chin Wai said it was common for grassroots workers not to receive copies of their employment contracts, but that the process of bringing a complaint was difficult and beyond what ordinary workers could manage. They also said the fine lacked deterrent effect.
24 Jul 2022獨媒#2259
Charged Nearly Three Years Later with Participating in Unlawful Assembly on June 12, Yeung Tze-chun Plans to Plead Guilty
拔萃女書院前通識科教師楊子俊，事隔近三年被控2019年6月12日在金鐘參與非法集結，他昨晚在社交網站表示，擬在8月的聆訊中認罪。他指從被催淚彈擊中後即時受訪，到利用受害者資格申請警員識別編號司法覆核，也從沒有隱瞞自己曾參與6.12示威活動。
Former liberal studies teacher at Diocesan Girls’ School Yeung Tze-chun was charged nearly three years later with participating in an unlawful assembly in Admiralty on June 12, 2019. Yeung Tze-chun said on social media last night that they planned to plead guilty at a hearing in August. They said that, from being interviewed immediately after being hit by tear gas to applying for a judicial review of police officers’ identification numbers as a victim, they had never concealed their participation in the June 12 protest.
22 Jul 2022獨媒#2251
Man charged with insulting national anthem after allegedly setting Cheung Ka-long gold-medal clip to “Glory to Hong Kong”, granted bail
香港劍擊隊代表張家朗於去年7月奪得奧運金牌，一名27歲男子被指將頒獎片段改配社運歌曲《願榮光歸香港》，並於網上平台發布片段。事隔一年後，他被控一項侮辱國歌罪，以及一項侮辱區旗罪作為交替控罪。案件今（22日）在東區裁判法院首次提堂。被告沒有律師代表，裁判官應被告要求，將案押後至9月2日再訊，以待被告聘請律師，期間被告獲准以現金1千元保釋。
Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long won an Olympic gold medal last July. A 27-year-old man was accused of replacing the soundtrack of footage of the medal presentation with the social movement song “Glory to Hong Kong” and posting the clip on an online platform. A year later, he was charged with one count of insulting the national anthem, with one count of insulting the regional flag as an alternative charge. The case was first heard today (22nd) at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts. The defendant had no legal representation. At his request, the magistrate adjourned the case to September 2 for mention so that he could hire a lawyer. He was granted bail on HK$1,000 cash.
22 Jul 2022法庭線#2252
First Two Insulting the National Anthem Cases Come to Court; Two Accused of Raising British Colonial Flag During Olympic Anthem Broadcast and Adding “Glory to Hong Kong” to Award Video
2021 年 7 月 26 日，港隊奧運劍擊代表張家朗奪金，跨女網媒記者「美娜」，被指在觀塘 APM 商場直播賽事、播放國歌期間高舉英殖旗幟，為《國歌法》生效後首名被捕者。
另外一名 27 歲男子，被指同日在網上平台，將張家朗獲奬片段改配《願榮光歸香港》歌曲上載平台。兩人分別被控一項侮辱國歌罪，男子另被控交替的「侮辱區旗」罪，周五（ 22 日）首次提堂，暫毋須答辯，獲准保釋候訊。
On 26 July 2021, Hong Kong fencing representative Cheung Ka-long won gold at the Olympics. A transgender female online media reporter, “Meina”, was accused of raising a British colonial flag at the APM shopping mall in Kwun Tong while livestreaming the event and the national anthem was being played. She was the first person arrested after the National Anthem Law took effect.
A 27-year-old man was separately accused of uploading a video of Cheung Ka-long receiving his award on an online platform on the same day, with the song “Glory to Hong Kong” added to it. Both were charged with one count of insulting the national anthem. The man was additionally charged, in the alternative, with insulting the regional flag. They appeared in court for the first time on Friday (22nd), were not required to enter pleas for the time being, and were granted bail pending further proceedings.
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