12 May 2022獨媒#1985
Wong Wai-yin admits making explosives, jailed for 20 months; perverting course of justice charge filed and not proceeded with
「12港人」於2020年涉偷越邊境罪被捕，9人於內地服刑後回港。其中已還柙一年、現年31歲的黃偉然，今（12日）在區域法院承認製造爆炸品罪，判囚20個月；另因潛逃被控的妨礙司法公正罪則由法庭存檔，獲不提證供起訴。案情指警方於被告在沙頭角的住所後院泥土，搜出涉案爆炸品，他承認自己因「貪玩」曾在網上學習製造炸藥。法官姚勳智判刑時指，案發時社會運動依然熾熱，不能忽略炸藥一旦落入他人手中，可致嚴重後果。
The “12 Hong Kong people” were arrested in 2020 for illegally crossing the border, and nine returned to Hong Kong after serving sentences in the mainland. Wong Wai-yin, 31, who had been remanded for a year, pleaded guilty today (12th) at the District Court to making explosives and was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment. A separate charge of perverting the course of justice, brought over his absconding, was left on the court file, with no evidence offered by the prosecution. The case concerned explosives found by police in the soil in the backyard of the defendant’s residence in Sha Tau Kok. He admitted that he had learned how to make explosives online “for fun”. In sentencing, Judge Yiu Fan-chi said the social movement was still intense at the time of the offence, and the serious consequences if the explosives fell into someone else’s hands could not be ignored.
11 May 2022獨媒#1980
Hong Kong Alliance data refusal case: former committee member Chan To-wai jailed for 3 months after pleading guilty
警方國安處去年指有理由相信支聯會是「外國代理人」，要求7名支聯會常委提交資料被拒。已解散的支聯會前副主席鄒幸彤等5人被控「沒有遵從通知規定提供資料」罪，前常委梁錦威早前認罪判囚3個月，前幹事陳多偉昨亦認罪，今（11日）於西九龍法院判囚3個月。《國安法》指定法官、主任裁判官羅德泉判刑時批評，被告行為「相當嚴重」，與其他幹事在警總公開指不會遵從指示交資料，「明顯是對執法機構的挑戰」，亦延誤了執法部門防止和調查涉國家安全的事情，影響公眾利益。
Last year, the Police National Security Department said it had reasonable grounds to believe that the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was a “foreign agent” and requested that seven members of its Standing Committee submit information, but the request was refused. Five people, including the dissolved Alliance’s former vice-chairperson Chow Hang-tung, were charged with “failing to comply with a notice to provide information”. Former Standing Committee member Leung Kam-wai previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. Former committee member Chan To-wai also pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment today (11th) at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. In sentencing, National Security Law-designated judge and Chief Magistrate Lo Tak-shun criticised the defendant’s conduct as “quite serious”. He said that, together with other committee members, the defendant had openly stated at Police Headquarters that they would not comply with the instruction to submit information, which was “clearly a challenge to law enforcement agencies”. This had also delayed law enforcement departments’ prevention and investigation of matters involving national security, affecting the public interest.
11 May 2022獨媒#1981
11.12 Dawn Action: 3 Hang Seng University students charged with rioting at Tate’s Cairn Tunnel, granted HK$10,000 bail
2019年11月12日，有人發起「破曉行動」呼籲堵路，多人被捕。3名介乎21至23歲的恒生大學女學生，被指在大老山隧道外參與暴動。事隔近3年她們被重新拘捕，並遭起訴一項暴動罪，今（11日）被押解往九龍城裁判法院首次提堂。案件押後至6月23日再訊，以待處理轉介文件。控方反對被告保釋，最後獲署理主任裁判官黃雅茵批准以1萬元保釋，另外須交出旅遊證件、不得離港、每周到警署報到3次，以及不得直接或間接與控方證人接觸。
On 12 November 2019, someone launched the “Dawn Action” calling for roads to be blocked, and a number of people were arrested. Three female students of Hang Seng University, aged between 21 and 23, were accused of taking part in a riot outside Tate’s Cairn Tunnel. They were rearrested nearly three years later and charged with one count of rioting. They were brought to Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts today (11th) for their first hearing. The case was adjourned to 23 June for a further hearing pending the processing of referral documents. The prosecution opposed bail, but Acting Chief Magistrate Peony Nga Yan Wong approved bail of HK$10,000. The defendants were also required to surrender their travel documents, not leave Hong Kong, report to a police station three times a week, and refrain from contacting prosecution witnesses directly or indirectly.
11 May 2022獨媒#1982
Police arrest man over publication of lawmakers’ personal data and incitement to attack election officials
警方及個人資料私隱專員公署今日（5月11日）採取聯合行動，以「披露未經資料使用者同意而取得的個人資料」及「煽惑他人有意圖而導致身體受嚴重傷害」罪拘捕一名23歲男子。他涉嫌於今年三月在社交媒體公開警員、立法會議員以及其家人的個人資料，並發布襲擊選舉主任的煽惑性言論。
Police and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data took joint action today (May 11), arresting a 23-year-old man on suspicion of the offences of disclosing personal data obtained without the consent of the data user and inciting others to cause grievous bodily harm. He allegedly published the personal data of police officers, Legislative Council members and their family members on social media in March this year, and posted inciting remarks about attacking election officials.
10 May 2022獨媒#1977
Three Men Charged with Conspiracy to Incite Wounding over Remarks Calling for Police to Be Killed in Telegram Group, Remanded until July Hearing
警方上周六展開拘捕行動，在全港多區拘捕4男2女，年齡介乎16至36歲。警方形容6人均為「本地激進組織」成員，當中兩人為學生。其中3人的案件今（10日）在東區裁判法院提堂，2名男子及17歲男中學生被指在Telegram平台上發佈憎恨政府及警方的極端言論，共同被控一項「串謀煽惑他人有意圖而傷人」罪。控方申請押後案件，以供警方調查及拘捕其他涉案人士。主任裁判官嚴舜儀應要求押後案件至7月5日再訊，拒絕被告保釋申請，3人還押候訊。
Police launched an arrest operation last Saturday, arresting four men and two women aged between 16 and 36 across multiple districts in Hong Kong. Police described all six as members of a “local radical organisation”, including two students. Three of them appeared at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts today (10th). Two men and a 17-year-old male secondary school student were accused of posting extreme remarks expressing hatred of the government and police on Telegram, and were jointly charged with one count of conspiracy to incite others to intentionally cause bodily harm. The prosecution applied to adjourn the case to allow police to investigate and arrest other people involved. Chief Magistrate Ada Shun Yee Yim adjourned the case to July 5 at the prosecution’s request, refused the defendants’ bail applications, and remanded all three in custody pending the hearing.
10 May 2022獨媒#1978
Female Defendant in Case over Assault on Taxi Driver Cheng Kwok-chuen Has Prosecution Discontinued after Death; Male Defendant Jailed for 3 Years for Rioting
2019年10月6日有市民抗議《禁蒙面法》，深水埗有的士被圍堵，並剷上行人路撞向人群，導致兩女子受傷，司機鄭國泉其後遭「私了」。兩名男女被指有份施襲，被控暴動等罪。案件今（10日）在區域法院聆訊，控方透露任教師的25歲女被告鍾泳儀已離世，控罪書已沒有法律效力，故終止檢控，另需待警方調查後再決定會否召開死因庭。據悉，女被告非因染疫或自殺而死亡。至於還柙近一年的男被告張子龍，今承認暴動及使用蒙面物品罪，判囚3年。
On 6 October 2019, members of the public protested against the anti-mask law. In Sham Shui Po, a taxi was surrounded, drove onto the pavement and crashed into a crowd, injuring two women. The driver, Cheng Kwok-chuen, was subsequently assaulted. A man and a woman were accused of taking part in the assault and charged with rioting and other offences. At a hearing at the District Court today (10th), the prosecution disclosed that the 25-year-old female defendant, Chung Wing-yee, who worked as a teacher, had died. As the charge sheet no longer had legal effect, the prosecution was discontinued. A decision on whether to hold an inquest will be made after the police investigation. It was understood that the female defendant did not die from an infectious disease or by suicide. The male defendant, Cheung Tsz-lung, who had been remanded for nearly a year, pleaded guilty today to rioting and using a facial covering, and was sentenced to three years in prison.
10 May 2022中大學生報#1979
Four Charged with Unlawful Assembly over Alleged Powder Attack on CUHK Security Guards Last Year; Three Barred from Campus
有黑衣人涉嫌於2021年1月11日新學期開課日，在大學站（近 A 出口）近保安檢測站位置大叫「唔洗show證」，呼籲學生進入校園前不必出示學生證，其後推倒鐵欄，並向追截保安撒白色粉末。4人被控參與非法集結罪，案件今午（10日）於沙田裁判法院提堂。
其餘3人承諾不進入中文大學本部範圍（包括校園及宿舍）
Black-clad people allegedly shouted “No need to show your student card” near the security checkpoint close to Exit A of University Station on January 11, 2021, the first day of the new semester, urging students not to show their student cards before entering the campus. They subsequently pushed down metal barriers and threw white powder at security guards who pursued them. Four people were charged with participating in an unlawful assembly. The case was mentioned at Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts this afternoon (the 10th). The other three undertook not to enter the main campus area of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, including the campus and residential halls.
7 May 2022獨媒#1972
Eight Men and Women Jailed for 33 to 37 Months Over Riot at Anti-Mask Law Protest; Three Young People Sent to Training Centre
2019年10月示威者發起遊行抗議《禁蒙面法》，26人在銅鑼灣近鵝頸橋被捕，分成3案審訊。其中11人經審訊後，全被裁定暴動罪成，部份人另被裁定使用蒙面物品及管有攻擊性武器罪成，還柙至今早（7日）於區域法院判刑。法官林偉權指本案暴動規模不少，從大量參與者組成「人鏈」運送物資往前線，可顯示早有預謀，判8名成年被告監禁33至37個月，3名青年被告則判入教導所。散庭後，親友們向被告大喊：「撐住呀！」、「等你呀！」、「好好照顧自己！」
In October 2019, protesters staged a march against the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation. Twenty-six people were arrested near the Canal Road Flyover in Causeway Bay and tried in three cases. After trial, all 11 were found guilty of rioting; some were also convicted of using face-covering items and possessing offensive weapons. They were remanded in custody until being sentenced at the District Court this morning (7th). Judge Dominic Wai Kuen Lam said the riot was sizeable, and that the large number of participants forming a “human chain” to transport supplies to the front line indicated that it had been premeditated. Eight adult defendants were sentenced to between 33 and 37 months’ imprisonment, while three young defendants were sent to a training centre. After the court adjourned, relatives and friends shouted to the defendants: “Hang in there!”, “We’ll wait for you!”, and “Take good care of yourself!”
6 May 2022獨媒#1971
TVB News app sends abnormal notifications; police arrest 27-year-old male employee
「無綫新聞」手機應用程式本月3日凌晨突然連續發出23條推送通知，包括「yooooooo」、「李家超見記者」、「爱国者冶港！！！」。警方今早指，日前拘捕一名27歲男子，罪名是不誠實意圖而取用電腦。《無綫電視》指，事件已交由警方網絡安全及科技罪案調查科接手調查，對事件暫無補充。
The TVB News mobile app suddenly sent 23 push notifications in succession in the early hours of the 3rd of this month, including “yooooooo”, “John Lee meets reporters” and “Patriots govern Hong Kong!!!”. Police said this morning that they had recently arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of accessing a computer with dishonest intent. TVB said the incident had been handed to the Police Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau for investigation and that it had no further comment for the time being.
5 May 2022獨媒#1968
IVE student jailed for 14 months over petrol bombs; prosecution says 30-page statements did not assist investigation
21歲IVE男學生被指管有兩支汽油彈，他辯稱以為運送紅酒，不知是汽油彈，更指遭一名警長設局陷害。案件經審訊後，男生早前被裁定管有攻擊性武器罪成。今日辯方求情指，男生案發後曾三度落口供，合共超過30頁，亦配合控方既定程序，鉅細無遺提供電話紀錄。但控方指資訊沒有實質幫助。裁判官最終同意沒有減刑理由，判囚14個月。
A 21-year-old IVE male student was accused of possessing two petrol bombs. He claimed he thought he was transporting red wine and did not know they were petrol bombs, and said he had been framed by a sergeant. After trial, he was earlier convicted of possessing an offensive weapon. In mitigation today, the defence said the student had given statements three times after the incident, totalling more than 30 pages, cooperated with the prosecution’s established procedures, and provided detailed phone records. The prosecution said the information had provided no substantive assistance. The magistrate ultimately agreed there were no grounds for a sentence reduction and jailed him for 14 months.
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