25 Jul 2025法庭線#7097
Anti-terrorism case: Defence says first defendant wanted to withdraw after learning others were linked to explosives cases, had school junior impersonate him to avoid being branded a “ghost”
2020 年初，明愛醫院、羅湖港鐵車廂被發現有爆炸品，Telegram 頻道「九十二籤」事後承認責任。7 人被控《反恐條例》罪名，餘下 1 人被控以「企圖製造炸藥」罪。8 人不認罪，周五（25 日）於高院踏入第 143 天審訊。首被告何卓為的法律代表，周五完成其結案陳詞。
辯方指，何懷疑他在租借單位進出的人，牽涉明愛醫院、羅湖站爆炸品案，他便萌生搬走的念頭，想慢慢脫離示威圈子。而他怕退出太快會惹人懷疑，被當作「鬼」，便叫中學師弟「阿旦」使用他的身分，討論將軍澳尚德邨的爆炸案，何要確保偽裝計劃順利延續，才會出席在嘉頓山的事前會議。
第二被告李嘉濱的法律代表開始陳詞，指李被捕時，警員沒有即時表露身分，對李並不公平，並質疑李被捕後的招認，都是被威迫利誘下作出。
In early 2020, explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in an MTR train compartment at Lo Wu. The Telegram channel “Ninety-Two Lots” subsequently claimed responsibility. Seven people were charged with offences under the Anti-terrorism Ordinance, while the remaining person was charged with “attempting to manufacture explosives”. All eight pleaded not guilty. The trial at the High Court entered its 143rd day on Friday (25th), when the legal representatives of first defendant Ho Cheuk Wai completed their closing submissions.
The defence said that after Ho suspected the people entering and leaving the rented unit were involved in the explosives cases at Caritas Medical Centre and Lo Wu Station, he began considering moving away and gradually withdrawing from the protest scene. Fearing that leaving too quickly would arouse suspicion and lead him to be regarded as a “ghost”, he asked his secondary-school junior, “Ah Dan”, to use his identity when discussing the explosives case at Sheung Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O. Ho only attended the preparatory meeting at Garden Hill because he wanted to ensure that the impersonation plan continued smoothly.
Counsel for second defendant Lee Ka-ban began closing submissions, saying that when Lee was arrested, the police officers did not immediately identify themselves, which was unfair to Lee. Counsel also questioned whether Lee’s admissions after his arrest had been made under duress or inducement.
25 Jul 2025法庭線#7098
National Security Department places bounties on Yuen Gong-yi, Keung Ka Wai and 17 others over organising and running in ‘Hong Kong Parliament’
警方國安處周五（25 日）公布懸紅通緝 19 名境外人士，他們分別被指籌組名為「香港議會」的組織及參選「香港議會」，涉違反《國安法》下的「顛覆國家政權罪」。除了早前已因涉嫌干犯危害國家安全罪行，被懸紅 100 萬元通緝的袁弓夷、何良懋、霍嘉誌、蔡明達，其餘 15 人被懸紅 20 萬元通緝，包括人民力量前副主席錢寶芬。
被通緝者亦包括「香港民主建國聯盟」黨魁姜嘉偉、4 名黨員及前黨員。國安處早前落案起訴 3 名被指為聯盟成員人士，涉違反「串謀分裂國家」罪，包括一名 15 歲學生， 案件將於下月再訊。
The Police National Security Department announced on Friday (25th) that bounties had been placed on 19 people overseas. They were respectively accused of organising an organisation called “Hong Kong Parliament” and running in its elections, in alleged violation of the offence of subversion of state power under the National Security Law. In addition to Yuen Gong-yi, Victor Leung Mau Ho, Johnny Ka Chi Fok and Tony Ming Da Choi, who had previously been wanted with HK$1 million bounties over alleged national security offences, the remaining 15 people were wanted with bounties of HK$200,000, including Chin Po Fun, former vice-chairperson of People Power.
Those wanted also included Keung Ka Wai, leader of the Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union, as well as four current and former party members. The National Security Department had earlier charged three people alleged to be members of the union with conspiracy to secede, including a 15-year-old student. The case will return to court for mention next month.
24 Jul 2025法庭線#7087
42-year-old man charged with damaging national security office notices remanded pending psychiatric reports
42 歲男子涉於今年 7 月 21 日，在大角咀損壞兩張駐港國安公署的告示，被控一項刑事損壞罪，案件周四（24 日）於西九龍裁判法院首次提堂。被告暫毋須答辯，案件押後至 8 月 7 日再訊，待索取兩份精神科醫生報告，了解被告是否適宜答辯。
控方透露，案件主管接觸被告時發現其精神狀況，故希望索取精神科報告。辯方申請保釋被拒，被告須還押小欖精神病治療中心。他保留 8 天保釋覆核權利。
據報道，案發地點鄰近「23 條」附屬法例下的國安「禁地」之一，是國安公署擬建總部的附屬設施範圍。
A 42-year-old man was charged with one count of criminal damage after allegedly damaging two notices of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Tai Kok Tsui on 21 July this year. The case came before the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for the first time on Thursday (24th). The defendant was not required to enter a plea for now, and the case was adjourned to 7 August pending two psychiatric reports to assess whether he is fit to plead.
The prosecution said the case officer noticed the defendant’s mental condition when meeting him and therefore wished to obtain psychiatric reports. The defence’s bail application was refused, and the defendant was remanded in the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre. He reserved his right to apply for a bail review within eight days.
According to reports, the location of the incident was near one of the national security “restricted places” under the subsidiary legislation of “Article 23”, within an area for ancillary facilities of the proposed headquarters of the Office for Safeguarding National Security.
24 Jul 2025法庭線#7089
Tse Sai-kit admits defrauding Social Welfare Department of Old Age Living Allowance; sentenced to 120 hours of community service; magistrate once questions basis of guilty plea
68 歲社工謝世傑，被指申請長者生活津貼時虛報月入 5,000 元，於一年寛限期後沒通知社署，他從理大、社工註冊局曾收取報酬，詐騙 4 次津貼合共逾 1.6 萬元。謝承認 4 項欺詐罪，周四（24 日）在東區裁判法院判刑。
署理主任裁判官張志偉關注，社會服務令報告提到，謝誤會自己符合長生津的規定，但案情指他申請時知悉條件。辯方強調，謝是魯莽地沒在月入超額時上報，此為認罪基礎。官考慮謝坦白認罪、有悔意，判處 120 小時社會服務令，認為足以反映案件嚴重之處。
The 68-year-old social worker Tse Sai-kit was accused of falsely declaring a monthly income of HK$5,000 when applying for Old Age Living Allowance and failing to notify the Social Welfare Department after the one-year grace period. He had received remuneration from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Social Workers Registration Board, and defrauded the allowance four times, totalling more than HK$16,000. Tse Sai-kit pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and was sentenced on Thursday (24th) at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts.
Acting Chief Magistrate Chi Wai (1965) Cheung expressed concern that the social service order report said Tse Sai-kit had misunderstood that he met the requirements for Old Age Living Allowance, while the case details indicated that he knew the conditions when applying. The defence stressed that Tse Sai-kit had recklessly failed to report when his monthly income exceeded the limit, and that this formed the basis of his guilty plea. The magistrate took into account his candid guilty plea and remorse, and sentenced him to 120 hours of community service, considering this sufficient to reflect the seriousness of the case.
24 Jul 2025法庭線#7092
Anti-terrorism second case | Defence says first defendant was not involved in bombings, fabricated messages from the “public domain” to woo women
2020 年初，明愛醫院、羅湖港鐵車廂被發現有爆炸品，Telegram 頻道「九十二籤」事後承認責任。7 人被控《反恐條例》罪名，餘下 1 人被控以「企圖製造炸藥」罪。8 人不認罪，周四（24 日）於高院踏入第 142 天審訊。
代表首被告何卓為的大律師繼續陳詞，指何沒有參與明愛醫院及羅湖站的爆炸案，控方指控何，在他租借的單位內製造炸彈的說法，背後沒有證據支持。辯方續指，控方用來指控何製作炸彈的 Telegram 訊息，只是何從公海獲取資訊，從而編造事件「認叻」去「追女仔」。
至於控方指控何，有份在羅湖站爆炸案前，將炸彈運出他租借的單位，到深水埗一處公園，留給一位陌生人。辯方指，何當時是為了到公園附近買酒，而有關將軍澳爆炸案的 TG 訊息，都是由其中學師弟「阿旦」發送。
In early 2020, explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in a Lo Wu MTR train compartment. The Telegram channel “Ninety-Two Fortune Sticks” subsequently claimed responsibility. Seven people were charged with offences under the Anti-terrorism Ordinance, while one remaining defendant was charged with “attempting to manufacture explosives”. All eight pleaded not guilty, and the trial at the High Court entered its 142nd day on Thursday (24th).
The barrister representing first defendant Ho Cheuk Wai continued closing submissions, saying Ho had not participated in the bombing incidents at Caritas Medical Centre and Lo Wu station. The defence said there was no evidence supporting the prosecution’s allegation that Ho had made bombs at a unit he rented. It further submitted that the Telegram messages relied on by the prosecution to accuse Ho of making bombs merely contained information Ho had obtained from the public domain, which he used to fabricate accounts of the incidents to show off and woo women.
As for the prosecution’s allegation that Ho had helped transport a bomb from the unit he rented to a park in Sham Shui Po before the Lo Wu station bombing and left it there for a stranger, the defence said he had gone to the park to buy alcohol. It also said that the Telegram messages concerning the Tseung Kwan O bombing were sent by his junior schoolmate “Ah Dan”.
23 Jul 2025獨媒#7076
Public toilet regulations barring transgender men in transition from male toilets unconstitutional, High Court rules; judge declines to redraw gender boundaries
一名代號為K的跨性別男子因未完成性別重置手術，身份證仍顯示為「女性」，但獲發「廁所紙」，惟按《公廁(行為及舉止)規例》第7及10條，他仍被禁止進入男性公廁。K提出司法覆核，質疑有關條例違憲，並要求法庭擴闊規例中對「男性」及「女性」的定義，讓跨性別人士在性別過渡期間，可按其性別認同使用公廁。高院法官高浩文今（23日）頒下判決，裁定有關條例以及基於一個人出生時的生理性別來劃分界線，是對跨性別人士的私隱及平等權利構成過份及不必要的侵擾，並裁定條例違反《基本法》第25條、《香港人權法》第1(1)條、22條所保障的平等權，以及第14條所保障的私隱權。不過，法官拒絕應K的要求擴闊條例中「男性」和「女性」的法律定義至正在過渡期的跨性別人士，因為相關問題更適合由立法機關來處理。
A transgender man identified as K had not completed gender reassignment surgery and his identity card still stated that he was female, although he had been issued a “toilet paper”. However, under sections 7 and 10 of the Public Toilets (Conduct and Behaviour) Regulations, he remained prohibited from entering male public toilets. K sought a judicial review, challenging the constitutionality of the regulations and asking the court to broaden the definitions of “male” and “female” in the regulations so that transgender people could use public toilets according to their gender identity during gender transition. In a judgment handed down today (23rd), High Court Judge Anderson Chow ruled that the regulations, and drawing the distinction according to a person’s biological sex at birth, constituted excessive and unnecessary interference with transgender people’s rights to privacy and equality. He also ruled that the regulations violated the right to equality protected by Article 25 of the Basic Law and sections 1(1) and 22 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, as well as the right to privacy protected by section 14. However, the judge rejected K’s request to broaden the legal definitions of “male” and “female” in the regulations to include transgender people undergoing transition, saying the issue was more appropriately dealt with by the legislature.
23 Jul 2025法庭線#7078
Cheng Ka-yu Privately Prosecutes Former Employer Wall Street Journal; Employer Expected to Plead Not Guilty and Challenge Chain of Evidence for Phone Conversation
香港記者協會主席鄭嘉如去年當選後不足一個月，便遭《華爾街日報》（WSJ）以「職位重組」為由解僱。鄭認為自己是因參與工會而遭解僱，私人檢控僱主兩項「阻止僱員參與工會」有關控罪。案件周三（23 日）在東區裁判法院再訊，僱主一方擬不認罪。另外，鄭一方提及，僱主方表示將爭議草擬承認事實中，有關電話對話的證物鏈。
署理主任裁判官張志偉將案件押後至 12 月 18 日，進行 4 天英文審訊；另於 11 月 7 日再提訊，屆時將正式答辯。
Less than a month after Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Cheng Ka-yu was elected last year, she was dismissed by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the grounds of “position restructuring”. Cheng believes she was dismissed because of her participation in a trade union and has privately prosecuted her employer on two charges related to “preventing employees from participating in a trade union”. The case was mentioned again at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (23rd), where the employer’s side indicated that it intended to plead not guilty. Cheng’s side also said that the employer had indicated it would challenge the chain of evidence concerning a telephone conversation in the draft agreed facts.
Acting Principal Magistrate Chi Wai (1965) Cheung adjourned the case to 18 December for a four-day trial in English. It will be mentioned again on 7 November, when the defendant will formally enter a plea.
23 Jul 2025法庭線·#7079
18-year-old accused of writing seditious words on wall of China Hong Kong City male toilet denied bail and remanded until Aug. 19 hearing
一名 18 歲青年被指今年 7 月，三度於尖沙咀中港城男洗手間內，寫上煽動字句，被控一項「23 條」下的「出於煽動意圖作出具煽動意圖的作為」罪，及三項「刑事毀壞」罪，周三（23 日）在西九龍裁判法院首度提堂。
控方申請押後案件，待警方調查被告手機。總裁判官蘇惠德將案件押後至 8 月 19 日再訊。辯方申請保釋，控方反對，官聽畢雙方陳詞後，拒絕被告保釋。被告須還押候訊。
An 18-year-old man was accused of writing seditious words inside a male toilet at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui on three occasions in July. He was charged with one count of “doing an act with a seditious intention” under “Article 23” and three counts of criminal damage. He appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for the first time on Wednesday (23rd).
The prosecution applied to adjourn the case pending a police investigation into the defendant’s mobile phone. Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak adjourned the case until Aug. 19 for a further hearing. The defence applied for bail, which was opposed by the prosecution. After hearing submissions from both sides, the magistrate refused bail. The defendant was remanded in custody pending the hearing.
23 Jul 2025法庭線#7084
Second terrorism case | First defendant’s defence closes, jury urged to “be wary of yourselves” and not be swayed by other defendants’ “bad things”
2020 年初，明愛醫院、羅湖港鐵車廂被發現有爆炸品，Telegram 頻道「九十二籤」事後承認責任。7 人被控《反恐條例》罪名，餘下 1 人被控以「企圖製造炸藥」罪。8 人不認罪，周三（23 日）於高院踏入第 141 天審訊。辯方由首被告何卓為一方首先結案。
辯方先提醒陪審員要「警惕自己……唔好俾潛意識影響」，不要以其他被告的口供中，提到何的「壞話」部分作指證。辯方表示，何租借的宏創方 503 室，單位不設鎖，有大量人出入，警方在內檢取的爆炸品原料，何未必完全知情。
而何在明愛醫院爆炸案後，已想脫離示威者的圈子，並搬離 503 室。辯方亦指，何在被捕後，身體出現傷勢，有機會在警署內被打，他並非自願交出手機密碼，要求陪審員「睇唔到」何在警員記事冊上，確認交出手機的招認。
Explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in an MTR Lo Wu-bound train carriage in early 2020, after which the Telegram channel “92 Signatures” claimed responsibility. Seven people were charged with offences under the anti-terrorism law, while one other person was charged with “attempting to manufacture explosives”. All eight pleaded not guilty, and the trial at the High Court entered its 141st day on Wednesday (23rd). The defence for the first defendant, Ho Cheuk Wai, was the first to close its case.
The defence first reminded the jurors to “be wary of yourselves … and not let your subconscious influence you”, and not to treat as evidence the parts of other defendants’ statements that mentioned “bad things” about Ho. The defence said the unit Ho rented, Room 503 at Wang Cheong Fong, had no lock and was accessed by many people. Ho might not have been fully aware of the explosive-making materials seized there by police.
The defence also said that after the explosion at Caritas Medical Centre, Ho had wanted to leave the group of protesters and moved out of Room 503. It further said that Ho had suffered injuries after his arrest and might have been assaulted at the police station. He had not voluntarily provided his phone password, and the jury was asked to “not see” Ho’s admission in police officers’ notebooks confirming that he had handed over his phone.
22 Jul 2025法庭線#7074
Tai Hang Sai Estate resident appeals conviction and fine over alleged loudspeaker placement, denies putting it there
去年 6 月，六旬大坑西邨居民被指在邨內梯間擺放擴音器，播放居民對重建大坑西邨的不滿及訴求，被票控一項「擴音器造成的噪音煩擾」罪，經審訊後被裁定罪成，罰款 1,500 元。
居民不服定罪提上訴，周二（22 日）在高等法院審理。他親自陳詞指，擴音器是由街坊「夾錢」購買，他僅是聯絡人、擁有者，質疑原審混淆擺放者及擁有者。他否認擺放擴音器，「百分百唔係我擺喺度，唔係我製造噪音」。法官押後裁決。
In June last year, a Tai Hang Sai Estate resident in his sixties was alleged to have placed a loudspeaker in a staircase in the estate to broadcast residents’ grievances and demands over the redevelopment of Tai Hang Sai Estate. He was summonsed on one charge of “noise nuisance caused by a loudspeaker”, convicted after trial and fined HK$1,500.
The resident, who disputes the conviction, appealed. The appeal was heard in the High Court on Tuesday (22). Representing himself, he said the loudspeaker had been bought with money pooled by residents, and that he was only the contact person and owner. He alleged that the trial court had confused the person who placed the loudspeaker with its owner. He denied placing it there, saying: “It was 100 per cent not me who put it there, and I did not create the noise.” The judge adjourned the decision.
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