13 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#761
RTHK Removes Interview Programme; Nathan Law Says Content Did Not Violate National Security Law
前香港眾志主席羅冠聰曾出席香港電台特備節目《2020立法會選舉延後之戰》，該節目於上月底播出，但及後港台將該節目從網頁下架。羅冠聰以「新聞專業的天職是監察權貴 並非盲從政權」為題在 Facebook 回應事件，表示對港台將節目下架感到驚訝。他認為，一次訪問下架引伸無數疑問，「歸根究底，是新聞應服膺於政權的框限，還是應該有自己對求真致知、監察權力的使命？」他期望，港台高層能慎重要檢視相關決定，對得住自己的新聞專業。
Former Demosistō chairman Nathan Law appeared on the RTHK special programme “The Battle over the Postponement of the 2020 Legislative Council Election”. The programme was broadcast late last month, but RTHK subsequently removed it from its website. Law responded on Facebook under the title “The duty of journalism is to monitor those in power, not blindly follow the regime”, saying he was surprised that RTHK had taken down the programme. He said the removal of a single interview raised countless questions: “Ultimately, should journalism be bound by the regime’s limits, or should it have its own mission to pursue truth and knowledge and monitor power?” He hoped RTHK’s senior management would carefully review the decision and live up to its own professional standards in journalism.
13 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#762
CityU professor says YouGov asked him to delete survey questions over possible national security law violation
香港城市大學媒體與傳播系副教授小林哲郎日前在 Twitter 表示，早前就一項研究委託民意和市場調查公司 YouGov 進行問卷調查，但 YouGov 卻以有機會違反港區國安法為由，要求小林哲郎刪除部分題目。小林哲郎又引述 YouGov 香港團隊，對方指有關決定是徵詢過法律意見。《立場》昨日向小林哲郎與 YouGov 查詢事件，雙方至今未有回覆。
Tetsuro Kobayashi, an associate professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong, said on Twitter recently that he had earlier commissioned polling and market research company YouGov to conduct a questionnaire survey for a study, but YouGov asked him to delete some questions on the grounds that they might violate the Hong Kong national security law. Kobayashi also quoted YouGov’s Hong Kong team as saying that the decision was made after legal advice had been sought. Stand News contacted Kobayashi and YouGov about the matter yesterday, but neither had responded so far.
10 Aug 2020獨媒#754
Police breach search warrant by reading Apple Daily news materials; Li Kwai-wah says editorial department had to be searched
警方今日位於將軍澳工業邨的壹傳媒大樓搜查。律師到場前，有警員拒絕出示搜查令，一直檢視和翻閱記者桌上的新聞資料，直至高級警司介入才停止行動。《蘋果日報》記者形容，此舉剝奪了《蘋果》的法律權益。國安處高級警司李桂華則稱，因為被捕人士的辦公室位於採編部門，警方是在「無辦法、必須」的情況之下作出搜查。
Police searched the Next Media building in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate today. Before lawyers arrived, officers refused to show the search warrant and continued examining and reading news materials on reporters’ desks, stopping only after a senior superintendent intervened. An Apple Daily reporter said the action deprived Apple Daily of its legal rights. Li Kwai-wah, a senior superintendent of the National Security Department, said that because the arrested persons’ offices were located in the editorial department, police had searched it under circumstances in which there was “no alternative” and it was “necessary”.
10 Aug 2020獨媒#755
Multiple Media Unions and Organisations Concerned over Arrests of Media Founder and Management, Shocked by Large-Scale Search of Media Building
警方今晨拘捕壹傳媒創辦人黎智英等人，先後到其寓所及壹傳媒大樓蒐證，多個傳媒機構及團體對此表示震驚，要求警方盡快交代大規模搜查傳媒機構的目的以及法律理據。
逾百名警務人員今早到壹傳媒大樓搜查，更設立封鎖線，所有人士出入均需要被搜查隨身物品等，期間警務人員亦搜查記者座位內的個人物品。我們必須指出，警方的行動侵犯記者私隱以及漠視搜查新聞材料的機制。
Police arrested Next Media founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and others this morning, and subsequently went to his residence and the Next Media building to gather evidence. Multiple media organisations and groups expressed shock, demanding that the police promptly explain the purpose and legal basis for the large-scale search of a media organisation.
More than 100 police officers searched the Next Media building this morning and set up a cordon. Everyone entering or leaving was required to have their personal belongings searched, among other measures. During the operation, police officers also searched personal belongings at journalists’ desks. We must point out that the police action violated journalists’ privacy and disregarded the mechanism for searching journalistic materials.
9 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#750
Followed by private car, Joshua Wong says suspected national security agents violated traffic rules; Agnes Chow says suspicious man monitored her home all day
自港區國安法 7 月在港實施，不時有民主派人士報稱被跟蹤和監視。前香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒今日（9 日）在 Facebook 發文指，在荔枝角發現被一輛私家車跟蹤，尾隨其後更發現對方衝紅燈、切線、違規掉頭等「罔顧交通安全」，黃之鋒質疑跟蹤者有「違法豁免權」，很可能是由國安單位委派；前眾志成員周庭同日亦指，住所樓下遭可疑男子監視，斥「白色恐怖無處不在」。
Since the National Security Law for Hong Kong was implemented in July, pro-democracy figures have periodically reported being followed and monitored. Joshua Wong Chi-fung, former secretary-general of Demosistō, said in a Facebook post today (the 9th) that he discovered he was being followed by a private car in Lai Chi Kok. He said the vehicle subsequently ran a red light, changed lanes and made an illegal U-turn, among other actions that “disregarded traffic safety”. Wong questioned whether the follower had “immunity from violating the law”, and said it was very likely that the person had been assigned by a national security unit. Agnes Chow Ting, a former Demosistō member, also said that day that a suspicious man had monitored the area below her residence throughout the day, condemning the fact that “white terror is everywhere”.
9 Aug 2020獨媒#752
League of Social Democrats Protest NPC Interference in LegCo; Long Hair Says He Will Refuse to Pay Fine
行政長官林鄭月娥早前引用《緊急法》押後立法會選舉一年，立法會「真空期」將由人大常委會決定。社民連一行5人今日到中聯辦抗議，不滿人大常委開會「閉門」討論立法會安排，批評人大濫權破壞香港高度自治，警察以違反限聚令票控社民連所有成員。社民連副主席梁國雄表示，由五一勞動節起已遭到6、7次票控，明言不會交罰款「到時有咩同個官講」。
Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to postpone the Legislative Council election for one year, with the Legislative Council “vacuum period” to be determined by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. A five-member League of Social Democrats delegation went to the Liaison Office today to protest against the NPC Standing Committee holding a “closed-door” discussion on arrangements for the Legislative Council, criticising the NPC for abusing its powers and undermining Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy. Police issued summonses to all League of Social Democrats members for violating the ban on group gatherings. League vice-chairman Leung Kwok-hung said he had been issued with six or seven summonses since Labour Day and stated that he would not pay the fines, saying, “I’ll have something to say to the judge then.”
8 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#747
Renewal of visas for several foreign journalists in Hong Kong delayed; sources say applications reviewed by Immigration Department’s new national security unit in deliberate obstruction
中美關係愈趨緊張，兩國傳媒的記者亦成為針對對象，美國將新華社、《人民日報》等列為外國使團，中國則反擊，驅逐《華爾街日報》、《紐約時報》及《華盛頓郵報》記者，指他們的記者不可以在中國及香港工作；香港外國記者會（FCC）星期四（8月6日）曾發聲明，指留意到近日有例子，外國記者申請香港工作簽證受延誤，涉及多間傳媒機構不同國藉的記者，形容是「非常不尋常 (highly unusual)」。消息人士向《立場新聞》表示，《華爾街日報》、《紐約時報》等多家外國傳媒的駐港記者都被拖延簽證續期。
As China-US relations grow increasingly tense, journalists from media organisations in both countries have also become targets. The United States designated Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily and other outlets as foreign missions, while China retaliated by expelling journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post, saying their journalists could not work in China and Hong Kong. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong (FCC) issued a statement on Thursday (August 6), saying it had noted recent cases of foreign journalists experiencing delays in applying for Hong Kong work visas, involving journalists of different nationalities from multiple media organisations, and describing the situation as “highly unusual”. Sources told Stand News that the visa renewals of Hong Kong-based journalists from several foreign media organisations, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, had been delayed.
8 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#748
[Sanctions on 11 Officials] Hong Kong Government Statement Revises Characterisation of Anti-Extradition Movement Again: From “Protest Clashes Caused by Amendment Bill” Last Year to “Anti-Government Riots” Now
美國財政部昨日（7 日）公布「制裁 11 人」名單，包括特首林鄭月娥、中聯辦主任駱惠寧、港澳辦主任夏寶龍、警務處處長鄧炳強等多名現任或前任中港官員。港府則於今日 (8 日) 中午 12 時 35 分先發表英文聲明回應，形容美方做法是「shameless and despicable」（卑劣無恥）。中文版聲明則於兩個半小時後才發布。兩版本聲明均首次以「anti-government riots」及「反政府動亂」形容去年 6 月以來的反送中運動。翻查政府新聞稿，可見政府對反送中運動的「定性」一直調整，由去年「示威衝突」演變成「抗爭活動」，到「暴力、動亂」，最後演變為今日的「反政府動亂」。
The US Treasury Department yesterday (7th) announced a sanctions list of 11 people, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government Luo Huining, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office Xia Baolong, and Commissioner of Police Tang Ping-keung, as well as several current and former mainland and Hong Kong officials. At 12:35 p.m. today (8th), the Hong Kong government first issued an English statement in response, describing the US action as “shameless and despicable”. The Chinese-language statement was released two and a half hours later. Both versions for the first time described the anti-extradition movement since June last year as “anti-government riots” and “反政府動亂”. A review of government press releases shows that its characterisation of the movement has continued to change, from “protest clashes” last year, to “protest activities”, then “violence and riots”, and finally today’s “anti-government riots”.
7 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#744
US Announces Sanctions Against 11 Chinese and Hong Kong Officials, Including Xia Baolong, Luo Huining, Carrie Lam and Chris Tang
今年 7 月《港區國安法》實施後，美國總統特朗普已簽署行政命令，聲言將制裁多名中國及香港官員，但一直未公布詳情。美國財政部今晚公布制裁名單，有 11 名中港官員，包括夏寶龍、張曉明、鄭雁雄、駱惠寧、林鄭月娥、鄭若驊、李家超、曾國衞、鄧炳強、盧偉聰、陳國基。
美國財政部今晚在網站公布，將 11 名中港官員加入外國資產控制室 (OFAC)「特別指定國民和被封鎖人員」名單 (Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List)。11 名中港官員包括港澳辦主任夏寶龍、港澳辦副主任張曉明、國安公署署長鄭雁雄、中聯辦主任駱惠寧、特首林鄭月娥、律政司司長鄭若驊、保安局局長李家超、政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞、警務處處長鄧炳強、前警務處處長盧偉聰、國安委秘書長陳國基。
After the Hong Kong National Security Law came into effect in July this year, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating that multiple Chinese and Hong Kong officials would be sanctioned, but details had not been announced. The US Treasury Department announced the sanctions list tonight, naming 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials: Xia Baolong, Zhang Xiaoming, Zheng Yanxiong, Luo Huining, Carrie Lam, Teresa Cheng, John Lee, Erick Tsang, Chris Tang, Lo Wai-chung and Eric Chan.
The US Treasury Department said on its website tonight that the 11 officials had been added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)'s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. They are Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office; Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office; Zheng Yanxiong, director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong; Luo Huining, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Chief Executive Carrie Lam; Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng; Secretary for Security John Lee; Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang; Commissioner of Police Chris Tang; former Commissioner of Police Lo Wai-chung; and Secretary-General of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Eric Chan.
7 Aug 2020US Consulate#745
Treasury Sanctions Individuals for Undermining Hong Kong’s Autonomy
US Dept of Treasury imposes sanctions on 11 CN/HK officials, inclu. Carrie Lam, for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly of the citizens of Hong Kong
The US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including Carrie Lam, for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy and restricting Hong Kong citizens’ freedom of expression or assembly.
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