3 Aug 2020獨媒#741
Kwok Cheuk-kin Seeks Judicial Review of Carrie Lam’s Postponement of Legislative Election
行政長官林鄭月娥於上週五（7月31日）以疫情為由，引用《緊急法》押後立法會選舉一年。有「長洲覆核王」之稱的郭卓堅與朋友陳潔冰今日入稟高等法院申請司法覆核。郭批評林鄭以《緊急法》凌駕《基本法》，又斥「如果你咁樣玩，不如你燒咗本《基本法》佢啦」。他要求法院緊急開庭頒佈禁制令，並希望能夠在全國人大本週六開會前阻止選舉延期。
Chief Executive Carrie Lam cited the pandemic and invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance last Friday (July 31) to postpone the Legislative Council election for one year. Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as the “king of judicial reviews” in Cheung Chau, and his friend Sumee Kit Bing Chan filed an application for judicial review at the High Court today. Kwok criticised Lam for using the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to override the Basic Law, saying, “If you play it this way, you might as well burn the Basic Law.” He asked the court to hold an urgent hearing and issue an injunction, and hoped to stop the election postponement before the National People’s Congress meets this Saturday.
2 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#739
Lingnan rejects Ip Iam-chong’s tenure application; he says he will lose teaching post next year and urges attention to university’s “extraordinary” purge
曾多次撰文批評政府以至北京的嶺南大學文化研究系助理教授葉蔭聰在《明報》撰文，透露已收到大學通知，「實任」（substantiation）申請被否決，只獲一年合約，明年要離職。葉蔭聰指出，這幾年來，持續有敢於尖刻批評政治社會問題的「偏黃」學者遭大學拒絕續約，是有大學高層暗裏為政權「大掃除」，而港大法律學院副教授戴耀廷事件更反映，當局已於大學展開後國安法時代「超乎尋常」洗太平地行動。
Ip Iam-chong, an assistant professor in Lingnan University’s Department of Cultural Studies who has repeatedly written critically about the government and Beijing, said in an article in Ming Pao that he had been notified by the university that his application for “substantiation” had been rejected. He would receive only a one-year contract and would have to leave next year. Ip said that in recent years, “yellow” scholars who were willing to offer sharp criticism of political and social issues had repeatedly been refused contract renewals by universities. He said this reflected a covert “clean-up” of universities by senior university officials on behalf of the authorities, while the incident involving Benny Tai, an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, further showed that the authorities had launched an “extraordinary” purge at universities in the post-national security law era.
1 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#736
Ta Kung Pao: National Security Department issues first wanted notices for six, including Nathan Law, over secession and collusion with foreign forces; CCTV: Five are members of a “Hong Kong independence organisation”
昨日（31 日）有消息指，警方正式通緝 6 名涉及違反《港區國安法》的海外港人，包括羅冠聰、陳家駒、劉康、鄭文傑、朱牧民及黃台仰。中聯辦控制的《大公報》今 (1 日) 報道，國安處是於 7 月 30 日首度發出通緝令，分別以「涉嫌煽動分裂國家」及「涉嫌勾結外國或境外勢力危害國家安全」兩條罪名通緝 6 人，其中 4人控罪與 Facebook 發布的內容有關。央視新聞昨日報道以「亂港分子」形容 6 人，其中羅冠聰、陳家駒、劉康、朱牧民及黃台仰均被稱為「港獨組織」成員。
It was reported yesterday (31) that police had formally placed six overseas Hong Kong people on a wanted list for allegedly violating the National Security Law, including Nathan Law, Chan Ka-kui, Lau Hong, Cheng Man-kit, Chu Muk-man and Ray Wong Toi-yeung. The Liaison Office-controlled Ta Kung Pao reported today (1) that the National Security Department issued its first wanted notices on 30 July, seeking the six on two suspected offences: inciting secession and colluding with foreign or external forces to endanger national security. The charges against four of them were related to content posted on Facebook. CCTV News described the six yesterday as “Hong Kong-disrupting elements”, and called Nathan Law, Chan Ka-kui, Lau Hong, Chu Muk-man and Ray Wong Toi-yeung members of a “Hong Kong independence organisation”.
1 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#737
Germany Suspends Hong Kong Extradition Agreement; Hong Kong Government Strongly Opposes, Calls It Double-Standard Political Manoeuvring
消息指警方通緝 6 名身處海外的人，指控他們違反國安法，包括在德國的的本土民主前線前發言人黃台仰，德國外長馬斯在消息公布曝光後宣佈，德國將會暫停與香港的引渡協議；特區政府稱，強烈反對這做法，批評德國政府為政治目的，以特區政府押後立法會選舉為借口，單方面暫停移交協定，是雙重標準的政治操作，粗暴干涉中國内政，嚴重違反國際法和國際關係基本準則。
Reports said police were seeking six people overseas on accusations of violating the National Security Law, including Wong Toi-yeung, former spokesperson for Hong Kong Indigenous, who was in Germany. After the report was made public, German Foreign Minister Maas announced that Germany would suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said it strongly opposed the move, accusing the German government of suspending the transfer agreement unilaterally for political purposes, using the postponement of the Legislative Council election by the HKSAR Government as an excuse. It described the move as double-standard political manoeuvring, a blatant interference in China's internal affairs, and a serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations.
1 Aug 2020獨媒#738
Primary School Teacher Allegedly Forced by Principal to Forge Documents, Required to Write Resignation Letter After Arrest
小學老師疑被校長逼造假文件 被捕後需寫提前辭職信
A primary school teacher was allegedly forced by the principal to forge documents and, after being arrested, was required to write a resignation letter in advance.
31 Jul 2020RTHK#734
Nathan Law ‘wanted for national security crimes’
HKPF is said to have issued arrest warrants for 6 HK activists in exile for breaching NSL, incl. Nathan Law, Simon Cheng, Ray Wong, Samuel Chu, Wayne Chan & Honcques Laus.
The Hong Kong Police Force is said to have issued arrest warrants for 6 Hong Kong activists in exile for violating the National Security Law, including Nathan Law, Simon Cheng, Ray Wong, Samuel Chu, Wayne Chan and Honcques Laus.
31 Jul 2020獨媒#735
Carrie Lam denies postponing LegCo election was politically motivated: “I only look at the pandemic, not the election”
行政長官林鄭月娥傍晚召開記者會，宣布引用《緊急法》押後立法會選舉一年至明年9月5日，「係抗疫七個月以嚟最艱難嘅決定」。她否認決定是政治考慮，強調是要維護公眾健康，「我每日只睇疫情，冇睇選情」，並指決定已獲中央支持。
Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a press conference in the evening and announced that, invoking the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, the Legislative Council election would be postponed for one year to 5 September next year. She described it as “the most difficult decision in the seven months of fighting the pandemic”. Lam denied the decision was politically motivated, stressing that it was intended to protect public health: “I only look at the pandemic every day, not the election.” She said the decision had received the central government’s support.
30 Jul 2020聞庫（立場）#732
Fearing Persecution for Pro-Hong Kong Independence Stance, Former Studentlocalism Member Lau Hong Goes to UK to Seek Political Asylum
本土派學生組織「學生動源」前成員、「香港效益主義黨」主席劉康發表聲明指，因《港區國安法》在港實施，擔心自己的立場會受到政治迫害，今年 6 月已赴英國尋求政治庇護。他指責港府以《國安法》迫害主張香港獨立人士，是明顯「踐踏言論自由、人道災難」，如自己沒有及時赴英，「今日香港政府就會拘捕我、迫害我」，呼籲英國、美國、歐盟、台灣、日本及全球「所有文明國家」制裁港府及中國政府。
Lau Hong, a former member of pro-localist student organisation Studentlocalism and chairman of the Hong Kong Utilitarian Party, said in a statement that he went to the UK in June this year to seek political asylum because he feared his political stance would face persecution following the implementation of the National Security Law for Hong Kong. He accused the Hong Kong government of persecuting people who advocate Hong Kong independence under the National Security Law, calling it an obvious "trampling on freedom of speech and a humanitarian disaster". He said that if he had not gone to the UK in time, "the Hong Kong government would arrest and persecute me today", and called on the UK, the US, the European Union, Taiwan, Japan and "all civilised countries" around the world to impose sanctions on the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.
30 Jul 2020獨媒#733
【LegCo election】Returning officers disqualify 12; government backs decision, says more nominations may be ruled invalid
立法會換屆選舉明日截止報名，12名參選人今日中午收到選舉主任來信，被裁定提名資格無效。當中包括參選區議會（第二）界別的岑敖暉，會計界的梁繼昌、新界東的何桂藍、劉頴匡，港島的袁嘉蔚、梁晃維、鄭錦滿，和九龍東的黃之鋒；及公民黨4人，即楊岳橋、郭家麒、郭榮鏗、鄭達鴻。
With nominations for the Legislative Council election closing tomorrow, 12 candidates received letters from returning officers at noon today informing them that their nominations had been ruled invalid. They include Shum Ngo-fai, who was standing in the District Council (Second) constituency; Kenneth Leung in the Accountancy constituency; Gwyneth Ho and Ventus Lau in New Territories East; Tiffany Yuen, Leung Wong-wai and Cheng Kam-mun on Hong Kong Island; and Joshua Wong in Kowloon East. The four Civic Party candidates—Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, Dennis Kwok and Jeremy Tam—were also disqualified.
29 Jul 2020獨媒#731
Police arrest four, including Chung Hon-lam, for violating Hong Kong National Security Law; Li Kwai-wah: “Merely making a declaration is already incitement”
學生動源前召集人鍾翰林等共三男一女，被指違反「港區國安法」。警方晚上十一點見記者，國家安全處高級警司李桂華表示，四人被指涉嫌干犯《香港國安法》第20條，即分裂國家罪，即「組織、策劃、實施或者參與實施以下旨在分裂國家」，及第21條「協助、教唆、以金錢或者其他財物資助他人分裂國家」。他強調「只要係宣布，已經係煽動」，「唔需要證明佢有無煽動任何人做呢樣嘢，只要做出咗已經係一種煽惑行為。」
Chung Hon-lam, former convener of Studentlocalism, and three other men and one woman were accused of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law. Police met reporters at 11pm. Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the National Security Department, said the four were suspected of violating Article 20 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, namely the offence of secession—“organising, planning, committing or participating in committing the following acts intended to secede the country”—and Article 21, “assisting, abetting, or providing pecuniary or other financial assistance to another person to secede the country”. He stressed: “Merely making a declaration is already incitement”; “There is no need to prove whether he incited anyone to do this. Once it has been done, it is already an act of incitement.”
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