21 Jul 2025獨媒#7063
Six Years Since 7.21: People Born in the 2000s Stand in Silence at Yuen Long Station, Saying the Incident Is Unforgettable
在六年前今日，大批白衣人衝進港鐵元朗站襲擊市民。事件六年過去，有「零零後」市民今晚到元朗站默站，其中居住在元朗的馬小姐稱，其在721事件發生時尚未成年，憶述當時觀看時任立法會議員林卓廷的直播，對自己的家附近發生這樣的事感到震驚：「發生咗咁樣嘅事，一直都忘記唔到。」
Six years ago today, a large group of people dressed in white stormed into the MTR Yuen Long Station and attacked members of the public. Six years after the incident, some people born in the 2000s stood in silence at Yuen Long Station this evening. Among them, Ms Ma, who lives in Yuen Long, said she was underage when the 7.21 incident occurred. Recalling that she watched a livestream by then-Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting, she said she was shocked that something like this had happened near her home: “I’ve never been able to forget that something like this happened.”
21 Jul 2025集誌社#7065
Six Years Since 721｜Red Gauze Confiscated; Lui Yuk Lin Says Police Said It Might Breach National Security Law; Members of Public in Black Gather to “Witness”
今日是 721 事件六年，警方於下午 3 時 45 分，在元朗站外部署戰術巴士、衝鋒車，另分別派約十多名軍裝、便衣警員在站內巡邏。有市民身穿印上「做對的事永遠都是時候」字句的黑色衫，在黃昏來到元朗站。記者下午於站內觀察期間，一度被警員截查，登記資料後獲放行。
Today marks six years since the 721 incident. At 3:45 p.m., police deployed tactical buses and police vans outside Yuen Long Station, and separately sent around a dozen uniformed and plainclothes officers to patrol inside the station. A member of the public wearing a black shirt printed with the words “It is always the right time to do the right thing” arrived at Yuen Long Station in the evening. During the reporter’s observation inside the station in the afternoon, police stopped and questioned the reporter, who was released after providing registration details.
21 Jul 2025集誌社#7066
721 Six Years On | ICAC: 721 Complaint Still Under Investigation; All Other Anti-Extradition Bill-Related Suspected Civil Servant Corruption Cases Unsubstantiated
721 元朗襲擊事件發生六年，廉政公署 2019 年 8 月曾成立特別調查小組，專責處理與反修例有關的懷疑貪污個案，稱會嚴肅跟進 721 事件的投訴。《集誌社》發現，相關「特別職務組」於 2022 年中已從政府電話簿消失。小組到底是否已解散？廉政公署未有正面回覆，僅表示會不時檢討人手，在有需要時作出適當調配。721 事件的調查進度及結果又如何？廉署指個案「仍在調查」，不會作任何評論，廉署會依法按既定程序處理所有個案。至於其他與反修例有關的懷疑公務員貪污個案，廉署則稱「已完成調查」，顯示所有指控均欠缺實質證據支持，經向審查貪污舉報諮詢委員會匯報後，委員會同意投訴全部不成立。
Six years after the Yuen Long attack on 21 July 2019, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) set up a special investigation team in August 2019 to handle suspected corruption cases related to the anti-extradition bill movement, saying it would seriously follow up on complaints concerning the 721 incident. The Collective has found that the relevant “Special Duties Unit” disappeared from the government telephone directory in mid-2022. The ICAC did not directly answer whether the team had been disbanded, saying only that it reviews staffing from time to time and makes appropriate deployments when necessary. Asked about the progress and outcome of the investigation into the 721 incident, the ICAC said the case was “still under investigation” and that it would not comment, adding that all cases would be handled in accordance with established procedures and the law. As for other suspected corruption cases involving civil servants related to the anti-extradition bill movement, the ICAC said it had “completed the investigations”, indicating that all the allegations lacked substantive supporting evidence. After reporting the matter to the Advisory Committee on the Review of Corruption Complaints, the committee agreed that all the complaints were unsubstantiated.
21 Jul 2025集誌社#7067
Six Years Since 7.21 | Red Gauze Cloth Confiscated; Lui Yuk Lin Says Police Claimed It Might Violate National Security Law, Residents in Black Gather to “Witness”
今日是 721 事件六年，警方於下午 3 時 45 分，在元朗站外部署戰術巴士、衝鋒車，另分別派約十多名軍裝、便衣警員在站內巡邏。有市民身穿印上「做對的事永遠都是時候」字句的黑色衫，在黃昏來到元朗站。記者下午於站內觀察期間，一度被警員截查，登記資料後獲放行。
Today marks six years since the 7.21 incident. At 3:45pm, police deployed tactical buses and riot vehicles outside Yuen Long Station, and separately sent around a dozen uniformed and plain-clothes officers to patrol inside the station. Some residents wearing black shirts printed with the words “It is always the right time to do the right thing” arrived at Yuen Long Station at dusk. While observing events inside the station in the afternoon, a reporter was stopped and questioned by police, and was released after providing registration details.
21 Jul 2025集誌社#7068
Six Years Since 721｜Hongkongers in Birmingham Hold Street Exhibition, Hopes to “Tell the True Hong Kong Story” and Connect with UK Communities
元朗 721 襲擊事件 6 年，全球多地都有海外港人發起集會紀念，但有別於以往，英國曼徹斯特及倫敦今年未有港人組織正式發起公眾活動。至於在中部城市伯明翰（Birmingham），則有港人在當時時間周日（20日）下午及周一（21日）傍晚發起活動。其中「一群對抗極權的港人及移英港人囚權關注組」，在當地市中心舉辦「說真香港故事」街頭展覽，指希望「還原被抹黑歷史、喚醒集體良知」。
Six years after the Yuen Long 721 attack, Hongkongers overseas organised commemorative gatherings in various places around the world. Unlike previous years, however, no Hongkonger organisations in Manchester or London formally initiated public activities this year. In Birmingham, a central English city, Hongkongers held activities on Sunday afternoon (the 20th) and Monday evening (the 21st), local time. Among them, “a group of Hongkongers opposing authoritarianism and the UK-based Hongkongers’ Prisoners’ Rights Concern Group” organised a “Tell the True Hong Kong Story” street exhibition in the city centre, saying it hoped to “restore a history that has been smeared and awaken the collective conscience”.
6 Mar 2025獨媒#4599
Johannes Chan says court handled 7.21 white-shirted men’s illegal acts quietly; Chris Tang condemns remarks as disregarding facts and misleading readers
7.21非白衣人案上周判刑，《明報》周三（5日）刊出港大法律學院客席教授陳文敏的專欄文章《評林卓廷7.21案︰上集還是中場？》，當中提及「法院低調處理白衣人有組織、有武器的非法行為，而只針對閘內人士的行為」。保安局長鄧炳強即日去信《明報》，稱特區政府絕不認同有關說法，批評文章罔顧事實、誤導讀者，「令人以為法庭裁決不公」。
鄧指《明報》編按不能免責 促勿「繼續被別有用心的人利用」
鄧炳強在信末又稱，如果《明報》是一個負責任的媒體：「理應清楚僅在專欄旁提示作品無意圖煽動他人對政府產生憎恨，並不能免除編輯須確保刊物公平、客觀、不偏不倚的責任。希望明報不要繼續被別有用心的人利用，借此平台散播混淆視聽言論，荼毒社會，製造對立。」
The 7.21 case involving non-white-shirted people was sentenced last week. On Wednesday (the 5th), Ming Pao published a column by Johannes Chan, a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, titled “Reviewing the Lam Cheuk-ting 7.21 Case: The First Half or Half-Time?” The article said that “the court handled quietly the organised, armed illegal acts of the white-shirted men, while targeting only the conduct of people inside the station gates.” Secretary for Security Chris Tang wrote to Ming Pao on the same day, saying that the HKSAR Government categorically disagreed with the remarks and criticising the article for disregarding facts and misleading readers, “causing people to believe that the court’s decision was unfair.”
Tang said Ming Pao’s editorial note could not absolve it of responsibility, urging it not to “continue to be used by people with ulterior motives”. At the end of his letter, Tang said that if Ming Pao was a responsible media organisation, it “should clearly understand that merely placing a note beside the column stating that the work was not intended to incite hatred of the Government among others cannot relieve editors of their responsibility to ensure that the publication is fair, objective and impartial. I hope Ming Pao will not continue to be used by people with ulterior motives to use this platform to spread statements that confuse right and wrong, poison society and create division.”
21 Jul 2024集誌社#3837
7.21 Five Years On | Flowers and a Silent Vigil at Yuen Long West Rail Station; More Than 10 Briefly Flash “5-1” Gesture
今日是元朗 7.21 事件五周年，當日在的元朗西鐵站等地，白衣人曾以籐件等武器襲擊市民，政府曾以「目無法紀、令人髮指」、「暴徒」等字眼譴責白衣人，五年下來，官方漸漸指雙方「勢鈞力敵，旗鼓相當」、前立法會議員林卓廷等非白衣人被捕、被控。今日下午，在元朗西鐵站，有軍裝警三人一組，在站內巡邏。有穿黑衫褲男子西鐵站被查。黃昏時份，有市民到場獻花、默站。晚上，十多人快閃舉五一，或五字手勢。
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Yuen Long 7.21 incident. On that day, white-clad men attacked members of the public with rattan sticks and other weapons at Yuen Long West Rail Station and elsewhere. The government condemned the white-clad men at the time with terms including “lawless and outrageous” and “rioters”. Five years on, the official narrative has gradually shifted to saying that both sides were “evenly matched”; non-white-clad people, including former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting, have been arrested and charged. This afternoon, three uniformed police officers patrolled the station together. A man wearing black was checked at the station. Around dusk, members of the public arrived to lay flowers and observe a silent vigil. In the evening, more than 10 people briefly flashed a “5-1”, or five-finger, gesture.
18 Jan 2024集誌社#2832
Licence Plate Check | The Collective Has Waited Over 10 Days for 721-Related Vehicle Records; Transport Department Says Application Lacks Information and Poses 10 Follow-up Questions
運輸署在 1 月 8 日起收緊車輛查冊，採訪新聞要查車牌只能透過「特殊情況」作書面申請，由運輸署長「把關」，在公眾利益大於車主私隱權、及社會合法權益下才會批准。《集誌社》記者在 1 月 8 日新安排實施當日，向運輸署申出書面申請查詢，在 721 元朗襲擊當晚，於鳳攸北街涉運載竹枝及白衣人到場的三輛車輛資料，以進一步了解事件發生經過和所涉及人物。
《集誌社》今早（18日）接獲運輸署回覆，指申請缺乏資料、提出十個問題，要求提供充分及詳盡的書面陳述，「包括但不限於」：詳細說明所指事件中的「重大公眾利益」具體為何；提供有關車輛在事件中的出現時間、地點及其他相關情況；車輛與「聲稱的重大公眾利益」有何關係；將如何使用資料作採訪；具體說明事件已公開的相關資料為何不足夠作出有關報道；提供保密措施的內部指引等等。《集誌社》將繼續申請索閱相關資料。
The Transport Department tightened vehicle record searches on 8 January. To search licence plates for news reporting, applicants must now submit a written application under “special circumstances”, which is subject to the Director of Transport’s scrutiny and will only be approved when the public interest outweighs the vehicle owner’s right to privacy and society’s legitimate interests. On 8 January, the day the new arrangement took effect, a reporter from The Collective submitted a written application to the Transport Department seeking information on three vehicles that were allegedly involved in transporting bamboo sticks and white-clad men to Fung Yau North Street on the night of the 721 Yuen Long attack, in order to further understand what happened and the people involved.
The Collective received a reply from the Transport Department this morning (18 January), stating that the application lacked information and posing 10 questions. It requested a sufficient and detailed written statement, “including but not limited to”: a detailed explanation of the specific “substantial public interest” involved in the event; the time, location and other relevant circumstances of the vehicles’ appearance at the event; the relationship between the vehicles and the “alleged substantial public interest”; how the information would be used for reporting; a specific explanation of why the relevant information already made public was insufficient for the proposed report; and the internal guidelines on confidentiality measures. The Collective will continue applying to inspect the relevant information.
29 Sept 2023Channel C#8425
Hong Kong Connection’s “7.21: Who Owns the Truth?” Complained About; Communications Authority Finds Insufficient Grounds
港台節目《鏗鏘集》2020年7月播放的《721誰主真相》，早前被8名公眾人士投訴欠持平、抹黑和破壞警方聲譽等。通訊事務管理局昨日（28日）公佈裁決，裁定投訴理據不足，毋須向港台採取進一步行動。
The RTHK programme “7.21: Who Owns the Truth?”, broadcast in July 2020, was earlier the subject of complaints by eight members of the public alleging a lack of impartiality, smearing and damage to the police’s reputation. The Communications Authority announced its ruling yesterday (28th), finding the complaints insufficiently substantiated and that no further action against RTHK was necessary.
28 Sept 2023集誌社#8420
721 Investigation | Complaints Against “The Pulse” Unsubstantiated; Communications Authority Says Programme Complied with Impartiality, Accuracy and Fairness Codes
2020 年香港電台節目《鏗鏘集：721誰主真相》，在元朗 721 襲擊事件發生一年後，調查白衣人身分，以及事件論述如何演變成「白衣人與黑衣人的暴力衝突」。節目之後被投訴，通訊事務管理局今日（28日）公布裁決結果，裁定投訴理據不足，確定節目符合《電視節目守則》（守則）中有關持平、準確及公正等條文，無須向港台採進一步行動。
The 2020 RTHK programme “The Pulse: Who Holds the Truth about 721?” investigated the identities of the white-clad men and how the narrative surrounding the Yuen Long 721 attack evolved into one of “violent clashes between white-clad and black-clad people” one year after the incident. The programme was subsequently the subject of complaints. The Communications Authority announced its ruling today (28th), finding that the complaints lacked merit and confirming that the programme complied with the provisions on impartiality, accuracy and fairness under the Television Programme Code. No further action against RTHK was required.
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