4 Dec 2025法庭線#7641
宏福苑五級火 中國籍女涉借出戶口收5萬元捐款 庭上指涉案款項或達百萬元
More than 100 people died in last Friday’s Level Five fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Someone is suspected of using the fire to defraud members of the public of donations. A 27-year-old Chinese woman was accused of lending her bank account to receive HK$50,000 in donations and charged with one count of money laundering. The case came before the Eastern Magistrates’ Court for the first time on Thursday (4th).
The defendant was not required to enter a plea for the time being. The prosecution applied to adjourn the case pending further police investigation and also disclosed that the amount involved was preliminarily believed to have reached HK$1 million, although more time was needed to confirm this. The defence’s bail application was granted. Chief Magistrate Chi Wai (1965) Cheung adjourned the case until 4 February next year, granting bail on conditions including a cash sum of HK$150,000, surrendering all travel documents and reporting to a police station daily.
大埔宏福苑上周五級火，導致逾百人死亡，有人疑利用火災騙取市民捐款。27 歲中國籍女子涉借出銀行戶口，收取 5 萬元捐款，被控一項洗黑錢罪， 案件周四（4 日）在東區裁判法院首度提堂。
被告暫時毋須答辯。控方申請將案件押後，以待警方進一步調查，另透露初步得悉涉案款項達 100 萬元，惟仍需時確認。辯方申請保釋獲批，主任裁判官張志偉將案件押後至明年 2 月 4 日再訊，期間批准被告以現金 15 萬元、交出所有旅遊證件、每日到警署報到等條件保釋。
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7642
宏福苑五級火｜內地檢測中心發聲明指四年前已改名 21 年 8.30 後仍用舊名報告均虛假
The deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has raised concerns over the safety of scaffolding nets. Several housing estates have been found to have allegedly forged testing reports, and police are investigating two cases to determine whether they involve false documents. A Beijing testing centre whose name appeared on the reports issued a statement yesterday (3rd), saying it changed its name in August 2021. It said all reports using its former name after that date were fake, and strongly condemned the forging of testing reports in its name, saying such acts posed a potential threat to public safety.
大埔宏福苑奪命火災引發對棚網安全的關注，多個屋苑被揭懷疑偽造檢測報告，警方正調查兩宗個案，是否涉及虛假文書。其名稱出現在檢測報告上的一間北京檢驗中心昨日（3日） 發聲明指，中心已於 2021 年 8 月改名，在此日期後使用舊名的報告都是造假，指冒用其名義偽造檢測報告的行為，對公共安全構成潛在威脅，表示強烈譴責。
4 Dec 2025法庭線#7643
男子認損壞4幅立會候選人旗幟判囚兩月、緩刑一年 官稱選舉屬「特別好重要事件」
A 56-year-old man allegedly damaged four flags belonging to New Territories West LegCo candidate Jason Ming Kin Leung on November 25 this year. After his arrest, he said under caution that he had “drunk a little and was unhappy for a while” before damaging the flags. The man pleaded guilty on Thursday (the 4th) at Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts to one count of criminal damage. He was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for one year, and ordered to pay Jason Ming Kin Leung $150 in compensation.
The magistrate said the election was “a particularly very important event” and that the defendant’s conduct might obstruct the election process, warranting a deterrent sentence.
Jason Ming Kin Leung was a candidate in the New Territories West constituency. Other candidates in the constituency included Holden Chow, Mark Chong Ho-fung, Man Fung Kam and Michael Luk.
56 歲男子涉於今年 11 月 25 日，損壞 4 幅屬於立法會新界西北候選人梁明堅的旗幟，被捕後在警誡下指「飲咗少少酒，一時唔開心」才損毀旗幟。男子周四（4 日）在屯門裁判法院承認一項「刑事損壞」，被判囚兩個月、緩刑一年，並需要向梁明堅賠償 150 元。
官指選舉係「特別好重要事件」，被告行為或阻礙選舉工程，需要判具阻嚇性的刑罰。
梁明堅為新界西北選區候選人，同區候選人包括周浩鼎、莊豪鋒、甘文鋒、陸頌雄。
3 Dec 2025rfi#7624
中共式應災手法在港顯現：民間記招和災民打氣牆被消除 民間自發力量遭收編
The No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has so far killed at least 156 people. Problems with the maintenance works have become one area of scrutiny. However, a civil society group’s press conference on high-rise maintenance policies, scheduled for yesterday afternoon (2 December), was cancelled after it was notified by “a department”; the group’s person in charge, Bruce Sing Lee Liu, was also asked to meet the Police National Security Department. All the encouragement notes at the “Wang Fuk Support Zone” set up by Hong Kong people near the disaster site were removed on the same day. In addition, a foreign journalist was refused entry, while stalls where Hong Kong people had spontaneously collected and distributed supplies on the day of the fire also withdrew after the Hong Kong government said it wanted to handle the matter centrally. These developments resemble the way mainland Chinese governments handle disasters by highlighting only the official line.
至今已造成至少156人死亡的大埔宏福苑五級火災，維修工程的問題成為檢視範圍之一，不過，民間團體昨日(12月2日)午欲就高樓維修政策召開記者會，卻因“有部門通知”而被取消，團體負責人廖成利更遭警方國安處約見；港人在災場附近設立的“宏福打氣區”，同日的打氣便利貼已全被清除；另外，有外籍新聞工作者被拒入境，而火災當日由港人自發籌集和派送物資的攤位亦因港府聲稱要統一處理而退場。凡此種種，均與中國內地政府處理災情時只突顯官方主旋律的手法相似。
3 Dec 2025明報#7625
大埔宏福苑五級火｜國安公署斥有人以「為民請願」為名擾亂救災、煽動對立 惡意攻擊善後工作
The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said that foreign hostile forces and anti-China, anti-Hong Kong elements had disrupted disaster relief and follow-up work after the Tai Po fire, attempting to replicate the tactics of the “amendment bill turmoil”. It stressed that the National Security Law was “laying its net and waiting”, and that whether they were overseas or in Taiwan, they would be punished no matter how far away.
The office said that after the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, with the full support of relevant central government departments, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government had carried out disaster relief rapidly and professionally, while society had responded actively. However, “a small number of external hostile forces have exploited the disaster to cause trouble”, using the banner of “petitioning on behalf of the people” to replicate the tactics of the “amendment bill turmoil”, disrupting disaster relief and follow-up work through Hong Kong “agents” and attempting to recreate the chaos of “black-clad violence”.
駐港國家安全公署表示，有境外敵對勢力及反中亂港分子擾亂本港大埔火災的救災善後，試圖複製「修例風波」手法，強調國安法正「張網以待」，無論身處國外或台灣「雖遠必誅」。
駐港國家安全公署指，大埔宏福苑火災發生後，在中央有關部門全力支持下，香港特區政府快速、專業救災，社會積極響應。惟「一小撮外部敵對勢力藉災生事」 ，以「為民請願」的旗號複製「修例風波」手法，以香港「代理人」擾亂救災善後，妄圖重現「黑暴」亂象。
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7626
宏福苑五級火｜年檢揭有消防裝置「輕微損壞」 火警前一周 消防曾要求跟進
The five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court caused multiple casualties, and several residents said the fire alarms did not sound when the fire broke out. Police today announced the arrest of six more fire service contractors over alleged false representations concerning fire service systems, fire hydrants and other matters. They allegedly told the Fire Services Department that the fire alarm bells would not be switched off during repairs. In response to enquiries, the department said it had not received any notification in the past year that the fire alarm systems in the estate’s eight blocks had been shut down. Tests after the fire showed that the systems were not in effective operation. However, based on information from frontline rescuers and gathered at the scene, the alarm in Wang Sun House did sound during the fire. The department said it would continue investigating the condition of the alarm systems in the other seven blocks during the fire.
Public attention has focused on the condition of Wang Fuk Court’s fire service installations and equipment during the fire, as well as the Fire Services Department’s inspections and enforcement in the past. The department said the estate commissioned a registered fire service installation contractor to complete an annual inspection in March 2025. The inspection showed that fire service installations and equipment on individual floors had “minor damage”, but complied with the department’s requirements. The department nevertheless requested that the estate follow up on repairs at the end of October and again one week before the fire.
宏福苑五級火造成多人傷亡，多名居民指火警發生時警鐘沒響。警方今宣布再拘捕六名消防承辦商，涉就消防系統、消防栓等作虛假陳述，向消防部門訛稱維修期間消防火警鐘不會熄滅。消防處回覆查詢指過去一年，沒接獲關閉屋苑八幢大廈關閉火警警報系統通知，而大火後測試顯示系統未處於有效運作，但據前線救援和現場所得資料，宏新閣警鐘在火警期間曾鳴響，指會繼續調查其餘七幢大廈警報系統於火警時狀況。
外界關注火警期間宏福苑的消防裝置及設備狀態，以及消防處過去巡查和執法情況。處方回覆指屋苑於 2025 年 3 月委託註冊消防承辦商完成年檢，顯示個別樓層的消防裝置及設備有「輕微損壞」、但符合處方規定，處方於 10 月底和火警前一周，仍要求屋苑跟進修復。
3 Dec 2025法庭線#7627
612基金社團條例案 官關注組織性質 上訴方：並非信託亦不是社團
The appeal hearing opened on Wednesday (3 July) after five trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which was accused of failing to register as a society, challenged their convictions. Legal representatives for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the emeritus bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, former Legislative Council member Margaret Ng, and barrister Audrey Eu Yuet-mee completed their submissions. Poon Siu-tung, Chief Judge of the High Court, focused on whether the organisation was, by nature, a trust. The appellants denied this, arguing that a common purpose alone was insufficient to establish that it was a society, and that it had neither a hierarchical structure nor members. They also argued that the Department of Justice had wrongly relied on case law from the 1970s, and that the trial court’s finding that Audrey Eu was a person in charge of the fund was “at odds with reality”. The case continues on Thursday.
「612 人道支援基金」被指沒註冊為社團案，5 名信託人不服定罪提上訴，周三（3 日）展開首天聆訊。天主教香港教區榮休主教陳日君樞機、前立法會議員何秀蘭、大律師吳靄儀的法律代表完成陳詞。高院首席法官潘兆初關注，組織在性質上是否信託。
上訴方否認，又指單憑有共同目的不足夠認定它是社團，而它亦沒有階級架構、不設會員。上訴方又指，律政司錯誤依賴七十年代判例，而原審裁斷吳靄儀是基金負責人等，與實況「格格不入」。案件周四續。
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7628
宏福苑五級火｜工程顧問「鴻毅」傳結業 口頭通知維修工程客戶 公司落閘
The death toll from the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po rose to 156 by Tuesday (2nd). On Tuesday, it was reported that Hung Yik Architects Limited, the engineering consultant for Wang Fuk Court’s major renovation works, verbally told maintenance project clients at noon that the company would cease operations and would later issue written notices of resignation. About 200 building maintenance projects are affected. The company’s office was shuttered today.
大埔宏福苑五級火，至周二（2日） 死亡人數增至 156 人，周二有消息傳出，宏福苑大維修的工程顧問鴻毅建築師有限公司，在中午口頭通知維修工程客戶，公司將會結業，稍後會發出書面請辭通知，約 200 樓宇維修工程受影響。該公司今日落閘。
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7629
陳文敏告別《明報》專欄：知道這一天總會來臨
Johannes Chan, former Chair Professor of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong, today said farewell to the Ming Pao column he had written for nearly 23 years. In an article titled “Farewell” in his column “Legal and Political Essays”, he said it was his final article for the column. He did not explain the reason for the farewell, but said, “I knew this day would eventually come; being able to write until today is actually no small achievement,” and apologised to his editorial colleagues for the “pressure and worries” he had brought them. A review of records shows that multiple government departments had repeatedly written to Ming Pao to rebut and even condemn Chan’s commentaries.
香港大學前公法講座教授陳文敏，今「告別」撰寫了近 23 年的《明報》專欄。他今在專欄「法政隨筆」中， 發表題為《告別》的文章，指是在專欄最後一篇文章。他沒有解釋「告別」原因，但指「知道這一天總會來臨，能寫到今天其實已經難能可貴」，亦為編輯部同事「帶來的壓力與擔憂致歉」。翻查資料，政府多個部門屢去信《明報》，反駁以至譴責陳文敏的評論文章。
3 Dec 2025法庭線#7630
宏福苑五級火 特首成立獨立委員會 梁定邦：證人可保持沉默或難以問責
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced on Tuesday (2nd) that an independent commission chaired by a judge would be established to examine the cause of the fire at Wang Fuk Court and why it spread rapidly. The Chief Executive’s Office later added that the commission’s operation would be similar to the inquiries into the 2003 Tuen Mun Highway and 2018 Tai Po Road traffic accidents (see separate report). Records show that the commissions established for the two accidents did not have statutory powers such as the power to summon witnesses.
Senior Counsel Ronald Ding Bong Leung, a former chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council and the Securities and Futures Commission, told The Witness that if the commission’s purpose was to examine the system, “a commission without powers is OK”; but if its purpose also included accountability, it could encounter difficulties. He explained that an independent commission without statutory powers could not guarantee that witnesses would not incur legal liability as a result of giving evidence. Consequently, even if a witness was willing to testify, they might not be willing to give a truthful account: “I don’t want to speak. I want to remain silent. Under common law, I can remain silent.”
行政長官李家超周二（2 日）宣布將成立由法官主持的獨立委員會，審視宏福苑起火及迅速蔓延原因。特首辦其後補充指，委員會運作類似 2003 年屯門公路、2018 年大埔公路車禍的調查（見另稿）。翻查資料，就兩宗事故所成立的委員會，均沒傳召等法定權力。
曾任監警會、證監會主席的資深大律師梁定邦接受《法庭線》訪問指，若委員會的目的是審視制度，「冇權力嘅委員會係 OK 㗎」；但若目的包括問責，則可能遇上困難。他解釋，獨立委員會沒法定權力，無法保障證人不會因作供而須承擔法律責任，變相即使他肯作證，亦未必願意如實交代，「我唔想講，我想保持沉默，咁普通法係可以保持沉默」。
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