27 Aug 2025法庭線#7217
世盃外播國歌時背向球場草地 青年侮辱國歌罪成 判180小時社服令
During last year’s World Cup Asian qualifier between Hong Kong and Iran at Hong Kong Stadium, a 19-year-old man was alleged to have turned his back on the pitch while the national anthem was played. He was convicted of insulting the national anthem after trial and was sentenced to 180 hours of community service at Eastern Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (27th). Defence counsel Leung Lai-kwok asked the court to impose a community service order of 160 hours, saying that the defendant was willing to give priority to completing the order even if it meant giving up debating or other extracurricular activities. Counsel submitted that the impact of the sentence on the defendant over the coming year would already be sufficient.
Magistrate Lam Tsz-hong said that the defendant’s conduct was not among the most serious forms of insulting the national anthem. He described the defendant as filial and diligent. Although the defendant had pleaded not guilty, his dispute was limited to whether his conduct legally amounted to an insult, and he nevertheless deeply regretted what he had done. The magistrate considered the risk of reoffending to be low.
The magistrate added that, although the sentence would affect the defendant’s extracurricular activities, he had to bear the consequences of his conduct.
去年世界盃亞洲區外圍賽在香港大球場上演港隊對伊朗隊賽事，19 歲男生被指於奏放國歌時背向球場草地，經審訊後被裁定侮辱國歌罪成，周三（27 日）在東區裁判法院，被判處 180 小時社會服務令。
辯方大律師梁麗幗稱，望可判處 160 小時的社會服務令，指被告願意放棄辯論或其他課外活動優先執行，相信刑罰對被告在未來一年的影響已經足夠。
裁判官林子康指出，被告的侮辱行為並非最嚴重一類，其性格孝順、勤奮，雖然不認罪，但只對行為是否構成侮辱有保留，對自己的行為仍深感後悔，相信重犯機會低。官指，雖然刑罰對課外活動有影響，惟被告須為行為付出代價。
27 Aug 2025法庭線#7220
反恐第二案｜官總結醫生證供 指兩被告觸痛、傷勢非先天 開結處理首被告供詞
In early 2020, explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in an MTR train carriage at Lo Wu. The Telegram channel “Ninety-Two Sticks” later 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, and the trial at the High Court entered its 158th day on Wednesday (27th). Two defendants in the case were taken to hospital after their arrests and alleged that they had been assaulted by police officers. Judge Alex Lee Wan-tang summarised the medical evidence. One doctor said that, when examining the first defendant, Ho Cheuk-wai, tenderness was found on his forehead and chest, together with areas of redness. Another doctor considered that the fracture to the left knee of the fourth defendant, Cheung Ka-chun, was caused by an external injury rather than by a congenital condition.
The judge also began summarising Ho Cheuk-wai’s testimony. Ho said that a protester known as “Rachel” had offered to pay his rent in exchange for storing protest-related supplies at his unit in Mega Cube, and had mentioned making petrol bombs there. Ho also said that he and the seventh defendant had originally met online before later developing a romantic relationship.
The trial will continue on Thursday.
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（27 日）於高院踏入第 158 天審訊。
案中兩名被告在被捕後送院，並指稱遭警員毆打。法官陳仲衡總結醫生證供，其中一人指檢查首被告何卓為時，發現其額頭、胸口有觸痛，亦有紅斑。而另一醫生認為，第四被告張家俊的左膝骨折屬外來傷勢，不是其先天性問題所致。
官亦開始總結何卓為的供詞，他指一名示威者「Rachel」提出，付他租金以換取在其宏創方單位擺放示威物資，對方提及在單位製造汽油彈。何又提及與第七被告本為網友關係，後來發展成情侶。案件周四續。
27 Aug 2025法庭線#7222
政府飲用水事件｜商人涉提供冒牌水被控欺詐 保釋覆核被拒 繼續還押
The Government Logistics Department earlier terminated its contract with “Xin Ding Xin Trading Company Limited” to supply “Xinle Guanyinshan” bottled water to offices on Hong Kong Island and some outlying islands. The company’s director and shareholder couple were arrested. The 61-year-old man was accused of using false information when tendering and charged with fraud. The case was dealt with at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday (27th) for a bail review.
The defendant had no legal representation and appeared in person. After hearing submissions, Acting Chief Magistrate Chi Wai (1965) Cheung refused bail, and the defendant was remanded in custody. He retained the right to seek a bail review within eight days. The case was adjourned until 11 November for mention.
政府物流署早前終止由「鑫鼎鑫商貿有限公司」向港島及部分離島辦公室供應「鑫樂觀音山」瓶裝水的合約，董事及股東夫婦被捕。其中，61 歲男子涉投標時使用虛假資料，被控欺詐罪，案件周三（27 日）在東區裁判法院處理保釋覆核。
被告沒有代表律師，自行應訊。署理主任裁判官張志偉聽取陳詞後，拒絕擔保，被告須繼續還押，他保留 8 天保釋覆核權。案件押後至 11 月 11 日再訊。
26 Aug 2025法庭線#7212
反恐第二案｜官總結專家證供：部分被檢化學品恐怖分子常用 兩爆炸案或釀嚴重傷亡
In early 2020, explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in an MTR train carriage at Lo Wu. The Telegram channel “九十二籤” subsequently claimed responsibility. Seven people were charged with offences under the anti-terrorism legislation, while the remaining defendant was charged with attempting to manufacture explosives. All eight pleaded not guilty, and the trial at the High Court entered its 157th day on Tuesday (the 26th).\n\nSummarising evidence from an explosives expert, the judge said the devices at Caritas Medical Centre and Lo Wu station were homemade bombs. Some of the raw materials seized by police at Wang Cheong Building were commonly used by terrorists. Apart from the high-performance explosive TATP, the exhibits could have other uses, and the jury could consider the timing and combination in which the exhibits appeared.\n\nThe judge cited the expert as saying that if an explosion occurred in the accident and emergency department at Caritas, thick smoke could obscure signs indicating escape routes and potentially cause serious casualties. The judge also said the device at Lo Wu station would produce thick smoke; if it exploded inside a train carriage, it could obstruct passengers’ vision, cause panic and suffocate people to death. The extent to which the expert’s evidence is accepted is entirely for the jury to decide. The trial will continue on Wednesday.
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，周二（26 日）於高院踏入第 157 天審訊。
法官總結爆炸品專家證人證供，指明愛醫院及羅湖站的爆炸裝置均為土製炸彈，而警方在宏創方檢取的原材料，部分為恐怖分子常用，而除高性能炸藥 TATP 外的證物，都可有其他用途，陪審團可考慮證物出現的時間及組合。
官引述專家指，爆炸發生在明愛急症室，濃煙會遮擋逃生路線指示，有機會造成嚴重傷亡，亦提及羅湖站的爆炸裝置產生濃煙，如在車廂內爆炸會遮蔽乘客的視線，造成恐慌，亦會將人焗死，多大程度接納專家證供，全憑陪審團決定。周三繼續審訊。
25 Aug 2025法庭線#7206
放射師連登留言稱「殺狗」煽惑襲警罪成囚13月、申上訴許可遭拒 官指意圖昭然若揭
The radiographer, aged 29 at the time of the offence, commented on a LIHKG post in December 2019 using words including “kill the dogs”. He was accused of inciting others to assault police and, nearly three years later, was charged with one count of “inciting another with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to a person”. He was sentenced to 13 months’ imprisonment in September 2024. He applied for leave to appeal against his conviction, but the application was dismissed on the same day in June by Court of Appeal judge Justice Pang Min-ki. In reasons handed down on Monday (25th), the judge said the grounds of appeal had no reasonable prospect of argument.
The judge criticised the applicant’s approach of considering the comment in fragments or separately, saying that “the practice of turning a blind eye to the other overall circumstances is simply unrealistic”. As the applicant had not given evidence, the court was not required to invent a defence for him. The judge also agreed with the trial court’s finding that the applicant had repeatedly used the same insulting terms to refer to police officers in other posts before and after the offence. This showed that the comment in question was not made in a moment of anger or emotional loss of control, and that his state of mind and intent were “inescapable and plain”.
The judge also issued a “time deduction order”, meaning that he may renew his application for leave to appeal. However, if the application is refused, the Court of Appeal may order that the period for which he is detained pending the appeal decision not be counted towards his sentence.
案發時 29 歲放射師，於 2019 年 12 月在「連登」帖文留言提及「殺狗」等字眼，被指煽惑他人襲警，事隔近 3 年被起訴一項「煽惑他人有意圖傷人而致有人身體受嚴重傷害」，2024 年 9 月被判監 13 個月。他不服定罪提上訴許可申請，今年 6 月被上訴庭法官潘敏琦即日駁回。官周一（25 日）頒判詞，稱上訴理據不具合理爭拗之處。
法官批評，申請方把留言斬件式，或分拆式考慮，「對其他整體情況置若罔聞的做法，根本不切實際」，又指申請人沒作供，法庭毋須憑空為其想像答辯理由。官並同意原審裁斷，申請人案發前後其他帖文，曾多番以相同侮辱字眼稱呼警員，反映涉案留言並非因一時意氣或情緒失控，心態和意圖「無所遁形，昭然若揭」。
法官另向他發出「減時命令」，即他有權再提上訴許可申請，惟若被駁回，上訴庭有權把他聽候上訴裁定的扣押期，不計算在他刑期之內。
25 Aug 2025法庭線#7207
男子七一刺警案後留言「插小腸」煽惑傷人罪成囚24月 申刑期上訴許可遭拒 官指發言具教唆性
On the night of the 2021 July 1 police stabbing in Causeway Bay, a 23-year-old man was alleged to have posted comments on LIHKG including, “Next time, the part in the middle of the body where the small intestine is should be stabbed.” After trial, he was convicted of inciting another to wound with intent and sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment. He applied for leave to appeal against the sentence. After a hearing in July this year, Court of Appeal judge Poon Man-ki dismissed the application on the same day, with the judgment handed down this Monday (25th). The judgment stated that the applicant’s sole ground of appeal was that, by adopting 24 months’ imprisonment as the sentencing starting point, the trial judge had failed to take proper account of the Court of Appeal’s judgment and the circumstances in the Cheung King-sang case, resulting in a sentence that was manifestly excessive. The judge rejected that argument, saying that comparing the relative seriousness of the two cases served little substantive purpose. She also noted that, just 12 minutes after the police officer was stabbed, the applicant had already posted his first comment, effectively “seizing the opportunity to encourage further attacks”, and had defiantly responded to others with remarks such as, “So you can’t even teach people where to stab?” The judge found that his comments were not made in jest, but were purpose-driven, graphic and brutal, and highly inciting in nature.
The judgment held that the proposed ground of appeal was not reasonably arguable. The court also made a loss-of-time order. This means that the applicant may still renew his application for leave to appeal before the Court of Appeal, but if that application is ultimately refused, the Court of Appeal may order that some or all of the time he spends in custody pending determination of the appeal not count towards his sentence.
2021 年銅鑼灣七一刺警案當晚，23 歲男子被指在「連登」發布「下次應該插身體中間小腸嘅部位」等留言，經審訊後被裁定「煽惑他人有意圖而傷人」罪成，判監 24 個月。他不服判期提上訴許可申請，今年 7 月聆訊後，被上訴庭法官潘敏琦即日駁回，至本周一（25 日）頒判詞。
判詞指，申請方提出的唯一上訴理據，是指原審法官以判監 24 個月為量刑起點，忽略上訴庭就「張敬生案」的判詞及情節，判刑明顯過重。官於判詞反駁，指比較兩案嚴重性沒實質意義，又提到申請人在警員被刺後 12 分鐘，已發首個留言「乘勢狙擊」，且理直氣壯回應他人「教人點插都唔得呀」等，認為其留言並非開玩笑，而是「目標為本」、血腥兇殘、極具教唆性。
判詞稱上訴理據不具合理爭拗之處，另下達「減時命令」，即他有權再向上訴法庭提出上訴許可申請，但假如申請最終被駁回，上訴法庭有權命令他在聽候上訴裁定時間的扣押期，不計算在他所受刑罰的刑期之內。
25 Aug 2025法庭線#7210
反恐第二案｜官提第五被告家中搜出疑示威物品 指示陪審團勿用以支持控方指控
In early 2020, explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in a Lo Wu MTR train compartment. The Telegram channel “九十二籤” subsequently claimed responsibility. Seven people were charged with offences under the Terrorism Ordinance, while the remaining person was charged with “attempting to manufacture explosives”. All eight pleaded not guilty. On Monday (25th), the trial at the High Court entered its 156th day, with the judge continuing to direct the jury.
Judge Chan Chung-hang completed the part concerning explanations of police officers’ evidence. The prosecution referred to items including work gloves, thigh guards and black arm sleeves found at the home of the fifth defendant Yeung Yee-sze. The judge reminded the jurors that they might regard the items as related to protests, but told them not to attach too much significance to them, noting that protests and such items were frequently seen in the news. He directed them not to use the items seized from Yeung’s home in considering the prosecution’s case against Yeung.
The judge also began directing the jury on the expert evidence. He referred to evidence from Lo Wing-kai, then acting chief inspector of the Police Criminal Investigation Department’s Technical Support Unit, that he used a mobile phone seized from the fourth defendant Christopher Ka Tsun Cheung to test the Telegram bot program on Cheung’s phone, and that the program contained the same token as the explosive device in the Lo Wu case. The trial will continue on Tuesday (26th).
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，周一（25 日）於高院踏入第 156 天審訊，法官續引導陪審團。
法官陳仲衡完成解釋警員供詞的部分。官提及，第五被告楊怡斯家中被搜出有勞工手套、護髀、黑色手袖等物品，提醒陪審員「可能認為同示威有關物品，大家唔好有太多考慮，新聞成日見到示威、成日睇到物品，大家唔好（就物品）對第五被告案情作考慮」，指示不要用楊家中被檢取的該些物品，支持控方對楊的指控。
另外官開始就專家證人的部分開始引導，官提及警方刑事部技術支援組時任署理總督察盧永楷曾指，他以第四被告張家俊被檢取的手機，測試張手機中的 Telegram 機械人程式，而該程式出現與羅湖案爆炸裝置一樣的憑證（token)。案件周二（26 日）續審。
24 Aug 2025法庭線#7205
陳輝旺死因陪審團倡警車內裝鏡頭 家屬促認真考慮：若果當年有，可否水落石出？
The Coroner’s Court ruled in July this year that taxi driver Chan Fai-wong was unlawfully killed. The jury recommended that police vehicles be fitted with video cameras capable of recording sound to safeguard the safety of arrested people. Chan Fai-wong’s daughter told The Witness that the recommendation was “very specific and clear”, and urged the authorities to respond to and consider it seriously.
The daughter said her father became paralysed from the neck down after a police officer restrained his neck. Fortunately, cameras at the Western Harbour Crossing recorded what happened at the time; otherwise, the cause of his paralysis would have remained unknown. However, he also had more than 20 non-fatal bruises. He said before his death that police officers had beaten him with batons, but there were no cameras in the police vehicle. “The reason my father was covered in bruises remains a mystery.”
She continued: “What exactly happened during those 20 minutes in that confined space after my father’s hands had been handcuffed behind his back and he had been put into the police vehicle? If there had been a camera in the police vehicle then, could what happened during those 20 minutes have come to light?”
She also said members of the public were very concerned about privacy issues arising from the use of cameras. Her father had been refused access to the Western Harbour Crossing footage and was ultimately able to view the footage from that night only after applying through the Coroner’s Court. This showed that, as long as rigorous procedures were established, privacy could be protected while helping society uphold justice and uncover the truth.
死因庭今年 7 月裁定的士司機陳輝旺「非法被殺」，陪審團向警方建議在警車安裝可收音的錄像鏡頭，保障被捕人的安全。陳輝旺的女兒回覆《法庭線》指，建議「非常具體及明確」，促請當局認真回應及考慮。
女兒提及，爸爸因警員箍頸致全身癱瘓，幸好西隧的錄影鏡頭拍攝了當刻情況，否則箍頸致癱的原因只會石沉大海，但爸爸身上亦有 20 多處非致命的瘀傷，他生前指遭警員用警棍毆打，但可惜警車上沒有錄影鏡頭，「我爸滿身瘀傷的原因依然成謎」。
女兒續問，「到底我爸雙手被反鎖、被箍上警車後，在那狹小空間的 20 分鐘裡，發生甚麼事？若果當年警車有錄影鏡頭，這 20 分鐘所發生的事情可否水落石出？」
她又指，作為市民亦非常關注錄影鏡頭衍生的私隱問題，爸爸曾申請西隧片段被拒絕，最後經由死因庭申請才能查看當晚片段，反映只要設立嚴謹程序就能保障私隱，同時有助社會維護公義與揭露真相。
22 Aug 2025法庭線#7195
反恐第二案｜官續引導：警員供稱戰術原因遮鏡頭、不同意第三被告在殘廁內被頭塞馬桶
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 United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance, while the remaining person was charged with “attempting to manufacture explosives”. All eight pleaded not guilty, and the trial at the High Court entered its 155th day on Friday (22nd).
Judge Chan Chung-hang continued summing up for the jury and reviewed the evidence of police officers who dealt with three of the defendants. He noted the defence’s allegation that, after arresting the third defendant Tsz Lok Ng, police planted evidence and framed him in the flat where he was found, including by covering CCTV cameras outside the flat before entering. The judge cited testimony from a Criminal Intelligence Bureau officer, who said the cameras were covered to prevent anyone from disrupting the arrest operation.
The judge also quoted the defence’s claim that Tsz Lok Ng was taken to a disabled toilet outside the flat, where police shoved his head into a toilet and flushed it. An Organised Crime and Triad Bureau officer disagreed in testimony, saying that the defendant had not been “beaten, threatened or coaxed”. The trial will continue next Monday.
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（22 日）於高院踏入第 155 天審訊。
法官陳仲衡繼續引導陪審團，總結處理 3 名被告的警員的證供，提到辯方質疑警員拘捕第三被告吳子樂後，在他身處的單位插贓嫁禍，包括於進入單位行動前，將單位外的閉路電視鏡頭遮蔽。官引刑事情報科警員的證供，指遮掩鏡頭是為了不被人破壞拘捕行動。
官亦引述辯方說法，指吳子樂被帶到單位外的殘廁，被警員將頭塞入馬桶沖水；O 記警員作供時不同意，指吳沒有被「打、嚇、氹」。案件下周一續審。
22 Aug 2025法庭線#7196
高才通內地申請人涉虛報澳洲蒙納士大學學歷 缺席聆訊 官押下月再訊
A 27-year-old Chinese national was accused of falsely claiming, when applying to come to Hong Kong under the Top Talent Pass Scheme, to hold a Bachelor of Business Administration degree awarded by Monash University in Australia. He was charged with “making arrangements to make false representations for the purpose of obtaining an entry permit”. The case was first brought before the Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts on Friday (22nd). The defendant was absent from the hearing. Magistrate Mok Tsz-chung adjourned the case to 18 September.
27 歲中國籍男子涉申請「高才通」來港時，虛報持蒙納士大學頒授工商管理學士學位學歷，被控「為取得入境證而安排作出虛假陳述」罪。案件周五（22 日）於沙田裁判法院首度提堂。
被告缺席聆訊，裁判官莫子聰押後至 9 月 18 日再訊。
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