24 Jan 2025法庭線#4465
英官與四被通緝港人會面 特區政府譴責
The UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Wai Sin-ting, and Development Minister Lam Tak-wai recently met Hong Kong people in the UK who are wanted by Hong Kong police. They said that threatening actions by overseas governments were unacceptable. Those at the meeting included Lau Ka-man, Chloe Cheung Hei Ching, Chung Kim-wah and Chung Hon-lam. All four are wanted by the police National Security Department with a reward of 1 million each. The government said yesterday (January 23), in response to media inquiries, that it was strongly dissatisfied with and condemned the actions of the UK officials.
The four Hong Kong people who took part in the meeting were all wanted by police on December 24 last year. The police National Security Department said that Lau Ka-man and Chloe Cheung Hei Ching were key figures in the Hong Kong Freedom Committee Foundation, while Chung Hon-lam was a key figure in the Hong Kong Independence Advocacy Committee. Along with Chung Kim-wah, all four advocated “Hong Kong independence” and were suspected of committing offences endangering national security.
The government’s statement yesterday said it was strongly dissatisfied with and condemned the attempt by UK officials to interfere in law enforcement actions lawfully taken by the SAR. A spokesperson said, “After the persons concerned fled overseas, they were suspected of committing offences under the Hong Kong National Security Law,” and therefore the police had lawfully applied to the court for arrest warrants and issued wanted notices. The spokesperson said that the UK government’s “disregard for the wrongdoing of the wanted persons demonstrates its hypocritical ‘double standards.’”
英國印太外交次官衛倩婷日前和外交發展大臣林德偉，與被本港警方通緝的在英港人會面，稱海外政府的威脅行為不可接受，會面人士包括劉珈汶、張晞晴、鍾劍華及鍾翰林。四人皆被警方國安處懸紅100萬通緝。政府昨（1月23日）稱回應傳媒查詢，對英國官員的行為表示強烈不滿並予以譴責。
四名參與會面的港人，皆是於去年12月24日被警方通緝。警方國安處指劉珈汶及張晞晴皆為「香港自由委員會基金會」要員，鍾翰林則是「香港獨立倡議委員會」要員，連同鍾劍華，四人皆鼓吹「港獨」，涉嫌干犯危害國家安全罪行。
政府昨日的聲明指，對於英國官員企圖干預特區依法採取的執法行動，表示強烈不滿並予以譴責。發言人指「有關人士竄逃外地後涉嫌干犯《香港國安法》下的罪行」，故警方依法向法庭申請拘捕令並通緝，指英國政府「漠視被通緝者的惡行，顯示出其『雙標』的虛偽面目。」
22 Jan 2025HK01#4452
彭斯訪港評論黎智英案 鄧炳強：居心不良影響審訊 請你唔好干預
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence commented on the Jimmy Lai case while attending a forum in Hong Kong last Thursday (16th). The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR criticised Pence by name today (22nd), accusing him of engaging in wanton political manipulation and attempting to interfere with Hong Kong’s judicial process. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also criticised Pence by name on the same day, saying he sought to use a commercial event to influence a fair trial in court and had malicious intentions.
美國前副總統彭斯上周四（16日）來港出席論壇時評論黎智英案，駐港國家安全公署今天（22日）點名批評彭斯肆意政治操弄，妄圖干預香港司法。保安局局長鄧炳強同日點名斥彭斯圖謀利用一個商業活動影響法庭公平審訊，居心不良。
22 Jan 2025獨媒#4454
有報道指彭斯在港要求釋放黎智英 國安公署6日後始發炮：嚴厲譴責
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence visited Hong Kong recently to attend a closed-door forum organised by an investment bank. According to The Wall Street Journal, Pence called in Hong Kong for the release of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai, who is on trial in a national security law case. Local media did not quote any remarks about Lai, but reported that Pence’s speech shared his views on the profound impact of the US election on the world. The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said today that media had reported Pence had “made groundless comments” about national security cases. It strongly condemned the remarks, saying that any external interference was bound to be futile.
A spokesperson for the Office said Pence had engaged in arbitrary political manipulation and attempted to interfere in Hong Kong’s judicial affairs, challenging Hong Kong’s rule of law and efforts to safeguard national security. The Office strongly condemned this. It also said it firmly supported the Hong Kong Government in punishing, in accordance with the law, those who endanger national security, and would resolutely defend the authority of Hong Kong’s national security rule of law. It added that any external interference was bound to be futile.
美國前副總統彭斯日前到訪香港，出席一個投資銀行閉門論壇，據《華爾街日報》報道，彭斯在香港呼籲釋放正在因國安法案件受審的壹傳媒創辦人黎智英。本地傳媒則未有引述有關黎智英的言論，不過就指彭斯演講分享了美國大選對全球帶來的深遠影響。駐港國家安全公署今日表示，有傳媒反映彭斯對國安案件「妄加評論」，公署表示予以嚴厲譴責，並指任何外部干預都注定徒勞無功。
駐港國安公署發言人表示，彭斯肆意進行政治操弄，妄圖干預香港司法，是對香港法治和維護國家安全的挑戰，公署對此予以嚴厲譴責。公署又指，堅決支持香港政府依法懲治危害國家安全的亂港份子，堅定捍衛香港國安法治權威，又指任何外部干預都注定徒勞無功。
20 Jan 2025獨媒#4442
被禁錮港人家屬向緬甸駐港總領事館請願 未獲接信
Families of Hong Kong people detained in Southeast Asian scam compounds, accompanied by former Yau Tsim Mong District Council vice-chairman Yu Tak-po, petitioned the Consulate-General of Myanmar in Hong Kong this morning after earlier visiting the Consulate-General of Thailand in Hong Kong. They hoped the Myanmar government would help rescue them as soon as possible, but no representative accepted their petition letter. They left the letter outside the shopping centre at Sun Hung Kai Centre.
A 25-year-old man was released last Thursday and returned to Hong Kong after his family paid a ransom to a criminal syndicate. At least 11 Hong Kong people remain detained in Southeast Asian scam compounds. Yu Tak-po and the families delivered the petition letter to the Myanmar consulate at the Sun Hung Kai Centre shopping centre this morning. He quoted the released man’s family as saying that they hoped other families would maintain their faith and hope, and that they would be reunited before the Lunar New Year.
有被禁錮東南亞園區進行詐騙工作的港人家屬，繼早前前往泰國駐港總領事館後，今早再與協助他們的前油尖旺區議會副主席余德寶，到緬甸駐香港總領事館請願，盼望緬甸政府儘快協助營救，但對方未有派員接信，他們將信件放在新鴻基中心商場門外。
一名25歲男子在家屬向犯罪集團交付贖金後，上周四獲釋從泰國返港，目前仍有至少11名港人禁錮在東南亞詐騙園區。余德寶今早與被禁錮港人家屬，到位於新鴻基中心商場的緬甸駐香港總領事館遞交請願信，並引述該名獲釋男子家人稱，寄語其他家屬要保持信念及希望，希望農曆新年前一家團聚。
17 Jan 2025獨媒#4441
美國延長港人「延遲強制離境計劃」 特區政府譴責
The US State Department announced on Wednesday (January 15) that it was extending the Deferred Enforced Departure programme for Hong Kong residents for a second time, by two years to February 5, 2027. The statement said Beijing had infringed on Hong Kong’s rights and freedoms, and called for an end to the use of national security laws to suppress people peacefully expressing political views, as well as the release of political prisoners. The SAR government issued a statement yesterday expressing strong dissatisfaction and condemnation, saying the move defamed Hong Kong’s rule of law, democracy and human rights conditions.
The US Deferred Enforced Departure programme took effect on August 5, 2021, allowing Hong Kong residents who were in the US on that date to extend their stay by 18 months after their visas expired and apply for employment authorisation. US President Joe Biden extended the programme by two years to February 2025 in 2023, and expanded its scope to Hong Kong residents who arrived in the US after August 5, 2021. Wednesday’s announcement marked Biden’s second extension of the programme, which was reportedly expected to benefit about 4,000 Hong Kong residents.
The US State Department statement said the decision was made in view of continued attacks by Beijing and the Hong Kong government on Hong Kong residents’ rights and freedoms, including the Stand News case and the case involving 47 pro-democracy figures in the primary election, as well as the ongoing trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily. It also said that on December 24 last year, the Hong Kong government issued arrest warrants for six people and revoked the HKSAR passports of seven others, some of whom were in the US. It considered these acts of transnational repression to pose a threat to US sovereignty and national security, and to disregard democracy and human rights.
美國國務院周三（1月15日）宣布，第二次延長港人「延遲強制離境計劃」兩年至2027年2月5日，聲明指北京侵犯香港的權利和自由，並呼籲停止使用國家安全法律打壓和平表達政治觀點的人士，以及釋放政治犯。特區政府昨日發聲明表示強烈不滿和譴責，認為屬詆譭香港法治、民主和人權狀况。
美國的「延遲強制離境計劃」在2021年8月5日生效，予當日在美的港人在簽證到期後延長逗留18個月，並可申請就業許可。美國總統拜登在2023年延長計劃兩年至2025年2月，並擴大適用範圍至2021年8月5日後抵美的港人。周三是拜登第二次延長計劃，有指料約4,000名港人受惠。
美國國務院聲明指，決定是鑑於北京及港府持續攻擊港人的權利和自由，包括《立場新聞》案及民主派初選47人案，和正在審訊的《蘋果日報》創辦人黎智英案。此外在去年12月24日，港府通緝6名人士及取消7人的特區護照，部分人身在美國，認為這些跨境鎮壓的行為對美國的主權及國家安全構成威脅，漠視民主和人權。
6 Dec 2024RFA#4338
報告批Google未就《願榮光》禁令上訴 憂港府借民事訴訟作打壓成常態
The Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University has published a new research report examining the impact of the injunction case concerning “Glory to Hong Kong” on Hong Kong’s judicial system. The report analyses in detail the High Court’s handling of the injunction application, the contents of its judgment, and the impact on freedom of expression in Hong Kong of Google’s eventual compliance with the injunction. Legal scholar Eric Yan-ho Lai, who helped write the report, said that allowing the Hong Kong Government to use civil litigation as a tool of suppression in the name of “national security” had opened a “Pandora’s box”. As internet companies comply with suppression measures to protect themselves, Hong Kong people’s continued free access to information will be a “struggle”.
美國喬治城大學亞洲法中心發表最新研究報告，剖析《願榮光歸香港》禁制令案對香港司法制度的影響。報告詳細分析香港高等法院處理禁制令申請的經過、判辭內容，以及Google最後配合禁制令對香港言論自由的影響。有份撰寫報告的法律學者黎恩灝認為，法庭容許港府以「國家安全」之名，以民事訴訟作打壓工具，是打開了「潘多拉的盒子」；而科網公司為求自保配合打壓，港人要繼續自由獲取資訊將是一場「角力」。
28 Nov 2024HK01#4304
歐洲議會促歐盟取消香港特殊關稅待遇 港府斥野蠻、卑劣
The European Parliament passed a non-binding vote calling on the European Union to revoke Hong Kong’s special tariff treatment and impose sanctions on Chief Executive John Lee and other officials.
The Hong Kong government condemned the motion as factually untrue and maliciously defamatory, said it firmly opposed it and was strongly dissatisfied, and stressed that it was not afraid of such barbaric and despicable behaviour.
歐洲議會通過一項無約束力的投票，要求歐盟撤銷對香港的特殊關稅待遇，並制裁特首李家超等官員。
特區政府斥議案內容失實和惡意污衊抹黑，表示堅決反對和強烈不滿，又強調無懼此等野蠻、卑劣行為。
原文網址: 歐洲議會促歐盟取消香港特殊關稅待遇 港府斥野蠻、卑劣 | 香港01 https://www.hk01.com/article/1080355?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral
26 Nov 2024獨媒#4298
美國眾議員致函耶倫促收緊金融政策 特區政府：強烈不滿、堅決反對
The US House of Representatives’ Select Committee on China wrote to US Treasury Secretary Yellen, alleging that Hong Kong had violated sanctions orders and, since the promulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law in mid-2020, had changed from a trusted global financial centre into a key participant in the deepening “axis of authoritarianism” involving China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. It urged tighter financial and banking policies towards Hong Kong. The HKSAR Government issued a statement in the evening, expressing strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to US House members’ malicious denigration of Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial centre. The Hong Kong Government also warned that if US politicians persisted in pursuing their course, they would ultimately damage the mutually beneficial relationship that Hong Kong and the United States should have, harming the interests of the United States and its businesses.
美國眾議院中國事務專責委員會致函美國財政部長耶倫，指香港違反制裁令，並自2020年年中頒布《香港國安法》以後，已由值得信賴的全球金融中心，成為中國、伊朗、俄羅斯及北朝「專制軸心深化」的關鍵參與者，促收緊對港金融及銀行政策。特區政府傍晚發聲明，表示強烈不滿和堅決反對美國眾議院議員，惡意詆毀香港國際金融中心聲譽。港府又提醒，美國政客若一意孤行，最終只會破壞港美本應互惠互利的關係，損害美國及其企業的利益。
21 Nov 2024明報#4268
美眾院引述黎指司法遭破壞 港府批污衊 「須嚴厲直斥」
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission under the US House of Representatives issued its annual report, citing Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and the pro-democracy primary election case, respectively, to say that Hong Kong’s judicial independence is continuing to be undermined by interference from the Hong Kong government. The report also accused Hong Kong of becoming a hub for evading US sanctions and export controls targeting Russia, Iran and other countries. It recommended that the US government review the situation and designate Hong Kong as a jurisdiction of primary money-laundering concern, putting it on a par with North Korea, Iran and Myanmar.
The commission’s annual report said Hong Kong was helping Russia and Iran evade sanctions, while the Hong Kong government’s response did not directly address the point. The government criticised the report for making false statements about and vilifying Hong Kong in various respects, strongly condemned it, and said it must strongly denounce the report’s claims. Its response focused on rebutting the sections concerning the National Security Law, stressing that the HKSAR would continue to punish and prevent acts and activities endangering national security in accordance with the law. It did not directly address the report’s recommendations concerning Russia, Iran and other countries. The government has repeatedly stressed that Hong Kong will not enforce sanctions imposed by foreign jurisdictions and will enforce only United Nations sanctions.
美國眾議院轄下的美中經濟與安全審議委員會發表年度報告，分別引述壹傳媒創辦人黎智英及民主派初選案，指「香港司法獨立受港府介入下持續遭破壞」。報告又指控香港成為規避美國對俄羅斯、伊朗等制裁及出口管制樞紐，建議美國政府檢視情况，並將香港列入關注「首要洗黑錢關注」的地區，與朝鮮、伊朗及緬甸看齊。
安全委會年報指助俄伊避制裁
港府回應未直接提及
特區政府批評報告對香港各方面發表失實言論和污衊抹黑，對此表示強烈譴責，並必須嚴厲直斥其非。港府回應集中反駁涉及國安法部分，強調特區繼續依法懲治及制止危害國家安全行為和活動，但對報告就涉俄、伊等的建議沒有直接觸及。港府過去多次強調，香港不會執行外國司法管轄區制裁，只會執行聯合國制裁。
20 Nov 2024明報#4264
逾百名海外國會議員促釋放黎智英 特區政府促尊重司法制度
More than 110 lawmakers from 24 countries jointly signed a statement before Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai appeared in court, calling for his immediate and unconditional release and reiterating the earlier finding by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that Lai had been unlawfully and arbitrarily detained. An HKSAR Government spokesperson responded by urging all parties to respect Hong Kong’s judicial system and not interfere in the trial.
超過110名來自24國的國會議員在壹傳媒創辦人黎智英出庭前聯署，要求即時及無條件釋放黎，並重提聯合國任意拘留問題工作組早前研判黎智英被非法及任意拘留。特區政府發言人回應說，促請各界尊重香港的司法制度，不要干預香港的審訊。
特區政府發言人又指，由於黎智英案所涉及的法律程序尚在進行中，任何人均不宜評論有關案件。
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