22 Aug 2025法庭線#7194
黎智英案｜辯方指表達意見合法 官指美國有示威者表達對巴勒斯坦看法被捕 言論自由非絕對
Apple Daily founder Lai Chee-ying is charged with “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” and other offences. The case continued on Friday (22nd) at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, sitting temporarily as the High Court, with the defence making closing submissions for the third day of the 152nd day of the trial.
The defence said Lai merely expressed opinions on a discussion programme, and that even putting pressure on the government and advocating change were not unlawful. Judge Esther Toh said demonstrators in the United States had been arrested for expressing views on Palestine, showing that freedom of speech was not absolute and that different countries had different levels of tolerance. She also said the programme was publicly available and seen around the world, and could not be compared with “two old people chatting over tea”.
Regarding an interview with the “Dragon Slaying Brigade squad” published by Apple Daily, which was alleged to be inciting, the defence said the media had a responsibility to report different opinions, and that interviewing dangerous people and terrorists also had value for public discussion. Toh questioned whether the focus was that Apple Daily was alleged to favour the “yellow camp”. The defence replied that the public was concerned at the time about protesters and police actions, and that Apple Daily reported from a particular perspective because it was an opposition newspaper at one end of the political spectrum, while Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po were at the other end. There was nothing improper about this, it said. The trial will continue next Monday.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件周五（22 日）在西九龍裁判法院（暫代高等法院）展開第 152 日審訊，辯方第三日結案陳詞。
辯方指，黎在對談節目僅發表意見，即使是向政府施壓、提倡改變亦非違法。法官杜麗冰指，美國有示威者因表達對巴勒斯坦看法而被捕，可見言論自由並非絕對，各國有不同容忍度，又指該節目對外公開，全世界都看到，與「兩個老人在飲茶聊天」不能相比。
針對《蘋果》刊出「屠龍小隊」訪問被指煽動，辯方指傳媒有責任報道不同意見，訪問危險、恐怖分子，對公共討論亦有價值。杜質疑，重點在於《蘋果》被指偏向「黃色陣營」。辯方回應指，當時公眾關注示威者及警方行動，而《蘋果》以某種角度報道，因屬反對派報紙，在立場光譜的一端，另一端則有《大公報》、《文匯報》，並無不妥。案件下周一續審。
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。
22 Aug 2025獨媒#7197
任建峰促美國制裁香港法官 律師紀律審裁組裁定專業失當「釘牌」
Kevin Yam, former convenor of the Progressive Lawyers Group, was wanted by the police National Security Department in 2023 with a HK$1 million reward. In the same year, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok complained to the Law Society of Hong Kong that Yam had committed professional misconduct. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled in late July this year that a complaint concerning Yam’s request for sanctions against Hong Kong judges and prosecutors at a hearing before a US congressional committee was substantiated, and found him guilty of professional misconduct. The Gazette confirmed today that Yam had been removed from the roll of solicitors in Hong Kong.
Yam later posted a statement in English on social media, denying that he had engaged in conduct inconsistent with his identity as a Hong Kong solicitor. He said that, in Hong Kong’s current environment, he had not defended himself in the disciplinary proceedings. He stressed that he had no regrets about attending the hearing and thanked the lawyers who had jointly defended Hong Kong’s rule of law and freedoms. Regarding being struck off, Yam described having mixed feelings, saying he was saddened to be “expelled” from Hong Kong’s legal profession. Although he was no longer a member of the profession, he said he would always have a place in Hong Kong’s legal profession.
前「法政匯思」召集人任建峰2023年被警方國安處懸紅100萬元通緝，律政司司長林定國同年向律師會投訴任建峰專業失當。律師紀律審裁組今年7月底裁定，任建峰出席美國國會委員會聽證會請求制裁香港法官及檢控官的投訴屬實，裁定其專業失當。憲報今日確認，已將任建峰從香港律師名冊上除名。
任建峰及後在社交網站發英文聲明，否認曾作出與香港律師身份不符的行為。他稱在香港目前環境，自己在研訊程序中沒有作出抗辯。他強調無悔出席當時的聽證會，又感謝曾一起捍衛香港法治自由的律師。對於被「釘牌」，任建峰就形容百感交集，對被「逐出」香港法律界感到傷感，自己亦不再是香港法律界一員，但香港法律界對其將永遠佔有一席位。
22 Aug 2025集誌社#7199
國安通緝｜任建峰被「釘牌」 律師紀律審裁組指失當行為「嚴重」 任建峰聲明：無悔
Former Progressive Lawyers Group convenor Kevin Yam was wanted by Hong Kong’s National Security Department with a HK$1 million bounty in July 2023 and was listed as a designated absconder last December. The government gazetted today (22nd) that, following a ruling by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on 22 July, Yam would be struck off the roll of solicitors and ordered to pay a total of HK$817,000 in legal fees and other expenses by the deadline. The tribunal found his misconduct to be “substantial and serious” in relation to his attendance at a US congressional hearing in May 2023, where he called for sanctions against judges and prosecutors who had taken part in national security or politically related cases. Yam described having “mixed feelings” on social media and, in an English-language statement, denied all allegations of misconduct and conduct inconsistent with his status as a lawyer. He said that after returning to Australia in 2022, his conscience would not allow him to stand by while lawyers defending Hong Kong’s rule of law and human rights were imprisoned or silenced. He said he had paid a heavy price for testifying and speaking out, but stressed that he had no regrets.
前法政匯思召集人任建峰 2023 年 7 月被香港國安處懸紅百萬元通緝、去年 12 月被列為指明潛逃者。政府今日（22日）刊憲公布，按律師紀律審裁組 7 月 22 日裁定，就任建峰於 2023 年 5 月出席美國國會聽證會，要求制裁曾參與國安或政治相關案件的法官、檢控人員，裁定其不當行為屬「重大和嚴重」，將他從律師登記冊除名，以及令其於限期前支付合共 81.7 萬元等律師費、事務費用等。
任建峰在社交媒體形容「百感交集」，在英文聲明否認一切行為失當、不符律師身分的指控。他形容自己於 2022 年返回澳洲後，良心無法容許他袖手旁觀，任由捍衛香港法治和人權的律師被囚禁或噤聲，已為作證和發聲付出沉重代價，但明言不後悔。
21 Aug 2025法庭線#7193
黎智英案｜辯方：控方假定黎有罪再倒推理由 黎與美前官員談論香港 如同我們飲茶談法律
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and other offences. The case entered its 151st day of trial at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, sitting as the High Court, on Thursday (21st), with the defence making its closing submissions for a second day.
The defence questioned whether the prosecution wanted the court to assume first that Lai was guilty and then reason backwards from the evidence. It cited the prosecution’s listing of interviews between Lai and foreign guests, and its claim that Lai’s contacts with influential figures in Washington amounted to soliciting sanctions or hostile acts. The defence said Lai had been friends with these people for many years and that they discussed Hong Kong and international affairs “just as we have tea and discuss the law”. Judge Esther Toh said, “If someone suggested that we find the defendant guilty and then reason backwards, every one of us would firmly reject it.”
Regarding the prosecution’s reliance on Lai’s Twitter posts and programmes in which he allegedly requested sanctions, the defence said Lai was merely making comments and engaging in theoretical talk, adding that even if he privately hoped for sanctions, it would not constitute a crime without action. On Lai’s suggestion that Hong Kong’s special status be revoked, the defence stressed that revocation would merely restore the normal state of affairs and did not amount to a hostile act: “There is a world of difference between not being friends and becoming enemies.” The case continues on Friday.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件周四（21 日）在西九龍裁判法院（暫代高等法院）展開第 151 日審訊，辯方第二日結案陳詞。
辯方質疑，控方希望法庭先假設黎有罪，再逆向思考證據，舉例指控方列出黎與外國嘉賓的訪談內容，又指黎聯絡華府有影響力人士，指行為屬請求制裁或敵對行動。辯方認為，黎與這些人屬多年朋友，大家談論香港及國際事務，「就像我們飲茶談論法律一樣」。法官杜麗冰則指，「如有人建議我們認定被告有罪，再倒推理由，我們任何人都會嚴正拒絕。」
就控方引黎 Twitter 帖文、節目指他請求制裁，辯方指黎僅評論、紙上談兵，又指即使內心盼制裁，如沒行動便不構成犯罪。至於黎建議取消香港特殊地位，辯方強調取消只不過是恢復正常狀態，不算敵對行為，「不做朋友和成為敵人有天淵之別」。案件周五續。
20 Aug 2025法庭線#7183
反恐第二案｜官續引導 指O記警供稱何卓為沒遭打、嚇、氹 監視警稱肯定沒認錯人
Explosives were found at Caritas Medical Centre and in a Lo Wu MTR train compartment in early 2020. The Telegram channel “92 Divination Sticks” subsequently 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. The trial entered its 154th day at the High Court on Wednesday (the 20th), with Judge Chan Chung-hang continuing to direct the jury and summarise the police officers’ evidence.
The judge said all the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau officers who arrested first defendant Ho Cheuk Wai mentioned that Ho had not been “beaten, threatened or coaxed” after his arrest. Ho had said that he felt discomfort in his chest, and an ambulance had gone to the police station, but Ho later said he did not need to be taken to hospital. After completing five video-recorded interviews, Ho requested to go to hospital, but during that period did not explain the reason for his discomfort to the duty officer. The judge said no adverse inference could be drawn against the defendant because he had not responded to police officers.
The judge also said the officer who apprehended second defendant Lee Ka-ban stated that he followed Lee throughout after Lee left a private car in Mong Kok. After his arrest, Lee provided the police with an incorrect address, and officers took him there to conduct a search. Lee later confirmed under caution that he actually lived in another flat. Officers subsequently took Lee to that flat and seized chemical substances. The trial will resume 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（20 日）於高院踏入第 154 天審訊。法官陳仲衡繼續引導陪審團，總結警員證供。
官指拘捕第一被告何卓為的 O 記警員均提及，何被捕後沒有被「打、嚇、氹」，而何曾指胸口不適，救護車亦曾到警署，何及後表示無需送院。何完成 5 次錄影會面後要求去醫院，期間亦沒向值日官解釋不適的原因。官指不能因被告沒回覆警員，而作出對他不利的推測。
官亦指，制服第二被告李嘉濱的警員指，李在旺角離開一輛私家車後，他全程跟著李。而李被捕後向警員提供錯誤的住址，警員帶李到該處搜屋。及後李在警誡下確認實際住在另一單位，警員後來帶李到該單位，檢取化學物品。審訊周四續。
20 Aug 2025法庭線#7187
黎智英案｜辯方結案：支持人權、言論自由不是錯 涉案161文章不足以證串謀煽動
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai is charged with “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces” and other offences. The trial entered its 150th day at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts (sitting as a High Court) on Wednesday (20th), with the prosecution completing its closing submissions and the defence beginning its closing submissions.
The defence said supporting freedom of speech and human rights was not wrong, and that not being patriotic was not a crime, questioning whether the prosecution had “seemingly belittled these concepts”. Judge Toh Lai-ping interrupted, saying that not loving the government was not a crime, but that the prosecution’s position was that conduct violating national interests and adopting “evil means” was wrong.
Regarding the 161 Apple Daily articles alleged to be seditious, the defence cited three reports, including the final front-page story, and said they merely reported facts. They accounted for only 0.39% of the content during the period in question, or “fewer than one article every five days” on average, which the defence argued was insufficient to infer a conspiracy. The judge questioned this, saying the trial was “not playing a mathematical game” and pointing to other supporting evidence, including WhatsApp messages and lunchbox meetings. The case continues on Thursday.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件周三（20 日）在西九龍裁判法院（暫代高等法院）展開第 150 日審訊，控方完成結案陳詞，由辯方開始結案。
辯方指，支持言論自由、人權不是錯，不愛國也不是犯罪，質疑控方「似乎貶低了這些概念」。法官杜麗冰打斷指，不愛政府並非犯罪，但控方是指當有行為違反國家利益、採取「邪惡手段」則屬錯誤。
至於 161 篇《蘋果》文章被指煽動，辯方引最後頭版等 3 篇報道，指內容僅報道事實，亦只佔案發時期 0.39% 內容，「平均每 5 日不到一篇」，認為此數量不足以推論串謀。惟官質疑審訊「不是在玩數學遊戲」﹐指另有 WhatsApp 訊息、飯盒會等佐證。案件周四續。
20 Aug 2025法庭線#7189
黎智英案｜控方結案：黎利用《蘋果》背叛國家利益 《蘋果》立場與港人核心價值毫無關係
Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, faces charges including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. The trial entered its 150th day on Wednesday (20th) at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, sitting as the High Court, with the prosecution continuing its closing submissions. Regarding the allegation that Lai conspired to collude with the Stand with Hong Kong team (SWHK), the prosecution said there was overwhelming evidence that Lai participated in the agreement as the “mastermind”. He not only failed to stop the other conspirators from carrying out unlawful acts, but also encouraged them to continue combining street, parliamentary and international forces to conduct international lobbying.
The prosecution also described Lai’s testimony as unreliable. It said that, while he acknowledged on the one hand that Apple Daily was an anti-Communist and pro-opposition newspaper that held the views of the “yellow camp”, he portrayed it on the other hand as “a neutral defender of Hong Kong’s core values”. This showed that his account was completely misleading: Apple Daily’s stance had nothing to do with Hong Kong people’s core values, but Lai had attempted to conflate his own views with those of society. Lai’s use of Apple Daily to seek punishment of China by foreign forces was clearly a betrayal of national interests and security.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪，案件周三（20 日）在西九龍裁判法院（暫代高等法院）展開第 150 日審訊，續由控方結案陳詞。針對黎與重光團隊（SWHK）串謀勾結的指控，控方指，本案有壓倒性證據，證明黎以「主腦（Mastermind）」身份參與協議，不但沒阻止其他串謀者進行非法行為，更鼓勵他們繼續結合街頭、議會及國際力量，進行國際遊說。
控方又形容，黎的供詞不可靠，指他一方面承認《蘋果》是反共及反對派報紙、持「黃色陣營」觀點，一方面將《蘋果》描繪成「香港核心價值的中立捍衛者」（a neutral defender of Hong Kong’s core values），可見其說法是完全誤導，《蘋果》立場與港人核心價值毫無關係，但黎試圖將自己的觀點與社會觀點混為一談。而黎利用《蘋果》尋求外國勢力懲罰中國，顯然是背叛國家利益和安全。
19 Aug 2025法庭線#7174
47人案｜袁嘉蔚出獄 案情求情回顧 料徐子見亦將於今年內出獄
In the democratic camp primary election 47-person case, 45 people were convicted of “conspiracy to subvert” and sentenced to imprisonment. Gwyneth Ho, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years and three months, was released from Lo Wu Correctional Institution on Tuesday (19th). Ho was also convicted in a separate case of participating in an unauthorised assembly at a June 4 event in 2020 and sentenced to four months in prison. As a result, her total sentence was longer and she was not released until now.
In the democratic camp primary election held in 2020, Ho ran in Hong Kong Island and came through in second place. The prosecution cited her signing the “With Ink, No Regrets” declaration and attending press conferences held by the protest camp, among other matters, and accused her of supporting the subversion plan.
Ho is a former Southern District councillor for the Tin Wan constituency. Her counsel said in mitigation that she had married in prison and hoped she could be released as soon as possible to spend time with her husband and build a family, describing her as being on the path to rehabilitation. Including Ho, 12 defendants have now been released. Based on the length of the sentences, Au Nok-hin is expected to be released later this year (see graphic in the article). Ho is understood to have returned home and reunited with family and friends.
民主派初選 47 人案，共 45 人「串謀顛覆」罪成被判監。選擇認罪、被判囚 4 年 3 個月的袁嘉蔚，周二（19 日）在羅湖懲教所出獄。袁因另案 2020 年六四晚會參與未經批准集結罪成被判囚 4 個月，總刑期較長，故延至現時出獄。
在 2020 年舉行的民主派初選，袁嘉蔚參選港島區，以第二名出線。控方引用她曾簽〈墨落無悔〉聲明、出席抗爭派記者會等，指控她支持顛覆謀劃。
袁為前南區田灣區議員，代表大狀求情指她在獄中結婚，望盡早出獄與丈夫共度時光、建立家庭，形容她正處於更生的路上。連同袁嘉蔚，至今已有 12 名被告出獄，按刑期推算年內尚有徐子見將會出獄（見內文圖）。據悉袁已回家，與親友團聚。
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