22 May 2025獨媒#6813
網台《香港花生》公司及主持同被「查稅」質疑有針對性
The Hong Kong Journalists Association held a press conference yesterday, saying the Inland Revenue Department was pursuing tax matters involving at least eight media outlets and organisations and 20 people, with the total amount exceeding $1.7 million. On last night’s programme of the Hong Kong Peanut online platform, one of its hosts, Andrew Kwan Hang To, disclosed that he personally, his company, Hong Kong Peanut and almost all of the platform’s hosts, including Wong Ho-ming and Dickson Chau, had received similar requests for a “tax investigation”. Each case involved an amount of tens of thousands of dollars, and he believed there was a targeted element to those selected for the “tax investigation”.
記協昨日舉行記者會，指稅務局向至少8個媒體及機構，共20名人士追查稅項，合計款項逾170萬。網台《香港花生》昨晚的節目中，主持之一陶君行透露，他個人及其公司、《香港花生》及該網台幾乎所有主持，包括黃浩銘及周嘉發等，皆接獲類似「查稅」要求，每宗涉及金額達數萬元，認為納入「查稅」的對象有針對性。
21 May 2025集誌社#6811
傳媒被查稅｜ 8 媒體機構、20 記者及家人被查 有人年薪被估大兩倍、被安插商業登記
Following the harassment of several journalists last year, more journalists have been pursued by the Inland Revenue Department for taxes dating back several years. The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said at a press conference today (21st) that at least eight media platforms or organisations, including the HKJA, InMedia and The Witness, as well as at least 20 journalists and their family members, had been audited by the Inland Revenue Department and pursued for taxes dating back as far as seven years, involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. In some cases, income allegedly underreported was assessed at nearly twice the person’s salary, a non-existent business registration was assigned to them, and all deposits into their bank accounts were treated as income.
HKJA chairperson Cheng Ka-yu criticised the Inland Revenue Department’s assessments as having no evidence or reasonable basis, describing them as “punishment before trial”. She said journalists had low incomes but were required to pay high taxes, while spending time and money to prove their innocence. This affected the operation of media organisations, created considerable pressure, and negatively affected press freedom and journalists’ integrity. She stressed: “Everyone would cooperate with and accept an investigation that is reasonable and evidence-based, but if they now say these are not being used as a tool to suppress the media, would anyone believe them?” The Inland Revenue Department refused to disclose details of the cases under investigation, saying only that the occupations or backgrounds of those being investigated would not affect its audit work.
計去年多名記者被滋擾後，再有記者被稅務局追收多年前稅款。記協今（21日）召開記者會，表示至少八個媒體平台或機構，包括記協、《獨立媒體》、《法庭線》等，及至少 20 名新聞工作者及其家人，被稅務局審查及追收早至七年前的稅款，涉款數十萬元。當中有人被估算短報的收入比薪金多近兩倍、被安插不存在的商業登記、銀行所有入帳均被當收入等。
記協主席鄭嘉如批評，稅務局的評核無任何證據和合理理由，屬「未審先罰」。她指新聞記者收入微薄，卻要付高額稅款，花時間、金錢自證清白，影響機構運作，構成相當大壓力，對新聞自由和記者誠信有負面影響。她強調，「合理有據嘅調查，大家會配合接受，但如果而家話唔係用呢啲嚟做工具打壓媒體，有冇人信呢？」稅務局拒披露受查個案資料，僅稱受查人士行業或背景不會影響查核工作。
16 May 2025集誌社#6799
國安禁地｜傳媒採訪被警要求刪相 政府出稿：純「打卡」沒問題，影門口查察可要求離開
Two pieces of subsidiary legislation enacted under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance designate six locations of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as “prohibited places”. Recently, some media outlets visited the “national security restricted sites”, where police officers recorded journalists’ details, asked to inspect their photographs and, in some cases, allegedly required them to delete photographs. In a press release issued in the early hours of today (the 16th), the government said there was no problem if members of the public were merely passing by to “check in”. If they deliberately photographed the entrance to a prohibited place or its interior in order to inspect the prohibited place, police officers or guards at the prohibited place could, in accordance with the law, require them to leave. The government’s press release did not address whether enforcement personnel were entitled to require photographs to be deleted.
《維護國家安全條例》制訂的兩項附屬法例，包括將國安公署的六個地方列為「禁地」。近日有傳媒到「國安禁地」採訪，有警員記錄記者資料、要求檢查相片，甚至要求刪相。政府今（16日）凌晨出稿表示，若市民路過純粹「打卡」，並沒問題。若故意拍攝禁地門口或其內部情況去查察禁地，警員或禁地守衞，有權根據法律規定，要求市民離開。政府的新聞稿，並未提執法人員是否有權要求刪相
15 May 2025集誌社#6792
國安禁地｜警禁記者拍地盤 記協：如禁地失火，可否如常採訪？ 特區政府：指明人員可命令不得接近、查察
Under a Prohibited Place Declaration Order, the government has designated six locations, including the temporary headquarters of the Office for Safeguarding National Security in Causeway Bay, as national security “prohibited places”. Inspecting or entering such places with the intention of endangering national security constitutes “espionage”, while inspecting or entering them without reasonable excuse is also unlawful. Reporters visited some of the prohibited places on Wednesday (the 14th), all of which were guarded by police officers. At a construction site on Sham Mong Road, a uniformed police officer stopped and checked the reporters twice and recorded their details before allowing them to proceed. It is understood that police officers asked some media outlets to delete photographs while they were covering the sites.
Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Cheng Ka-yu asked whether reporters could continue to report as usual if a fire broke out at a prohibited place in the future, or if problems such as the use of substandard construction materials were exposed during construction, and whether there would be room for a reasonable excuse. The HKSAR Government said that under Article 45 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, a “specified officer” may order any person not to approach or inspect a prohibited place, and may also order anyone present in an area adjoining a prohibited place to leave. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said that police officers could ask people to leave a prohibited place for reasons of national security.
政府透過「禁地宣布令」，將銅鑼灣的國安公署臨時總部等六個地方，劃為國安「禁地」，如意圖危害國家安全而查察、進入即屬「間諜活動」；沒合理辯解下查察、進入也屬違法。記者周三（14日）走訪部分「禁地」，皆有警員駐守。在深旺道地盤，記者被軍裝警員兩度截查、登記資料後方獲放行。據了解，有傳媒採訪時，被警員要求刪除相片。
香港記者協會主席鄭嘉如舉例指，如「禁地」日後發生火災，甚至地盤興建期間，如被揭發涉及偷工減料等問題，記者是否可以如常報道，有沒有辯解空間？特區政府指，《維護國安條例》45條，「指明人員」可命令任何人不得接近、查察禁地，亦可命令出現於毗鄰禁地的人離開。保安局局長鄧炳強表示，「警務人員係可以為咗國家安全原因，喺禁地係可以叫人離開。」
25 Apr 2025集誌社#6729
Channel C 欠薪｜連續兩天沒內容更新 近 30 員工被拖欠 $66 萬薪金
The employer of online media outlet Channel C was earlier arrested over alleged involvement in fraud and “100% guaranteed preferential loans”. It is understood that about 29 editorial staff at Channel C are owed approximately HK$660,000 in basic salaries and other payments, and that the website has suspended updates since Wednesday (the 23rd). An informed source said the original employer had allegedly been unable to repay the money, prompting a new investor to initiate a takeover process. Channel C’s monthly salary expenditure is about HK$470,000, but the new investor is currently willing to pay only HK$100,000 per month to keep Channel C operating. Cheng Ka-yu, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, said the association had received enquiries from Channel C employees about the wage arrears and what protection was available.
網媒 Channel C 僱主早前被指涉「詐騙」「百分百擔保特惠貸款」被捕， 據了解，Channel C 約 29 名編輯部員工，已被拖欠約 66 萬元的底薪等，網站自周三（ 23 日）起，已暫停更新。知情人士指，原僱主被指未能償還款項，被新投資者啟動接管程序， Channel C 員工每月薪金開支約 47萬元，但新投資者暫只願每月付十萬元，以維持 Channel C 運作。香港記者協會主席鄭嘉如表示，有收到 Channel C 員工有關欠薪的勞資查詢，想知道有何保障等。
31 Mar 2025Channel C#6631
AC米蘭利物浦阿仙奴熱刺四角賽記者會 Channel C記者被拒入內 莫栢昇疑下令 公關稱「唔入得㗎喇其實」拒絕提供原因
Australian events company TEG Sport, together with the Football Association and Kai Tak Sports Park, announced on Monday (31st) that it will stage the “Hong Kong Football Festival 2025” in July this year, inviting Premier League clubs Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, as well as Serie A side AC Milan, to play two exhibition matches at the sports park. However, when this outlet’s reporter arrived to cover the event, veteran sports public relations executive Mok Pak-sing (Sean Moore), who had previously used various reasons to prevent this outlet’s reporters from covering the Hong Kong International Sevens, allegedly asked the on-site public relations team to bar the reporter from entering. After telling the reporter to wait outside for about 10 minutes, public relations staff said the reporter would not be allowed in but did not explain why.
澳洲活動公司TEG Sport聯同足總和啟德體育園方面周一（31日）宣佈，將於今年7月舉辦「香港足球盛會2025」，邀請英超球隊阿仙奴、熱刺和利物浦，以及意甲勁旅AC米蘭在體育園進行兩場表演賽。惟本台記者到場採訪時，早前曾以多種理由阻止本台記者採訪香港國際七人欖球賽的資深體育公關莫柏昇（Sean Moore）疑曾要求現場公關團隊禁止本台記者入場，公關人員著本台記者在場外等候約10分鐘後，即表示不會容許記者入場，但未有解釋原因。
4 Mar 2025集誌社#4592
投訴警察｜《明報》記者採訪遭警斥「影乜撚嘢」推撞 有片投訴 警查兩年列無法證實、並無過錯
“What the fuck are you filming?” In March 2023, a Ming Pao reporter filming prosecutor Ng Suk-kuen leaving the District Court in Wan Chai after a sedition case involving former Stand News was allegedly brought against her was verbally abused with foul language and shoved twice by a police officer. The reporter recorded the incident and lodged a complaint with the Complaints Against Police Office. Nearly two years later, the police investigation found that the complaint concerning the foul language was “not substantiated”. Regarding the complaint of “impolite manner”, the finding was that the officer had been lawfully performing his duties and that there was “no fault”. The reporter has requested a review. The Ming Pao Staff Association said the footage clearly showed the circumstances described in the complaint and expressed disappointment at the Complaints Against Police Office’s decision. The police said the Complaints Against Police Office had received the request for a review and would handle it in accordance with established procedures.
「影乜撚嘢」。2023 年 3 月，《明報》一位記者在灣仔區域法院外，拍攝前《立場新聞》被指煽動案的主控官伍淑娟離開法院，遭一警以粗言辱罵，兩度推撞。該記者當時拍下片段，向投訴警察課投訴。事隔近兩年，警察調查結果是，粗言穢言的投訴「無法證實」；至於「粗魯無禮」的投訴，結果是該警員當時合法執行職務，「並無過錯」。該記者已提出覆核。明報職工協會指，片段清楚顯示指控所述情况，對投訴警察課的決定感失望。警方回覆指，投訴警察課已接獲相關覆核要求，會按既定程序處理。
27 Feb 2025追新聞#4578
國安時代｜海外港媒《如水》宣佈休刊重整 去年被港府封鎖網站
The overseas Hong Kong media outlet Like Water, formed by several Hong Kong people in exile, announced that it would suspend publication from July, dissolve the editorial board Association with immediate effect, reassess its operating model and explore its future direction. Like Water was founded four years ago; its website has allegedly been blocked by the Hong Kong government since last year. Hong Kong police also wrote to a US website service provider requesting that the website be taken down.
由多位流亡港人組成的海外港人媒體《如水》宣佈7月起休刊，即日起解散編委會，並會重新評估運作模式，探索未來發展方向。《如水》創刊至今4年，去年懷疑被港府封鎖網站至今，港警亦曾去信美國網站服務供應商要求將網站下架。
27 Jan 2025Yahoo#4470
《大學線》報道關愛隊後惹關注 記協：中大教職員遭系統性攻撃 跟去年滋擾記者用戶相同
Varsity, a student-run internship media outlet of CUHK’s School of Journalism and Communication, published a report titled “None of Our ‘Care’” earlier this month examining the effectiveness of Care Teams. It noted, among other things, that the teams’ work and financial reports were not made public and could not be accessed by the public. Students also used hidden cameras to film activities and subsequently questioned volunteers as well as officials from the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a survey released yesterday (the 26th) that, four days after the report was published on 3 January, a series of posts and images targeting Varsity, the relevant institution and its staff appeared on Facebook. The posts accused Varsity’s report of generalising from limited information and taking statements out of context, and alleged that CUHK School of Journalism and Communication staff responsible for Varsity were supporters or instigators of “black violence”. The association also said that, in the action targeting Varsity, the users who published at least two of the earliest posts were the same users who posted to harass journalists last year.
中大新聞與傳播學院學生實習媒體《大學線》在月初發表〈事不「關」己〉報道，探討關愛隊工作成效，包括指出關愛隊工作及財務報告並不公開，公眾無法查閱；學生亦曾經以隱蔽鏡頭拍攝活動過程，事後向義工、以及民政及青年事務局官員查詢。香港記者協會昨（26 日）發表調查，指報道在 1 月 3 日出街後四日，Facebook 出現一系列針對《大學線》、相關院校及教職員的帖文和圖片，帖文指責《大學線》報道以偏概全、斷章取義等，又指控負責《大學線》的中大新聞及傳播學院教職員為「黑暴」支持者或推手。記協並指，在今次針對《大學線》的行動中，至少兩個最早出現的帖文，其發表者跟去年發帖滋擾記者的用戶相同。
20 Nov 2024ReNews#4254
商台節目《一切從音樂開始》 原訂主題為「在囚人士的點唱」 其後刪去字眼
Commercial Radio programme “It All Begins with Music” announced on social media this morning that tonight’s themes would be “song requests from prisoners” and one favourite song from each person. The post attracted widespread attention as 47 people in a case were sentenced yesterday. By 7pm, the post had been amended: the theme “song requests from prisoners” was removed, and the accompanying image was also changed, leaving only “one favourite song from each person”.
商台節目《一切從音樂開始》，今早在社交媒體公布，今晚節目的主題是「在囚人士的點唱」和一人一首喜歡的歌曲，由於昨日是 47 人案判刑，帖文獲廣泛關注。
但到晚上七時，該帖文被修改，「在囚人士的點唱」的主題被刪走，相關圖片亦更改，只餘下「一人一首喜歡的歌曲」。
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