17 Dec 2025追光者#7704
國際特赦組織報告｜在囚人士遭不人道及有辱人格對待 促當局緊急調查香港懲教設施
Amnesty International released its latest research today (17th), based on interviews with nine people who were imprisoned between 2016 and 2023. They reported being subjected in prison to physical violence, prolonged solitary confinement, poor sanitary conditions and high temperatures during the summer. The report also revealed that correctional officers required prisoners to sign documents requesting solitary confinement “voluntarily”. One former prisoner said correctional staff “would lock you in a room until you agreed to sign”.
One interviewee was social activist Chung Hon-lam, founder of the Hong Kong Independence Advocacy Commission. He was remanded at Pik Uk Correctional Institution from October 2020 to April 2022. He said violence by correctional officers against prisoners was commonplace. When officers were dissatisfied with a prisoner, they would take the person to a place not covered by closed-circuit television, “and then I would hear that prisoner screaming, as well as the sound of ‘hitting chicken wings’”. “Hitting chicken wings” refers to a form of corporal punishment in which correctional officers use their elbows to strike a prisoner’s shoulder blades, intended to avoid leaving obvious marks on the body.
Another person, identified by the pseudonym Peter, who was imprisoned in 2016 in connection with a social movement, said he was slapped eight times because he did not understand the prison rules. He said correctional officers often used corporal punishment to assert authority and create fear in youth correctional facilities. “On one occasion, I was asked to memorise the prison rules, and then was suddenly ordered to recite them backwards. For every wrong word, the soles of my feet were struck once. In the end, the soles of my feet had turned purple.”
國際特赦組織今（17日）發表最新研究，訪問9名在2016年至2023年間入獄的人士，在獄中遭受身體暴力、長期單獨囚禁、惡劣的衛生條件，以及夏季的高溫環境。報告更揭示懲教人員要求在囚人士簽署文件，「自願」要求單獨囚禁，有釋囚更透露懲教「會把你鎖在房間，直到你同意簽字為止」。
其中一名受訪者是社運人士、「香港獨立倡議委員會」創辦人鍾翰林，他在2020年10月至2022年4月期間，還押於壁屋懲教所，指出懲教人員對在囚人士施暴是司空見慣，當懲教人員對某囚犯不滿時，會將對方帶到閉路電視拍不到的地方，「然後我就會聽到該名囚犯的尖叫聲，以及『打雞翼』的聲音」。「打雞翼」是形容懲教人員用手肘打在囚人士肩胛骨的體罰方式，旨在避免在身上留下明顯傷痕。
而另一名因涉及社會運動於2016年被監禁的Peter（化名）表示，曾因不懂獄中規矩而被掌摑8次，他指懲教人員往往利用體罰宣示權威，並在青少年懲教設施中製造恐懼。「有一次，我被要求背誦監獄守則，然後突然被命令要倒背。每錯一個字，我的腳板底就會被打一下。最後，我的腳板都變成了紫色」。
16 Dec 2025集誌社#7700
自殺通告｜送檢逾四個月 被指「不利國安」禁上映 周冠威：國安法遺禍香港，再多一案例
The film Suicide Notice, directed by Kiwi Chow and starring Anthony Wong, received no response for more than four months after being submitted for inspection on 4 August this year. Chow said he was formally notified on 12 December that the film was considered “prejudicial to national security” and therefore unsuitable for screening, meaning that Suicide Notice had officially been banned from screening in Hong Kong. “Of course it is painful. My own work, and the efforts of so many people, cannot be screened in Hong Kong. It is a very regrettable and heartbreaking thing,” Chow said in an interview with The Collective. He admitted that he believed the decision was “targeting the person rather than the matter” and expected it would be difficult to make films in Hong Kong in the future, but said he would continue creating and had even strengthened his resolve: “Whatever I make, I hope it will still be free.”
The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said it “has always handled all film-submission applications in accordance with the law and will not comment on individual cases.”
由周冠威執導、黃秋生主演的電影《自殺通告》，自今年 8 月 4 日送檢後，逾四個月仍無回音。周冠威指於 12 月 12 日正式獲通知，指影片涉「不利於國家安全」，因此不宜上映，意味《自殺通告》在港正式被禁映。「當然係痛苦，自己嘅作品、好多人嘅心血唔能夠喺香港可以放映到，係好遺憾、好痛心嘅一件事。」周冠威接受《集誌社》訪問時說。他坦言，認為決定「對人不對事」、料未來也難在香港拍電影，但他仍會繼續創作、甚至加強了決心，「我拍啲乜嘢呢，我希望仍然係自由嘅。」
電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處回覆指「一直依法處理所有電影送檢申請，不會評論個別個案」。
16 Dec 2025明報#7701
黎智英案︱外交部駐港公署稱《華盛頓郵報》社論「作秀」
Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, was convicted yesterday (15th) on all charges, including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. The Washington Post published an editorial titled “The End of Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong”, saying the judges had ignored the evidence in reaching their verdict. A spokesperson for the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong wrote to the newspaper, criticising the editorial as “a carefully edited but failed trailer” and saying that “the showboating editorial can come to an end”.
The spokesperson said in the letter that the court’s judgment “is not a work of virtual fiction”, and said that Lai’s requests for foreign political figures to impose sanctions, as well as his public claim that he was “fighting for America”, went beyond journalism itself. The spokesperson also criticised the editorial’s claims that Lai’s “health was a concern” and that there were “hidden circumstances behind his detention” as making things up at will, saying that the newspaper “could find no fault with the legal proceedings” and had therefore resorted to “a desperate whine fabricating a victimhood narrative”.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英昨（15日）被裁「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪全部罪成，外媒《華盛頓郵報》刊登一篇題為《黎智英與香港的終結》的社論，指法官無視證據作審判。外交部駐港公署發言人致函該報，斥其社論為「精心剪輯卻失敗的預告片」，「作秀社論可以收場了」。
外交部駐港公署發言人在信中指，法庭判決「不是虛擬小說」，認為黎智英要求外國政要發動制裁，以及公開聲稱「為美國而戰」脫離新聞業本身。發言人續斥《華盛頓郵報》社論中黎智英「健康堪憂」和「羈押黑幕」的說辭「張嘴就胡來」，指該報在法律程序上「挑不出毛病」，才「捏造悲情牌的絕望呻吟」。
15 Dec 2025追光者#7682
黎智英女兒投書華郵：若中國不釋放父親 他將成為烈士
Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital who has been detained for more than 1,800 days, has seen his health deteriorate rapidly in prison, his daughter Claire Lai wrote in the Washington Post yesterday (the 9th). She said that during prison visits and court hearings over the past several years, she had observed at close range that her father’s fingernails were falling off, his teeth were decaying and his eyes were bloodshot. When he appeared in court last June, his face was pale and he was trembling continuously. She said that if the Chinese government did not release him, he could very likely become a martyr for freedom. She also disclosed that if he were released, he would leave Hong Kong, saying, “His days of fighting for justice are over. He only hopes to spend the rest of his life peacefully with his family.”
In an article for the Washington Post headlined “My father is wasting away. If China does not act, he will become a martyr,” Claire Lai said her father, who had just turned 78, had seen his health rapidly deteriorate since becoming a political prisoner five years ago. He has diabetes and high blood pressure, his hearing and eyesight are deteriorating, and he has suffered infections for several months. At times, he has even found it difficult to stand.
As his daughter, Claire is deeply concerned about her father’s health. She said that the shirt he wore when he was arrested in 2020 could now “swallow him whole,” indicating that he had become severely emaciated. Over the past two years, Claire has been able to observe him at close range in court and during prison visits. “His skin is drying up, his fingernails change colour before they fall off, his teeth are decaying, and his eyes are often dry and bloodshot,” she wrote.
被關押逾1800日的壹傳媒創辦人黎智英，其女兒黎采昨（9日）投書華盛頓郵報，指父親的健康在獄中急劇惡化，過去幾年在探監和旁聽審訊時，她近距離觀察到父親指甲脫落、牙齒腐爛、眼睛充血，去年6月上庭時更臉色蒼白、不斷顫抖。她指出若中國政府不釋放父親，他很有可能成為自由的烈士，更透露若父親獲釋，將離開香港，「他為正義奔走的時日已經結束，他只希望與家人和平地度過餘生」。
黎智英女兒黎采（Claire）以「我的父親正在消瘦殆盡。如果中國不採取行動，他將成為烈士」為題在華盛頓郵報撰文，指剛滿78歲的父親自5年前成為政治犯以來，健康迅速惡化，他患有糖尿病和高血壓，聽力和視力正在衰退，更遭受幾個月的感染，有時甚至連站立都很困難。
作為女兒，Claire相當擔心父親的健康，更指他在2020年被捕時穿的襯衣，現在已能把他整個人「吞沒」，表示父親嚴重消瘦。過去兩年，Claire在法庭上或探監時，都能近距離觀察父親，「他的皮膚正在乾枯，指甲在脫落之前變色，牙齒正在腐爛，他的眼睛經常乾澀充血」。
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15 Dec 2025明報#7684
持火災標語闖馬場賽道 男子涉擾亂秩序被捕
During the Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse yesterday, a man carrying a placard bearing phrases including “Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po” and “Step Down” entered the track near the finish line while seven horses, including Romantic Warrior, were competing in the eighth race, the Longines Hong Kong Cup. He was immediately tackled and restrained by Jockey Club staff. They remained in place and took him away only after the horses had crossed the finish line. Both the man and the horses were safe. Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said he understood the man had grievances over the fire, but that his actions endangered the safety of both people and horses and were extremely dangerous. He said the Club might station one security guard every 50 metres along the track in future. The 2,000-metre Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup was held at about 4.45pm, with seven horses taking part, including former Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior. As the horses approached the final straight, the man entered the track from near the finish line. A suited staff member immediately tackled him, while other staff joined in to restrain him and collected the placard. The race was not stopped. The Jockey Club said it had referred the matter to police for investigation and would not comment. Police arrested the 59-year-old man on suspicion of causing disorder in a public place. The case was being followed up by the Sha Tin district crime squad.
沙田馬場昨日舉行香港國際賽，包括「浪漫勇士」在內7匹名駒競逐第八場浪琴香港盃期間，一名男子手持寫有「大埔宏福苑」及「落台」等字句的標語，在接近終點線位置闖入賽道，隨即被馬會人員撲倒制服，眾人留在原地，待馬匹衝線後始將男子帶離，人馬皆安全。馬會行政總裁應家柏稱理解男子對火災有訴求，但行為危害人馬安全，非常危險，日後或安排每50米派一名保安駐守賽道。
應家柏：或每50米一人守賽道
浪琴香港盃2000米一級賽昨午約4時45分舉行，有7駒參賽，包括前香港馬王「浪漫勇士」。當7駒鬥到接近最後直路時，一名男子從近終點線位置闖入賽道，一名穿西裝人員立即上前將他撲倒在地，其他職員亦加入制止並撿走標語，過程中賽事沒中止。馬會回覆本報稱已交警方調查，不會評論。警方以涉嫌公眾地方內擾亂秩序行為，拘捕該名59歲男子，案件交沙田警區重案組跟進。
15 Dec 2025法庭線#7685
47人案｜無綫播趙家賢出獄後專訪 稱由修例風波至初選「背後有人操控」
In the democratic primary election case involving 47 people, Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, who pleaded guilty and became a prosecution witness, was found by the court to be a “principal offender” and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after a sentence reduction. It was reported earlier that he had received a remission of his prison sentence, making him the first defendant in the case to be released early. TVB aired an interview with Chiu after his release on Monday. He appeared noticeably thinner, with the voice-over saying that he had “lost 60 pounds”.
Recalling 2019, Chiu said in the interview: “From the extradition bill controversy to the riots and then to the primary election case, it was actually all part of the same playbook. There were people with ulterior motives manipulating it behind the scenes.” He also said: “At the time, Uncle Deng [referring to Deng Xiaoping] put it very figuratively: the development of democracy has to proceed step by step; trying to achieve it too quickly will prevent its achievement. That was exactly what happened in 2019.”
Chiu also said he wanted to sincerely apologise to the country, Hong Kong and the general public for having “challenged the HKSAR Government and the country’s constitutional order” in the primary election case.
民主派初選 47 人案中，選擇認罪、成為控方證人的趙家賢，被法庭裁斷為「首要分子」，經減刑後判監 7 年，早前有報道指他獲獄中減刑，成為案中首名提早獲釋的被告。《無綫》周一播出趙家賢出獄後的專訪，畫面所見趙明顯清減，旁白指他「瘦咗 60 磅」。
趙在訪問中回憶 2019 年，稱「修例風波去到暴亂，去到初選案，其實整體係一個套路，背後係有啲別有用心嘅人士 ，喺後面操控住佢」，又稱「當時鄧伯伯（指鄧小平），係好形象化咁樣講，民主嘅發展係要一步一步走，欲速則不達，2019 年正正就係咁樣」。
趙又稱，要為自己在初選案中「衝擊咗特區政府，以及係國家嘅憲制秩序」，向國家、香港及市民大眾誠摯道歉。
14 Dec 2025集誌社#7681
民主黨運解散｜即日停運 一年內完成清盤 如資產有剩捐工業傷亡權益會 羅健熙：盡可能留在香港
The Democratic Party, which has a 30-year history, formally ceased operations today (14th). The party held a members’ general meeting and a special annual general meeting this afternoon, where a resolution to wind up the party was passed with 117 votes in favour, none against and four blank ballots. The winding-up process is to be completed as far as possible within one year, and any remaining assets will be donated to the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims. Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said he had no plans to start another party after its dissolution, but would remain in Hong Kong as far as possible and face the current circumstances together with Hong Kong people. He hoped that members of the public would retain kindness and integrity and strive to live each moment well.
有 30 年歷史的民主黨運作到今天（14日）正式結束。民主黨今午召開會員大會及特別周年會員大會，議決清盤，以 117 票贊成，0 票反對，4 票白票通過，清盤程序盡量在一年內完成，如有剩下資產，會捐給工業傷亡權益會。民主黨主席羅健熙表明，政黨解散後，沒打算另起爐灶，但他會盡可能留在香港，跟香港人一起面對現在的處境。他希望市民心存善良、正直，努力過好每一刻。
13 Dec 2025追光者#7679
嶺大出售持續進修學院予涉中國背景辦學團體 諮詢大會學生會幹事遭保安阻攔
Lingnan University recently announced that it would spin off its School of Continuing Education to a new education provider, the Hong Kong Emerging Technologies Education Charitable Foundation. The Lingnan University Students’ Union revealed that some people on the latest list of directors of the new buyer are suspected of working at Chinese higher education institutions and even operating overseas study agencies in China, suggesting possible Chinese capital backing. A Students’ Union officer who tried to learn more at a related Lingnan University meeting was stopped by security. If implemented, the move would mean that Lingnan’s School of Continuing Education could become Hong Kong’s third self-financing higher education institution with Chinese capital backing, after Chu Hai College and Hong Kong Nang Yan College of Higher Education.
Lingnan held a consultation meeting on the spin-off on Thursday (11th). The Students’ Union Editorial Board reported on social media that the meeting was open only to students and staff of the School of Continuing Education, while undergraduate and postgraduate students were not allowed to enter. Participating students were also required to register their personal details and student numbers outside the venue. More than 10 security guards and university staff were already on standby outside the venue before the meeting began, including Student Affairs Manager Alice Wing Yee Leung.
editorial board said the meeting ended after only about 20 minutes. When the Students’ Union External Vice-President Lai Cheuk-yin tried outside the venue to ask departing students and staff about the meeting, several security guards stopped him. They said the matter had nothing to do with the Students’ Union or undergraduate students, told him, “What’s it got to do with you?”, and questioned whether he was “getting in the way of work”. Lai later tried to approach participants at other locations on campus, but was followed by security guards throughout and returned without success.
嶺南大學日前宣布，將分拆持續進修學院予新辦學團體「香港新興科技教育慈善基金」，嶺大學生會揭發，新買家的最新董事名單中，部份人疑任職於中國高等院校，甚至在中國經營海外升學中介機構，或涉中資背景，有學生會幹事試圖在嶺大相關會議了解詳情時遭保安阻攔。若最後落實，意味嶺大持續進修學院或繼珠海學院、能仁學院後，成為香港第三間具中資背景的自資高等院校。
嶺大周四（11日）上午就分拆事宜舉行諮詢大會，學生會編輯委員會在社交平台報道， 當日大會僅限持續進修學院學生及職員參加，本科生及研究生不得內進，而參加學生須先在門外登記個人資料及學生證號碼。會議開始前，會場外已有十多名保安及校方職員戒備，包括學生事務經理梁詠儀。
編委會指出，大會只進行約20分鐘便結束，學生會外務副會長賴卓賢在場外試圖向離場學生及職員了解會議內容時，遭多名保安阻攔，對方稱是次事務與學生會及本科生無關，更斥「關你咩事」、又質疑賴「阻住做嘢」。賴其後在校園其他位置嘗試與參加人士接觸，但一直被保安尾隨只能無功而還。
13 Dec 2025Yahoo#7680
宏福苑五級火｜災民須五日內遷離旅舍 每日致電「一戶一社工」求助 社工稱房協熱線長期「唔通」
It has been 16 days since the fire at Hong Fuk Court on the afternoon of the 26th of last month. Public attention has begun to wane, but the residents’ difficulties are only now emerging. Yahoo News spoke to several Hong Fuk Court residents who are currently staying temporarily at an NGO hostel in Fanling, but must leave after five days. They call “one household, one social worker” daily for help, but receive “no answer” each time. Social workers also acknowledge that even their direct hotline is “always impossible to get through”. After two weeks, the emotions the residents had kept suppressed finally boiled over, and many residents have had to seek treatment from psychiatrists. Information among the residents is also highly confused, leaving them feeling that they can only help themselves.
上月26日下午發生的宏福苑大火，距今十六天。社會的關注度開始減退，但災民的困境才剛剛浮現。《Yahoo新聞》接觸到好幾位宏福苑居民，他們目前暫居於粉嶺的NGO旅舍，但五天之後就必須遷出，他們每日致電一戶一社工求救，但每次的答覆都是「沒有答覆」，社工亦不諱言連他們的直撥熱線也「永遠打唔通」。災民之前一直壓抑的情緒，歷兩星期之後終於爆煲，不少街坊須求診精神科醫生；災民之間的訊息亦十分混亂，他們有感只能自救。
12 Dec 2025HK01#7678
七旬清潔工收垃圾被食環署告「亂拋垃圾」惹議 兩個月後終獲撤控
A 71-year-old building cleaner was issued a littering fixed penalty notice by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) staff in September this year while preparing to transport rubbish he had collected from a building in a handcart. The incident drew criticism of the FEHD’s handling. Sap Ping Toi, an organisation concerned with scavengers and cleaners, said on Thursday (11th) that the cleaner had received a letter from the FEHD confirming that the charge had been withdrawn.
Sap Ping Toi said it would continue to follow up on calls for the FEHD to revise its guidelines on enforcing fixed penalties, as failure to amend the enforcement guidelines could mean that all self-employed cleaners responsible for private buildings across Hong Kong would continue to face the possibility of being issued littering notices.
The FEHD confirmed that it had met the person involved. It said he acknowledged placing the relevant rubbish on the street that day, but had also explained the circumstances and undertaken to change his operating practice of storing rubbish in public places. FEHD staff had also observed his work practices on site several times during the period. After considering all relevant factors, the department decided to withdraw the fixed penalty notice issued to him on 8 September and had informed him of the decision.
一名71歲大廈清潔工今年9月收集完大廈垃圾，準備用手推車運走時，遭食環署職員票控「亂拋垃圾」，事件曝光後，食環署做法惹議。關注拾荒者及清潔工的組織「拾平台」周四（11日）表示，該清潔工終收到食環署回覆信函，通知已撤銷控罪。
「拾平台」說，會繼續跟進關於要求食環署修訂定額罰款執法前指引，因不修正執法指引，全港所有負責私人大廈的自僱清潔工友，將會有繼續面對被票控亂拋垃圾的可能性。
食環署證實已與涉事人會面，指涉事人承認當日將有關的垃圾放置在街上，但亦有就當時情況作出解釋，並承諾改變將垃圾存放在公眾地方的作業模式。過去一段時間，該署人員亦多次實地觀察涉事人的作業情況。經考慮所有相關因素後，署方決定撤回9月8日向涉事人發出的定額罰款通知書，並已就此通知涉事人。
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