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Chief Magistrate Rejects Media Bid to Relax Reporting Restrictions in 47-Person Primary Case

In the case involving 47 people over the pro-democracy primary, Chief Magistrate So Wai Tak rejected a media application to exempt certain reporting restrictions attached to bail conditions. Under Section 9P of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, “Restrictions on reporting bail proceedings”, the media may report only the outcome and conditions of the bail decision, and the identities of the prosecution, defence and magistrate.

民主派初選47人案，總裁判官蘇惠德拒絕傳媒申請豁免部分報道保釋條件的限制。根據《刑事訴訟程序條例》第9P條「對報導保釋法律程序的限制」，傳媒只容許報道保釋裁決結果、條件、控辯雙方和裁判官的身分。

[47-person case, Day 4 text live] At least 10 make supplementary submissions; more than 100 people queue in the rain to attend

【47 人案第四日 文字直播】至少 10 人補充陳詞　過百人冒雨排隊旁聽

The 47-person case came before the court for its fourth day. Since their arrest on 28 February, the defendants had gone five days and four nights without changing clothes. Judge Su Hui-de, a designated judge under the National Security Law, allowed the defendants to wash before appearing in court but still did not allow them to change clothes, including their underwear. Bail was granted to 15 of them. The Department of Justice immediately applied to review the bail decisions, and all the defendants continued to be remanded in custody.

47 人案第四日提堂。眾被告自 2 月 28 日被捕後，已 5 日 4 夜沒有更衣。國安法指定法官蘇惠德只容許被告提堂前梳洗，但仍未允許更衣，包括內衣褲。其中15人保釋申請獲批。律政司即時就保釋決定提出覆核，所有被告繼續還押。

47-person case: Defendants sent to remand centre after exceptionally long hearing, to appear in court again this morning; kept up all night with no time to rest

【47 人案】超長時間聆訊後送收押所待今早再提堂　眾被告通宵折騰　全無休息時間

The 47-person case involving conspiracy to subvert state power came before the court, with designated judge Esther Toh hearing the defendants’ bail applications.

47人「串謀顛覆國家政權」案提堂，由指定法官蘇惠德審理眾被告的保釋申請。

Charged with subversion over primary election, Yu Wai-ming suspended by Hospital Authority and may not have contract renewed in September

因初選被控顛覆　余慧明遭醫管局停職　恐九月未能續約

Yu Wai-ming, chairwoman of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance and one of the 47 people charged with conspiracy to subvert state power over her participation in last year’s pan-democratic primary election, has been asked by the Hospital Authority to suspend work. Law Cheuk-yiu, vice-chairman of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, said that in the past, the authority had also arranged for employees to be suspended when they were charged and remanded in custody. He is concerned that the Hospital Authority may dismiss Yu directly or not renew her contract when it expires in August.

因參與去年民主派初選而被起訴「串謀顛覆國家政權罪」的47人之一、醫管局員工陣線主席余慧明，被醫院管理局要求停職。醫管局員工陣線副主席羅卓堯表示，過往如有員工被控遭還柙，局方亦會有停職安排，目前擔心醫管局將直接解僱，或在余今年8月合約期滿後不與她續約。

47 of More Than 50 Arrested in Primary Election Case Charged with Conspiracy to Subvert State Power; Bail Denied

五十多名初選案被捕人士中，47人按要求提早報到時被正式落案起訴「串謀顛覆國家政權罪」，不准保釋，翌日直接上庭提堂。未被起訴人士需於5月再次報到。

Of the more than 50 people arrested in the primary election case, 47 were formally charged with conspiracy to subvert state power when they reported early as required. They were denied bail and brought before the court the following day. Those who were not charged must report again in May.

[Primary Election Mass Arrests] To Be Formally Charged? Police Ask Detainees to Report to Police Stations Early on 28 February

【初選大搜捕】落案起訴？　警方要求被捕人　提早 2.28 到警署報到

Most of the more than 50 pro-democracy primary election candidates and co-organisers arrested on 6 January on suspicion of subversion of state power received police notices today asking them to report to police stations this Sunday, more than a month earlier than the originally scheduled reporting date of 8 April.

1月6日被以涉嫌顛覆國家政權拘捕的五十多名民主派初選參選人及協辦人士，大部分今日收到警方通知，要求提早至本周日到警署報到，比原定報到日子4月8日提早逾一個月。

Police Seek to Force Next Digital to Provide Passwords for Electronic Data; Judge Refuses

警方申強制壹傳媒提供電子資料密碼　法官拒絕：國安法、普通法均不可強迫提供密碼

Police arrested Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and several senior executives last August, and entered the Next Digital building to seize a large quantity of documents. Next Digital subsequently filed proceedings in the High Court, claiming that the documents seized by police might be covered by legal professional privilege (LPP) or constitute journalistic material. The court had earlier ordered both sides to jointly review the relevant data to determine whether it fell into either category. The Department of Justice, representing the police, applied to vary the court order to compel the plaintiffs to provide passwords to unlock the electronic data seized by police. The judge rejected the application, stressing that under Hong Kong law, the Hong Kong National Security Law and the common law, police could not compel the provision of security information such as passwords.

警方去年 8 月拘捕壹傳媒創辦人黎智英及多名高層，進入壹傳媒大樓檢走大量文件。壹傳媒一方其後入稟高院，指警方撿走文件或涉「法律專業保密特權」（LPP）及屬「新聞材料」，法庭早前下令，雙方須共同檢視相關資料，以決定屬否上述類別。代表警方的律政司申請更改法庭命令，強制要求原告提供密碼，以解鎖警方檢取的電子資料。法官拒絕申請，強調無論於本港法律、港區國安法及普通法之下，警方均不能強迫提供保安資料例如密碼等。

Jimmy Lai proposes cancelling internet service at residence and limiting visitors; designated judge still refuses bail, saying there are insufficient grounds to believe he would not endanger national security

黎智英提取消住所上網限訪客　指定法官仍拒保釋　指無充足理由相信不會危害國安

The judge issued reasons for dismissing Jimmy Lai’s bail application, revealing that Lai’s side had proposed additional bail conditions, including cancelling internet service at his residence and restricting the frequency and duration of visitors’ visits. The court nevertheless found that there were insufficient grounds to believe Lai would not continue to commit acts endangering national security, and therefore refused bail. At an earlier hearing, the judge cited section 9P of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance to restrict media reporting of the proceedings, allowing only the bail result to be reported. In the reasons issued today, the judge said that, after assessment, he considered that allowing the media to report the contents of the reasons would not cause unfairness to the applicant or affect the trial.

法官頒布駁回黎智英保釋申請的判詞，透露黎智英一方提出的新增保釋條件，包括取消其住所的互聯網服務及限制訪客探訪的次數及時間，但法庭仍認為沒有充足理由相信黎智英不會繼續實施危害國家安全行為，故拒絕其保釋。案件早前聆訊時，法官引用《刑事訴訟程序條例》第 9P 條，限制傳媒報道庭上內容，只可報道保釋結果。法官今於判詞指，經評估後認為不會對申請人造成不公或影響審訊，批准傳媒報道判詞內容。

High Court refuses Jimmy Lai bail, third case since Court of Final Appeal’s national security law judgment

高院拒黎智英保釋　終院國安法判詞後第三例

After the Department of Justice successfully appealed to have Jimmy Lai’s bail revoked, he again applied for bail in the High Court but was refused. As reporting on the bail hearing is prohibited under the procedure, the judge is expected to issue a written ruling later.

黎智英遭律政司上訴撤銷保釋後，再次向高等法院申請保釋被拒。由於根據程序禁止報道保釋聆訊，預計法官稍後將頒布書面裁決。

[National Security Law Case No. 5] 29-year-old solicitor’s assistant charged with colluding with foreign forces and assisting offenders over crowdfunding and foreign lobbying

【國安法第五案】29歲律師助理被控勾結外國勢力及協助罪犯　涉安排眾籌、外國遊說工作

Solicitor’s assistant Chan Tsz-wah was arrested at his home on February 15, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. The Police National Security Department charged him with allegedly helping Andy Li, one of the 12 Hong Kong residents, flee to Taiwan, and carrying out crowdfunding and international lobbying work with Jimmy Lai and his personal assistant Mark Simon. He was charged with conspiracy to collude with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security and conspiracy to assist offenders. He was the fifth person charged with violating the National Security Law. National Security Law-designated judges adjourned the case until April 14 for a further hearing and denied the defendant bail.

律師助理陳梓華2月15號大年初四被登門拘捕，警務處國安處落案起訴指他涉嫌協助12港人之一的李宇軒潛逃台灣，連同黎智英及其私人助理Mark Simon等人進行眾籌及國際遊說等工作，被控「串謀勾結外國或者境外勢力危害國家安全」及「串謀協助罪犯」兩罪，亦是被控違反國安法的第五人。國安法指定法官將案件押後至4月14日再訊，拒絶被告保釋申請。