20 Nov 2024法庭線#4258
11.18理大｜台「公視」特約記者非法集結罪成囚15月申定罪上訴許可 官押後宣判
On Nov. 18, 2019, members of the public went to Tsim Sha Tsui to support protesters inside PolyU. Ten people, including Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei, were charged with unlawful assembly and other offences. All except Lo were convicted. A Hong Kong contract reporter for Taiwan Public Television’s programme “Art Is...” was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and has since completed the sentence.
The reporter applied to the High Court on Wednesday (20th) for leave to appeal the conviction. Through counsel, the reporter argued that the laser pointer and multitool carried were not inherently offensive, and that the multitool was used to adjust camera screws. The judge questioned why the multitool was needed to adjust only one camera screw, noting that it was subsequently shown that the screw could be adjusted by hand alone, and said the explanation was far-fetched. The judge reserved the decision.
2019 年 11 月 18 日，市民發起到尖沙咀支援理大內示威者，10 人包括民主黨主席羅健熙，被控非法集結等罪。 除羅健熙外，其餘 9 人被裁定罪名成立。其中台灣公共電視《藝術很有事》香港特約記者被判囚 15 個月，早前已服畢刑期。
該名記者周三（20 日）向高等法院定罪上訴許可，並透過代表大律師指，所攜的鐳射筆及萬用鉗，在本質上不具攻擊性，後者是用作調校相機螺絲。惟法官質疑，萬用鉗只可用作調校相機其中一顆螺絲，其後證明單用手便可調校，說法牽強。法官將押後頒布決定。
5 Nov 2024明報#4201
Save HK發起投訴無綫新節目《戰場上》偏頗 不滿「散播烏克蘭是戰爭受害者」
TVB’s Jade channel aired the new programme “On the Battlefield” last night. The first episode focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and interviewed Ukrainians making a living on their own during the war. However, members of the Facebook group Save HK accused host Lai Chi-shan of being misleading and questioned whether the programme was biased and had a predetermined stance, particularly because it focused on Ukraine’s side and promoted the message that Ukraine is a victim of war. They said they had lodged complaints with TVB, the Communications Authority and other bodies.
無綫電視翡翠台昨晚播出新節目《戰場上》，首集以俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭為主題，訪問在戰爭中自力更生的烏克蘭人民。然而，Facebook 群組 Save HK 網民不滿主持人黎芷珊誤導，質疑節目偏頗、有既定立場，尤其側重烏克蘭一方，及「散播烏克蘭是戰爭受害者」的訊息，稱已發起向無綫、通訊事務管理局等投訴。
4 Oct 2024集誌社#4117
華服賀國慶｜拒「非受邀媒體」入場 門外取票市民被要求簽「同意書」
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department are holding a series of events to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, including “Thousands in Chinese Attire Celebrate National Day” at Queen Elizabeth Stadium tonight (4th). However, not everyone could “celebrate National Day”: staff at the scene said The Collective was “non-invited media” and could not enter to cover the event, and refused to allow reporters to enter as members of the public on the grounds that the venue was “very full”. Before the event began, however, someone outside the venue was distributing a large stack of tickets and requiring recipients to sign a “consent form”.
文體旅局及康文署為慶祝國慶 75 周年舉行一系列活動，包括今晚（4日）於伊館舉辦的「千人華服賀國慶」。不過非人人都能「賀國慶」，現場工作稱《集誌社》「非受邀媒體」，不能進場採訪，又以場地「很爆」為由拒絕記者以公眾身分入場。不過活動開始前，場館外有人手持大疊門票派發，又要求領票者簽署「同意書」。
1 Oct 2024獨媒#4102
鄧炳強去信《明報》 指吳靄儀專欄「英雄化」鍾沛權
Former Legislative Council member Margaret Ng published an article titled “Supporting Kuen” in Ming Pao’s supplement yesterday, discussing former Stand News editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen, who was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to publish seditious publications. She said Chung had refused to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence and had instead chosen to make clear his beliefs about journalism. Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung wrote to Ming Pao that evening, describing the article as “discussing the Stand News case in a roundabout manner, using indirect insinuations” and “heroising” Chung Pui-kuen.
前立法會議員吳靄儀昨日在《明報》副刊刊出題為《權撐住》文章，談及因「串謀發布煽動刊物」被判監21個月的前《立場新聞》總編輯鍾沛權，指對方不肯認罪以換取減刑，而選擇說清楚新聞工作的信念。保安局局長鄧炳強即晚去信《明報》，形容其為「以拐彎抹角、指桑罵槐的方式談論《立場新聞》案」，並「英雄化」鍾沛權。
23 Sept 2024集誌社#4069
曾拍下黎智英被囚照片 美聯社攝影記者 申工作簽證、入境香港均被拒
Ming Pao reported that a French AP photographer based in Hong Kong who had photographed Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai in prison was earlier denied a work visa. When the photographer returned to Hong Kong in mid-September, he was denied entry at the airport. In response to inquiries from The Collective, the Immigration Department said it did not comment on individual cases and handled each case in accordance with relevant laws and policies. The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association said it was concerned that one of its members had been denied entry, but could not provide details out of respect for the person’s wishes.
據《明報》報道，美聯社一名曾拍攝壹傳媒創辦人黎智英在囚照片的駐香港的法籍攝影記者，較早前申請工作簽證被拒，該攝影記者在九月中再來香港，在機場被拒入境。《集誌社》向入境處查詢，入境處回覆指，不評論個別個案，會按相關法律和政策，處理每宗個案。香港攝影記者協會表示，關注有有會員被拒入境，為尊重相關人士意願，未能提供詳情。
19 Sept 2024獨媒#4056
數十記者及家人被起底滋擾 私隱公署指收1宗投訴 鍾麗玲稱嚴肅跟進
The Hong Kong Journalists Association released a survey last week indicating that dozens of journalists and their family members had been harassed, including through illegal doxxing, the publication of information without consent, and even the sending of personal data to neighbours and companies where family members worked. Asked how the matter would be followed up, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Ada Chung Lai-ling said the office had so far received one complaint but that it was not in a position to comment. She said that, generally speaking, cases involving criminal elements would be referred to the police. She also urged anyone who suspected that their data had been infringed to contact the office if they had preliminary evidence, saying it would follow up the matter seriously.
記協上周發布調查，指數十名記者和家人遭滋擾，例如被人非法起底、資料未經同意發布，甚至將個人資料寄去鄰居和家人任職的公司。私隱專員鍾麗玲被問及如何跟進，她表示公署至今接獲1宗投訴，惟不便評論，一般而言若涉及刑事成份會交警方處理。她又呼籲任何人懷疑資料受侵犯，若有初步證據可以聯絡公署，稱會嚴肅跟進。
19 Sept 2024光傳媒#4058
深度｜傳媒機構「聯同」警方做民調、出報道 資深傳媒工作者憂削媒體公信力 學者質疑合作模式欠透明度
Sing Tao Daily ran a front-page report on the 16th headlined “Hong Kong faces ambushes on all sides: Nine in 10 respondents have encountered scams”. The newspaper collaborated with the police on a “Hong Kong People’s Anti-Scam Awareness Questionnaire Survey” and published follow-up reports. In addition to the main report on the survey findings, there were two accompanying stories: one interviewing a police clinical psychologist about scammers’ “devious tactics”, and another reporting that the police’s anti-scam app had been downloaded 570,000 times. A media worker who previously worked for the newspaper told Light Media that the collaboration model created a poor impression and conflicted with the media’s role. Li Lap-fung, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, said the collaboration model lacked transparency: the content relied entirely on information provided by the police, with no interviews presenting other perspectives, raising questions about the media’s independence.
《星島日報》日前（16日）頭條報道「港十面埋『伏』九成受訪市民曾遇『騙』」，該報聯同警方進行「港人防騙意識問卷調查」，並進行跟進報道，除關於調查結果的主稿，另有兩篇配稿，包括訪問警察臨床心理學家解釋騙徒「蠱惑招數」以及警方「防騙APP」57萬次下載量的報道。曾任職該報的傳媒工作者向《光傳媒》表示，這種合作模式令外界觀感不好，跟傳媒角色存在衝突。中文大學新聞與傳播學院教授李立峯分析，報道的合作模式欠缺透明度，內容完全依照警方提供資料、沒有其他角度的訪問，媒體的獨立性受質疑。
17 Sept 2024追新聞#4053
《追新聞》遭國家級黑客攻擊 學者：掌握這樣的資源無幾多人做到
Hong Kong journalists have recently faced large-scale doxxing and threats on an unprecedentedly brazen scale, with the white terror extending to diaspora media overseas. Chasing News, which is based in the United Kingdom, recently received a notification from Google that its company email had been targeted in an attempted intrusion by “state-level hackers” (Government-backed attacks). The Chasing News team strongly condemned the conduct. Scholar Chung Kim-wah said journalism had become a high-risk profession and that “not many people could do it” with such extensive resources to conduct attacks and doxxing.
香港新聞工作者近日遭大規模起底與恐嚇，猖狂程度前所未見，白色恐怖更蔓延到海外的離散媒體。以英國為基地的《追新聞》近日收到Google通知，公司電郵被「國家級黑客」（Government-backed attacks）試圖入侵。《追新聞》團隊強烈譴責有關行為。學者鍾劍華表示新聞工作已成為高危行業，能掌握如此龐大資源進行攻擊及起底，「無幾多人做得到」。
16 Sept 2024獨媒#4051
有自由身記者指連月遭受滋擾 家人任職公司內聯網收抹黑電郵
The Hong Kong Journalists Association announced a survey last week indicating that dozens of journalists and their family members faced varying degrees of harassment between June and August this year. Freelance journalist Ah Kui, who was among those harassed, said on a Commercial Radio programme this morning that the harassment had continued almost daily since June. At first, Ah Kui received more than 20 nuisance calls a day from people claiming to be National Security Department officers and demanding that Ah Kui immediately stop the reporting work underway. Neighbours later also received harassing letters, while the intranets of organisations where Ah Kui’s siblings worked received harassing and smear emails. Ah Kui believed the purpose of those responsible was to make journalists feel that they were a burden and carried an original sin, and that working in journalism would cause people around them to suffer, so that journalists would “know the difficulties and withdraw.”
記協上周公布調查，指今年6月至8月期間，有多達數十名記者和家人遭受不同程度滋擾。有份遭受滋擾的自由身記者「阿葵」今早在商台節目表示，由6月開始幾乎每日被持續滋擾，最初是每日收到廿多個騷擾電話，對方自稱是國安處人員，要求「阿葵」立即停止手上的報導。其後連鄰居也收到滋擾信，甚至連兄弟姊妹所屬的機構內聯網，都收到滋擾和抹黑電郵。他認為發出滋擾的人，目的是讓記者感到是負累、原罪，從事新聞工作會令身邊人牽連受苦，目的令記者「知難而退」。
14 Sept 2024Channel C#4049
鄭嘉如嘆新聞自由衰落：的確有啲嘢唔可以寫 HKFP證創辦人業主接恐嚇信
Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Cheng Ka-yu said yesterday (13th) that dozens of cases had been reported in the past few months involving journalists or their family members being threatened. Discussing press freedom in Hong Kong, Cheng said frankly that the industry’s atmosphere was less free than in the past: “There are things that cannot be covered, cannot be written about and cannot be reported now.” Customs issued a statement in the evening to clarify that it did not collect passengers’ telephone numbers during routine clearance procedures and attached great importance to personal privacy. Under Secretary for Security Michael Hau Yip Cheuk said that anyone who was threatened, insulted or harassed could report the matter to law enforcement agencies, and said he did not understand the HKJA’s concern that a government database had been leaked.
香港記者協會主席鄭嘉如昨日（13日）透露，過去數月接獲數十宗記者或其家人遭恐嚇的個案。鄭嘉如談及香港新聞自由，直言業內氣氛不如昔日自由，「有啲嘢而家唔可以採訪、唔可以寫、唔可以報道」。海關晚上發稿表示嚴正澄清，稱進行一般清關工作時不會收集旅客手機號碼，非常重視個人私隱。保安局副局長卓孝業稱，若任何人受威嚇、侮辱或騷擾，可向執法部門舉報，又對記協憂慮政府資料庫洩漏的說法表不解。
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