11 Apr 2023ReNews#6277
前蘋果、立場記者創立《光傳媒》
Since the National Security Law took effect, Hong Kong’s media industry has endured a harsh winter. Apple Daily and Stand News have closed in succession, but many media workers have continued their work in Hong Kong and overseas. Light Media, a media outlet founded in Taiwan by former Apple Daily and Stand News journalists, officially launched today. Its founders include former Apple Daily feature reporter Carrie Ka Lai Leung, while its advisory board includes veteran journalist Ching Cheong and former Stand News director Joseph Yi Zheng Lian, among others. “In the darkness, we hope to emit a little light—even if it is an extremely faint glimmer—so that we can see one another.”
自國安法生效以來，香港傳媒界陷入寒冬，《蘋果》《立場》先後關閉，但亦有不少傳媒人，在香港以及海外延續薪火；由前《蘋果》、《立場》記者在台灣創立的媒體《光傳媒》，今日正式啟動，創辦人包括前《蘋果》專題記者梁嘉麗，顧問團成員包括資深新聞工作者程翔、前《立場》董事練乙錚等人，「在黑暗中，我們希望發出一點光，哪怕只是極其微弱的一點，讓我們能互相看見彼此。」
5 Apr 2023獨媒#6260
警員截查到沙嶺公墓致祭市民 質疑記者採訪屬顛覆國家政權
Every year in the past, members of the public visited Sha Ling Cemetery during the Ching Ming Festival to pay respects to unnamed forebears. This year, members of the public again went to Sha Ling Cemetery to pay their respects, while police officers and vehicles were deployed there. When an InMedia reporter arrived this morning, officers stopped and questioned some members of the public carrying white flowers. The officers said it was currently a “sensitive period” and accused the reporter’s presence of “subverting state power”, saying an arrest could be made at any time: “You know perfectly well what you’re here for!”
過往多年的清明節，都有市民前往沙嶺公墓拜祭無名先人。今年亦有市民到沙嶺公墓致祭，有警員及警車在場戒備，《獨媒》記者今早到場，有攜白花的市民被警員截查。警員指現時是「敏感時期」，又斥記者到場是「顛覆國家政權」，隨時可作拘捕：「嚟呢度做咩心照啦！」
2 Apr 2023獨媒#6247
鄧炳強批尊子諷警隊斥巨資漫畫誤導、挑動市民對政府不滿
The Police Force plans to spend about HK$5.2 billion to establish a new-generation communications system, as well as about HK$390 million and HK$190 million to purchase a digital image-processing platform and the Third Generation Common Human Resources Information System. After attending an event on Sunday (2nd), Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung singled out a cartoon by Zunzi published in the Ming Pao supplement on Saturday (1st), saying its description that the disciplined services needed to set aside HK$20 billion to update equipment, and would also need to use it to build two more prisons, was misleading and stirred public dissatisfaction with the government.
警務處擬斥資約52億元建立新一代通訊系統，並斥資約3.9億元及1.9億元購買數碼影像處理平台和第三代人事資訊通用系統。保安局局長鄧炳強周日（2日）出席一個活動後，點名批評《明報》副刊周六（1日）刊登的一幅尊子漫畫，指紀律部隊更新器材須預留200億，還需要用來起多兩座監獄，有關描述是有誤導性，挑動市民對政府的不滿。
29 Mar 2023獨媒#6228
「豐美股肥」兩短片被電檢處拒公映 《艙》涉疫情、示威被指「上映不利於國家安全」
The film-making platform Phone Made Good Film, founded by three Hong Kong directors, will hold a screening event at the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity in April. However, The Cabin, directed by Chan Lik-hang and Yip Man-hei, and Gu Fei Sei Pok Gai, directed by Rex Ren, were pulled after failing film censorship. The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration said in a reply that the images and sounds of the pandemic, protests and imprisonment in The Cabin would “render the screening of the film detrimental to national security”, and rejected the application. Director Chan Lik-hang disagreed that the short film violated the National Security Law, saying “they [the film censors] are overthinking it”. He also said the helmets in the film were unrelated to the protests and described the suggestion that they carried an inciting implication as absurd. The office told The Independent Media that it would not comment on applications or film-classification decisions concerning individual films.
由3名香港導演創辦的電影創作平台「豐美股肥」將於4月在兆基創意書院舉行放映會，惟陳力行及葉文希執導的《艙》以及任俠執導的《股肥肆仆街》，因不過電檢被抽起。電檢處回信指，《艙》片中的疫情、示威和囚禁的影像和聲音，「導致影片的上映會不利於國家安全」而拒批申請。導演陳力行不認同短片違反國安法，認為「佢哋（電檢處）諗多咗」，又稱片中的頭盔與抗爭無關，對頭盔有煽動之意感到無稽。電影、報刊及物品管理辦事處回覆《獨媒》，指不會就個別影片的申請及檢片決定作評論。
28 Mar 2023追蹤黨媒#6224
星島日報內文指端傳媒涉嫌逃避新加坡媒體管理部門監管 分析指端為規避國安法去新加坡
The Sing Tao Big Chessboard column said that Initium Media moved its headquarters to Singapore after Apple Daily shut down and was reportedly registered as an internet search services business, allegedly to evade oversight by Singapore’s media regulatory authorities. The analysis said Initium went to Singapore to avoid the National Security Law, continued to criticise China’s authoritarian politics and sympathise with Hong Kong disruptors, and could encourage Singapore’s media to follow its example.
#星島大棋盤 寫 Initium Media 端傳媒 在蘋果倒閉後把總部搬到新加坡，據報以互聯網搜索服務業務標籤註冊，涉嫌逃避新加坡媒體管理部門監管，#分析指端為規避國安法去新加坡，繼續批評中國威權政治，同情亂港分子，會令新加坡媒體有樣學樣。
27 Mar 2023獨媒#6218
警方批記協未經查證作揣測 指極度遺憾、強烈不滿
The Hong Kong Journalists Association said it had received reports from several news organisations and journalists last week that they had been followed or monitored by unidentified men. The reports included two men loitering outside the reporters’ room at the District Court last Tuesday (21st). Based on the men’s clothing and behaviour, it was suspected that they were plainclothes law enforcement officers. The police said that evening they were extremely regretful and strongly dissatisfied with the HKJA, criticising it for making baseless speculation without verification. They said this not only damaged the reputation of all law enforcement officers, but also undermined the professional image of journalists reporting and commenting on the basis of facts.
記協指上週接獲多個新聞機構及記者反映，遭不明男子跟蹤或監控，包括上周二（21日）兩名男子在區域法院記者室外徘徊，而基於事件中男子的衣著及行為，懷疑兩名男子是便衣執法人員。警方傍晚表示，對記協極度遺憾及強烈不滿，批評未經查證而作出捕風捉影的揣測，不但令所有執法人員聲譽受損，亦破壞新聞工作者以事實為依據作出報道，和評論的專業形象。
27 Mar 2023獨媒#6220
【頸牌遊行】監警會三名身兼立會議員副主席拒電台訪問
Hong Kong saw a “new model” of march yesterday, with police imposing multiple restrictions on about 80 residents opposed to the reclamation of Tseung Kwan O Area 132. These included wearing tags around their necks, limiting the number of participants, requiring the march to stay within taped boundaries, and separating the marchers from the media. IPCC member Clement Kam Wing Chan said on a radio programme this morning that the neck-tag arrangement was “understandable”, as the police had to consider whether the march might have “further developments” or violate the National Security Law, and therefore had to take additional “precautionary measures”. He also said separating the marchers from the media could avoid many unnecessary conflicts, adding that it was “indeed a good thing”.
香港昨出現遊行「新模式」，警方對約80名反對將軍澳132區填海的居民，施加多項遊行限制，包括掛頸牌、限遊行人數、遊行隊伍在膠帶範圍內遊行，並與傳媒分隔開。監警會成員陳錦榮今早在電台表示，「可以理解」掛頸牌的做法，因為警方要考慮遊行「額外發展」或違反國安法，警方要做額外「提防工作」。他又稱遊行市民與傳媒分隔可避免很多不必要衝突，「係好事嚟㖭」。
27 Mar 2023法庭線#6221
《HKFP》法庭記者被跟蹤 警方調查 記協指有男子區院記者室外徘徊
The English-language online news outlet Hong Kong Free Press reported last week that one of its court reporters was followed by two men wearing hands-free earpieces last Wednesday (22nd). The reporter was followed for more than an hour while travelling by MTR from their home to the office. In footage released by HKFP, the reporter questioned one of the men following them. The man did not respond and at one point entered a men's toilet. HKFP reported the incident to the police, who said an investigation was under way.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a statement on Monday (27th) that, besides HKFP, reporters from several media organisations had reported that two men loitered outside the press room at the District Court last week. One of them waited there for more than an hour, and one reporter said the man had attempted to follow reporters as they left the court.
The HKJA said the incidents all involved reporters responsible for covering court hearings. It said it was extremely concerned about the alleged following of the reporters, adding that threats and pressure against the personal safety of journalists, particularly court reporters, would cause the public to worry that their right to conduct interviews was being undermined and would harm press freedom in Hong Kong without bringing any benefit.
英文網媒《Hong Kong Free Press》上周報道，該媒體一名法庭記者上周三（22 日）被兩名戴免提耳機的男子跟蹤，該記者由住所到辦公室，期間乘搭地鐵，被尾隨超過一小時。據《HKFP》發布片段，涉事記者向其中一名尾隨的男子查詢，男子拒回應，又一度走入男廁。《HKFP》就事件報案，指警方回應正進行調查。
香港記者協會周一（27 日）發聲明，指除了《HKFP》外，有多家傳媒的記者反映，上周有兩名男子在區域法院的記者室外徘徊，其中一人守候逾一小時，有記者指該人曾試圖跟隨記者離開法院。
記協指，相關事件均涉及負責報道法庭審訊的記者，對有關記者被跟蹤的情況非常憂慮，指新聞工作者，特別是法庭記者的人身安全受到威脅和壓力，會令社會大眾擔心採訪權利受損，對本港新聞自由百害而無一利。
21 Mar 2023獨媒#6185
《明報》拍攝立場案主控遭警撞開兼辱罵 監警會：判斷唔到
The case against two former senior executives of Stand News is being heard in the District Court. When a Ming Pao reporter attempted to film the prosecutor outside the court while covering the case recently, a national security police officer allegedly shoved the reporter twice and insulted them, saying: “What the f*** are you filming?” Asked about the incident today, Independent Police Complaints Council chair Wong Pui-sze said that without a complaint case, the council would not “know about cases inherently”. Secretary General Mui Tat-ming said it could not comment solely on the basis of the reporter’s account or media reports, concluding: “I cannot determine [what happened].” In addition, the number of complaints against police officers in the first two months rose sharply by 64% compared with the same period last year. The council attributed this to the return to normality after the pandemic, while Mui hoped the public would understand the nature of police work and not hold “unrealistic expectations”.
《立場新聞》兩名前高層被控案件正在區域法院審理，《明報》記者日前在區域法院採訪案件時，欲在法院外拍攝主控官，遭國安警兩度撞開並辱罵「影乜X嘢」。監警會今日被問事件，主席王沛詩稱若未有投訴個案，監警會不會「與生俱來」知悉案件，秘書長梅達明則稱，不能單憑記者口講或報導就評論，他總結：「我判斷唔到」。另外，首兩月投訴警察數字較去年同期急升64%，監警會解釋是疫後復常，梅達明希望公眾明白警察工作性質，勿抱「不設實際期望」。
15 Mar 2023獨媒#6162
AV巨頭片商首次有港人出道 網傳楊潤雄賀文 當局澄清絕無此事 並報警
Japan’s AV industry made a startling announcement today, with prominent production company Faleno Star unveiling the first foreign exclusive female performer in its history: Hong Kong-born Erena (formerly So Hoi-lam). The news reached Hong Kong in the afternoon, prompting online discussion over whether the authorities would issue a congratulatory statement for another Hong Kong performer reaching the international stage. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau did issue a statement that afternoon, but said it had received a report that someone had impersonated Secretary Kevin Yeung and issued a congratulatory press release in his name. The bureau solemnly clarified that no such statement had been issued and said it had reported the matter to police.
日本AV界今日拋下震撼彈，知名片商Faleno Star公布史上首名外籍專屬女優，由土生土長的香港女生絵麗奈（前名素海霖）擔任。消息午後傳到香港，網民討論再有香港演員登上國際舞台，官方會否發稿恭賀。文化體育及旅遊局下午的確發稿，不過指收到舉報有人假冒局長楊潤雄名義發出恭賀新聞稿，嚴正澄清絕無此事，並已報警處理。
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