16 Dec 2025法庭線#7695
黎智英罪成候判 特朗普稱曾要求習近平釋放黎 外交部斥外國政府打著人權自由幌子抹黑
Jimmy Lai, 78, is the oldest defendant prosecuted under the National Security Law. He has been remanded in custody for five years and was found guilty on Monday (15th) of conspiracy to collude with external forces and other offences. His children have repeatedly said publicly that their father’s health is deteriorating and that he does not have much time left, and have called on foreign governments to help secure his release. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (16th), Hong Kong time, that he was “very saddened” by Lai’s conviction, and said he had asked President Xi Jinping to release him. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also urged that Lai be released on humanitarian grounds.
The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong criticised foreign governments for “making irresponsible remarks”, saying that “certain countries and politicians have long used the guise of ‘human rights’ and ‘freedom’ to smear Hong Kong’s rule of law, in an attempt to undermine Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Separately, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom summoned a British diplomat and made “serious representations” over the British foreign secretary’s remarks on Lai’s case, saying that “Britain’s colonial rule over Hong Kong ended long ago, and the British side has neither the right nor the qualification to make irresponsible remarks about or interfere arbitrarily in Hong Kong affairs.”
現年 78 歲的黎智英，是《國安法》下最年長被告，至今已還押 5 年，周一（15 日）被裁定串謀勾結外力等罪成。其子女多次對外表示父親身體惡化、時日無多，要求外國政府協助他獲釋。美國總統特朗普在香港時間周二（16 日）表示，對黎被定罪「感到非常難過」，又稱自己曾要求國家主席習近平釋放黎智英。美國務卿盧比奧亦促基於人道考慮釋放黎智英。
外交部駐港公署批評外國政府「說三道四」，指「個別國家和政客，長期以來打著『人權』『自由』幌子抹黑香港法治，妄圖破壞香港繁榮穩定、干涉中國內政。」另外，外交部駐英大使約見英國外交官，就英外相對黎案發言提出「嚴正交涉」，指「英國對香港的殖民統治早已結束，英方沒有權利、沒有資格對香港事務說三道四、橫加干涉。」
16 Dec 2025法庭線#7696
採訪期間阻差罪成囚5天 陳朗昇提定罪及刑罰上訴 官容後頒判詞、陳續准保釋
Former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Chan Long-sing was jailed for five days after being convicted of obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty. In September 2022, while covering a meeting of owners of Long Ping Estate in Yuen Long at MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok as a reporter for Channel C, Chan was arrested after allegedly refusing to show his identity card to police officers. Chan appealed against both his conviction and sentence. The case was heard in the High Court on Tuesday (16th). Acting Judge Wong Sze-lai said judgment would be handed down later, and Chan could remain on bail in the meantime.
The appeal argued that, apart from the possibility of protests at the scene, and Chan having crossed the road diagonally, the police could not prove that Chan had objectively appeared suspicious at the time of the incident and therefore had no power to stop and search him. The respondent argued that the case should be considered in the broader circumstances, saying there could have been protests at the owners’ meeting and that, when Chan was stopped, a man carrying a black backpack was beside him and might have been heading to a protest. The police therefore had reasonable grounds to stop and search Chan. Regarding the appeal against sentence, the appellant hoped the court would consider replacing the sentence with a community service order. The respondent replied that Chan had shown no remorse and did not meet the requirements for such an order.
前記協主席陳朗昇 2022 年 9 月，以「Channel C」記者身分，赴旺角麥花臣場館採訪元朗朗屏邨業主大會時，被指拒向警員出示身份證被捕，經審訊後被裁定阻差辦公罪成，被判囚 5 天。陳不服定罪及刑罰提出上訴，案件周二（16 日）在高等法院聆訊。暫委法官王詩麗指，會容後下判詞決定，期間陳可繼續保釋。
上訴方認為，除案發時有機會有人示威、陳曾打斜過馬路，警員不能證明，陳案發時客觀地有可疑，警員沒權截查陳。答辯方則指要從大環境觀看案件，稱業主大會有機會有人示威，陳被截查時身旁有一名男子，孭黑色大背囊，有機會前往示威，警員是合理截查陳。另就刑罰上訴，上訴方希望法庭可以考慮改判社服令。答辯方則回應指，陳沒有悔意，不符合社服令要求。
16 Dec 2025集誌社#7697
李家超述職｜習近平「充分肯定」工作 是否獲支持連任？ 特首：將來工作將來想
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu reported for duty to President Xi Jinping this afternoon (the 16th). At the start of the meeting, Xi “fully affirmed” the work of Lee and the HKSAR Government, saying that Lee had “shouldered responsibility and pursued progress proactively, firmly safeguarded national security” and successfully held the eighth-term Legislative Council election. He described Hong Kong as having “taken new steps from governance to prosperity”. He also expressed condolences to those who died in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, and conveyed sympathy to the victims’ families and affected residents.
Lee told the media at the Beijing Office in the evening that during the meeting he had clearly briefed Xi on support for affected residents and the establishment of an independent commission to ascertain the truth and pursue accountability to the end. The President expressed recognition of the work, and instructed and stressed that implementation “needs to be continuously and vigorously pursued”. Asked whether being fully recognised for his work meant that he had Xi’s support to seek re-election, Lee said: “We’ll think about future work in future, but today we must certainly do our work well.”
行政長官李家超今（16 日）下午向國家主席習近平述職。習近平在述職開始時，「充分肯定」李家超和特區政府工作，指他「勇於擔當、積極進取，堅定維護國家安全」和成功舉行第八屆立法會選舉，形容「香港由治及興邁出新步伐」；他又對大埔宏福苑火災罹難者表示哀悼，慰問遇難者家屬和災民。
李家超晚上在駐京辦會見傳媒表示，匯報期間清晰向習近平報告支援災民、成立獨立委員會查出真相問責到底，主席對工作表示認同，又指示和強調工作「需要持續抓緊落實」。被問及工作被充分認同，是否獲支持連任？李家超稱「將來工作將來想，但今天一定要做好」。
16 Dec 2025法庭線#7698
黎智英罪成候判 判詞指黎了解IPAC運作、供詞不可信 IPAC發聲明指從未合作
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday (15th) in his national security case. During the trial, Lai testified that he did not know the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). The judge cited reports, messages and Twitter posts in rebuttal, saying Lai understood how IPAC operated and had received information about its activities through its founder, and found Lai not credible. (See report.)
IPAC said in a statement that Lai had been wrongly accused of participating in its activities, and that an IPAC member had even been listed as a co-conspirator in the case. It stressed that the organisation had never worked with Lai and condemned the verdict as unjust. The HKSAR Government said in a statement on Monday that, after the conviction judgment in the Lai case was handed down, various US and Western countries, anti-China media outlets, organisations and politicians had completely disregarded the rule of law and made various untrue and defamatory statements, expressing strong dissatisfaction and opposition.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英國安案，周一（15 日）被裁定罪成。黎在審訊供稱不認識「對中政策跨國議會聯盟」（IPAC），法官引述報道、訊息、Twitter 帖文反駁，指黎了解 IPAC 運作，並透過創辦人收到活動資料，裁定黎不可信。（見報道）
IPAC 發聲明指，黎被錯誤指控曾參與 IPAC 的活動，甚至有 IPAC 成員在案中被列為串謀者，強調組織從未與黎合作，譴責裁決不公。特區政府周一發稿指，多個美西方國家、反華媒體、組織及政客，在頒下黎智英案定罪判決後，完全無視法治精神，作出種種失實言論和污衊抹黑，表示強烈不滿和反對。
16 Dec 2025集誌社#7699
蘋果案裁決｜政府強烈譴責記協為黎智英洗白：混淆視聽，污衊特區
Jimmy Lai, founder of the former Next Digital group, was convicted of three offences, including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said yesterday (15th) that it was extremely disappointed by the verdict, claiming that Lai and the Apple Daily editorial staff had been imprisoned because of their journalistic work, causing “irreversible harm to Hong Kong’s press corps.” In a statement this morning, the HKSAR Government strongly condemned the HKJA and a number of anti-China foreign media outlets for “misleading the public and whitewashing Jimmy Lai.” It criticised the HKJA, saying that its lack of credibility and legitimacy, while styling itself as a representative of the journalism sector, was “despicable”; that it had deliberately conflated the Jimmy Lai case with press freedom; and that it had used different cases to sensationalise and denigrate the human rights and rule-of-law situation, thereby smearing the HKSAR. It described this as “an extremely despicable political operation.” The HKJA’s post can currently no longer be displayed on Facebook.
前壹傳媒集團創辦人黎智英被裁定串謀勾結外國勢力等三罪罪成，香港記者協會昨（15日）表示對裁決表示極度遺憾，指黎智英和《蘋果》編採人員因新聞工作身陷囹圄，是「對香港新聞界造成不可逆轉傷害」。特區政府今早發稿強烈譴責記協和一眾反華外媒，「誤導公眾及為黎智英洗白」，批評記協無公信力和認受性而自詡為新聞界代表「令人不齒」，故意將黎智英案與新聞自由混為一談，借不同案件炒作詆譭人權和法治狀況，污衊香港特區，「是極度卑劣的政治操作」。記協的帖文內容目前已未能在 Facebook 顯示。
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」。
16 Dec 2025法庭線#7702
平屋控大坑西邨未遷出居民案 九旬居民敗訴 官下令交出單位管有權
Tai Hang Sai Estate in Shek Kip Mei is to be demolished and redeveloped. Civilian Housing Company Limited, which built and manages the estate, brought civil proceedings against several residents who refused to move out. Judge Kam Tsuen Chan handed down a judgment on Tuesday (the 16th) in the case involving one resident in her 90s, ordering her to surrender possession of the flat.
The judgment said the defendant questioned why Ping Uk, a non-profit organisation that had received substantial concessions from the government, had to keep confidential the profits from the redevelopment. She also argued that Ping Uk’s process for considering former tenants’ eligibility to return was not transparent and had no appeal mechanism, and that Ping Uk was unregulated and had abused public power. The judge, however, held that regardless of whether Ping Uk made a profit and whether it was required to account to the government, neither constituted grounds for a tenant to refuse to return possession of the property after the tenancy had expired. The court therefore ruled in favour of Ping Uk.
石硤尾大坑西邨將清拆重建，興建與管理該邨的「平民屋宇有限公司」，民事控告多名拒絕遷出的居民，法官陳錦泉周二（16 日）就其中一名九旬居民的案件頒下判詞，下令居民須交出單位管有權。
判詞指，被告質疑「平屋」為非牟利機構，得到政府大量優惠，卻要保密重建所得的利潤，而且「平屋」審理舊租戶回遷資格的過程不透明，沒有上訴機制，認為「平屋」沒有監管，濫用公權。惟法官認為，無論「平屋」賺取利潤與否，是否需向政府交代，都不構成租客在租約期滿後，不交回物業管有權的理據，裁定「平屋」勝訴。
16 Dec 2025法庭線#7703
黎智英罪成候判 15政策局、6紀律部隊發文支持裁決
Jimmy Lai, who has been remanded in custody for five years, was found guilty on Monday (the 15th) of conspiracy to collude with external forces and other offences. The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, the Liaison Office, the Office for Safeguarding National Security, Chief Executive John Lee and others responded in turn, criticising Lai as “shameful” and “vicious”. Several bureau secretaries and all six disciplined services also issued statements supporting the verdict.
Of the 15 policy bureaux, all except Secretary for Security Chris Tang, who spoke to reporters on Monday, issued statements on social media. The longest post, by Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Pui-yin, was 1,100 Chinese characters long. It referred to how, during the late Qing period, “the invasions and plunder of China by many countries left the people unable to make a living ... These historical events have enabled us in later generations to understand the importance of safeguarding national security.”
The Government Flying Service said the judgment demonstrated the spirit of the rule of law and that it would continue to work closely with the disciplined services to safeguard national security. The Correctional Services Department said it would take strict precautions to prevent prisons from becoming bases for “anti-China and destabilise Hong Kong” activities.
已還押 5 年的黎智英周一（15 日）被裁定串謀勾結外力等罪成，港澳辦、中聯辦、國安公署、特首李家超等先後回應，批評黎智英「可恥、歹毒」，另外多名司局長、6 支紀律部隊均有發文支持裁決。
15 個政策局中，除保安局局長鄧炳強周一已見記者回應，其餘 14 個政策局均透過社交媒體發文，當中以公務員事務局局長楊何蓓茵的帖文最長，達 1,100 字，提到晚清時期「多國侵華掠奪令民不聊生⋯這些歷史事件，讓後世的我們明白維護國家安全的重要。」
另外，飛行服務隊指判決彰顯法治精神，會繼續與各紀律部隊緊密合作，維護國家安全。懲教署則指會嚴防監獄成為「反中亂港」基地。
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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