13 Sept 2024集誌社#4041
滋擾記者｜記協、獨媒等15 機構 記者及家人收恐嚇信 記協憂政府管有資料遭洩漏
The Hong Kong Journalists Association held a press conference today to give an account of harassment incidents targeting journalists in recent months and a related investigation. The investigation found that at least 13 media organisations, the HKJA and two journalism education institutions, involving several dozen people including journalists, their family members, or their family members’ employers, landlords or partner organisations, had been subjected to various forms of harassment and threats. Complaints were sent to the home addresses of some people or the workplaces of their family members, while at least 36 people were publicly named online and accused of working illegally; some faced violent threats.
The HKJA strongly condemned attempts to obstruct and intimidate journalists from carrying out their work through threats and harassment. It said it believed the conduct was not directed at individual journalists but systematically targeted the journalist community. The HKJA was concerned that personal data held in government databases had been leaked. The HKJA and at least three journalists had reported the matter to the police, while two journalists had lodged complaints with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, and it called on law enforcement agencies to investigate.
Under Secretary for Security Michael Hau Yip Cheuk responded that Hong Kong is a society governed by the rule of law and no one should be threatened or harassed. He also said there had so far been no report of a leak from government databases, adding, “I don’t know why the HKJA has made this allegation.” Hong Kong Customs issued a serious clarification in the evening, saying that it monitored and inspected inbound and outbound passengers and others through risk assessment and intelligence analysis. It said personal mobile phone numbers were not collected during customs clearance and stressed that it would ensure all actions complied with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
香港記者協會今召開記者會，交代近月針對記者滋擾事件及相關調查。調查發現，至少 13 間媒體和記協、兩間新聞教育機構，約數十人，包括記者、其家人或家人僱主、業主或合作機構等，受不同方式滋擾和恐嚇，部分人的家庭住址或家人工作地點收到投訴，也有至少 36 人在網上被「點名」指工作違法，部分暴力恐嚇。
記協強烈譴責有人試圖用威脅及滋擾等手段妨礙及嚇退記者工作，相信有關行為非針對個別記者，而是有系統地針對記者群體。記協擔憂政府管有的個人資料庫洩漏，記協和至少三名記者已報警、兩名記者已向私隱專員公署投訴，呼籲執法部門調查。
保安局副局長卓孝業回應事件指，香港是法治社會，任何人不應受威嚇或騷擾，又指暫時無政府資料庫泄漏報告，「唔知道為何記協點解有呢個指控」。香港海關晚上嚴正澄清，指透過風險評估及情報分析，對進出境旅客等進行監控及查驗，進行清關工作時不會收集旅客個人手機號碼，強調會確保任何行動符合私隱條例要求。
13 Sept 2024Channel C#4046
記協指最少 15 記者家人或其僱主被不同方式滋擾及恐嚇 主席鄭嘉如本人及2兩家人亦收到 Meta 維基助查已封一用戶
HKJA chair Cheng Ka-yee said today that large-scale, systematic harassment targeting journalists had been discovered in recent months. The harassment included doxxing the addresses of journalists and their family members, followed by large numbers of complaint letters containing complaints or objectionable content being sent to the workplaces or partner organisations of the journalists or their family members. The names or personal information of at least 36 journalists also appeared in Facebook posts or graphics expressing hatred towards journalists. HKJA earlier complained to Facebook’s parent company Meta and the Wikimedia Foundation. After investigations by the two companies, it was found that one Wikimedia user had used multiple accounts to post journalists’ personal information in Wikimedia articles. The person has since been banned by Wikimedia. HKJA has made an initial identification of the person and has reported the harassment to the police and complained to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. It does not rule out taking legal action after establishing the person’s user identity.
記協主席鄭嘉如今天表示，近月發現大規模、系統性針對記者的滋擾事件，包括先「起底」記者及其家庭成員的住址，又投寫大量投訴或不容內容的投訴信至記者或其家人的工作機構、合作機構。另外最少有 36 名記者的姓名或個人資料，出現在 facebook 一些仇視記者的帖文或製圖，記協早前向 facebook 母公司 Meta 及維基百科基金會投訴，兩間公司展開調查後，發現一名維基用戶同時以多個帳號，在維基條目張貼記者個人資料，該人現已被維基封禁，記協初步掌握該人士的身份，並已就滋擾事件報警及向個人資料私隱專員公署投訴，不排除掌握其用戶身份後採取法律行動。
12 Sept 2024ReNews#4040
《棱角》陷財困告急 若未能籌集資金 年底將停刊
Liu Zu-di, known by the nickname “Lam Chau Ba” and wanted by Hong Kong police for allegedly endangering national security, spearheaded the founding of online media outlet The Points in January 2023 and serves as its executive director. The outlet said in a post today that it is facing an urgent financial crisis and will cease publication on 31 December if it cannot raise sufficient funds.
被香港警方指涉嫌危害國家安全通緝，綽號「攬炒巴」的劉祖廸，23 年 1 月牽頭創立網上媒體《棱角》，並擔任執行總監，該媒體今日發文稱陷入財困告急，若未能籌得足夠資金，將於 12 月 31 日停刊。
6 Sept 2024Channel C#4028
香港《大紀元時報》印刷廠無法續約 中秋節後停印紙本
Hong Kong’s The Epoch Times announced that it will publish its final issue on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The company explained that its printing plant’s lease had expired and could not be renewed.
The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times said on its website and social media this afternoon (6th) that, due to the printing plant’s lease expiring without renewal and various other factors, it had “decided to temporarily suspend printing and distribution of the daily newspaper”. Hong Kong’s The Epoch Times will publish its final newspaper issue on the Mid-Autumn Festival, 17 September 2024, while its website will continue to operate.
香港《大紀元時報》宣布，將於中秋節發行最後一期。該公司解釋因為印刷廠租約到期，但無法續約。
《大紀元時報》今午（6日）在官網及社交媒體指「印刷廠租約到期無法續約」及各種因素，已「決定暫時停止印刷和日報報紙的發行」，「香港《大紀元時報》將於2024年9月17日中秋節發行最後一期報紙」，但網站將會繼續運作。
24 Aug 2024Channel C#3942
《紐約時報》稱國安展覽如操縱歷史 港府反駁斥內容偏頗顛倒是非 強調參觀者絡繹不絕
The New York Times published a report yesterday (23rd) describing the Hong Kong Museum of History’s latest national security exhibition as “Remake Hong Kong”. It said the exhibition made no mention of the force used by police during the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests, and quoted scholars as describing it as “History Manipulation”. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government issued a statement last night criticising the report as untrue, misleading and biased, and expressing strong dissatisfaction. It described the New York Times report as a typical example of hypocrisy and double standards, putting the cart before the horse and reversing right and wrong. It also said the exhibition was suitable for people of all ages, visitors were flocking to it, and attempts by external forces to smear it would never succeed.
美國《紐約時報》昨日（23日）發表報道，形容香港歷史博物館的最新國安展覽是「重塑香港」（Remake Hong Kong），稱其沒提及警方在2019年反修例示威中使用的武力，並引述學者形容展覽屬「歷史操縱」（History Manipulation）。特區政府昨晚發稿，批評報道不實、誤導、內容偏頗，表示強烈不滿，形容《紐約時報》的報道屬典型的虛偽雙標、本末倒置、顛倒是非，並稱展覽老少皆宜，參觀者絡繹不絕，任何外部勢力試圖詆毀都絕不會得逞。
23 Aug 2024獨媒#3935
初中宗教科指引設「明辨媒體」 鄧飛：確立學生「求真」意識
The newly revised curriculum guide for junior secondary religious education will be implemented for Secondary One students from the new school year. In addition to helping students understand, develop and practise a sense of national identity, religious studies teachers will also teach them “media discernment”. Some religious figures, however, believe the topic appears to be directed at the media and that “information discernment” would be more appropriate. Tang Fei, vice-president of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers and a Legislative Council member, said on a radio programme that modern religious communication relies heavily on the media, so the curriculum design for “media discernment” serves a purpose and is not targeted at the media. He said all major religions “seek truth”, and believed the guideline aimed to establish such conscious awareness.
新修訂的初中宗教教育課程指引將於新學年中一級開始推行，宗教科教師除了幫助學生認識、培育和踐行國民身分認同等，也要教授他們「明辨媒體」。不過，有宗教人士認為該課題如「衝着媒體而來」，認為改為「明辨資訊」更合適。教聯會副會長、立法會議員鄧飛在一個電台節目表示，現代的宗教傳播大量借助媒體，因此「明辨媒體」的課程設計有作用，並非針對媒體，而各大宗教都「求真」，認為引旨在確立一種自覺的意識。
23 Aug 2024yahoo#3940
彭博記者不獲批香港簽證 外國記者會促入境處提高透明度解釋
Bloomberg journalist 范若伊 (Haze Fan), who was previously detained in mainland China, has been unable to come to Hong Kong for work after her visa application was recently rejected. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) issued a statement on Thursday (22nd) expressing concern over the matter and called on the Immigration Department to improve transparency and explain the grounds for refusing journalists entry.
曾在內地被拘留的彭博社記者范若伊（Haze Fan），近日因簽證申請被拒而未能赴香港工作。香港外國記者會（FCC）周四（22 日）發聲明關注事件，並要求入境處提高透明度，解釋拒絕記者入境的理據。
16 Aug 2024獨媒#3913
明報總編致函專欄作家籲下筆須「知所分寸」 黃照達：大家明白壓力喺邊度
Ming Pao Editor-in-Chief Lau Chung-yeung recently wrote to columnists for the newspaper’s Times section, asking them to “help us out” and exercise greater caution in their writing. He stressed that commentary must be based on accurate facts, and that writers must know where to draw the line and comply with the law, “otherwise there is no guarantee that a crisis might not descend one day”. Ming Pao political cartoonist Wong Chiu-tat said on the radio this morning that he fully understood the newspaper’s difficult situation. He considered the newspaper’s supplements to have literary and artistic qualities, while political cartoons were freewheeling creative works that inherently involved “crossing the line”. He also admitted that over the past two years he had avoided drawing on current-affairs and political topics, saying, “Everyone understands where the pressure comes from.”
《明報》總編輯劉頌陽日前致函時代版專欄作者，提到懇求作者「幫我們一把」，下筆時務必多一分謹慎，並強調評論要建基於準確事實，同時要知分寸和守法，「否則難保說不定哪天危機會降臨」。《明報》其中一位專欄漫畫家黃照達今早在電台表示，深明《明報》處境困難，他認為該報的副刊具文學藝術特質，而政治漫畫是天馬行空創作，本身屬「踩界」。他亦坦言近兩年避畫時事政治題材，「大家明白壓力喺邊度」。
10 Aug 2024Channel C#3895
鄧炳強轟傳媒「副刊專欄作家」抹黑政府 強調編輯僅提示無意煽動不能免責
Secretary for Security Chris Tang, as the officiating guest, attended a reception yesterday (9th) marking the 36th anniversary of Yazhou Zhoukan, part of the Ming Pao Group, and spoke about media ethics. Without naming any outlet, Tang criticised some media supplement columnists for “frequently publishing biased articles” that mislead readers. He also said some articles had “long-termly” glorified protesters between the lines and smeared the HKSAR Government. He warned that merely reminding readers beside a column that the work was not intended to incite hatred could not exempt editors from responsibility, and said he hoped the media would not become a platform for spreading confusing and misleading remarks.
保安局局長鄧炳強昨日（9日）以主禮嘉賓身份，出席明報集團旗下《亞洲週刊》36周年酒會，提到傳媒操守。鄧炳強不點名批評有傳媒副刊專欄作者「經常發表偏頗文章」誤導讀者，亦有文章「長期在字裡行間」美化示威人士、抹黑特區政府，警告若只在專欄旁提醒作品無意煽動仇恨，不能免除編輯的責任，希望傳媒不要成為散播混淆視聽言論的平台。
21 Jun 2024獨媒#3716
政府批RFA將換舊身份證炒作成打壓港人陰謀 鄧炳強稱明白撤出原因：佢哋有犯法意圖
Radio Free Asia (RFA), which withdrew from Hong Kong after being named and criticised in February this year, published a report yesterday (20th) titled “Hong Kong government ‘threatens’ Hongkongers to return and replace their identity cards as soon as possible—what are the consequences if overseas Hongkongers do not replace them?” The government issued a press release this evening, accusing RFA of maliciously distorting the government’s policies and measures and turning its call for citizens to replace their smart identity cards as soon as possible into “a so-called conspiracy to suppress Hong Kong people”. After attending a meeting this evening, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung criticised RFA for distorting the facts and attempting to incite distrust and hatred of the government among the public. He condemned RFA as “wearing the cloak of the media” while actually endangering national security and Hong Kong’s security, and said he “finally understood” why RFA withdrew from Hong Kong: “They intended to break the law and believed that staying in Hong Kong would mean breaking the law, so they had to leave.”
今年2月被點名批評後撤出香港的自由亞洲電台（RFA），昨（20日）發布一篇題為〈港府「威嚇」港人盡快回港換身分證 海外港人不換會有後果麼？〉的報導。政府今日傍晚發新聞稿，點名批評RFA惡意曲解政府的政策和措施，將呼籲市民盡快換領智能身份證，「炒作成所謂打壓港人的陰謀」。保安局局長鄧炳強傍晚出席一個會議後，批 RFA 扭曲事實，企圖煽動市民對政府的不信任和憎恨，斥 RFA「披媒體外衣」，實質是危害國家和香港安全，並稱「終於明白」RFA 撤出香港的原因，「就係佢哋有犯法意圖，認為留喺香港就會犯法，所以呢，就要離開。」
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