6 Feb 2024獨媒#2946
警方確認通緝周庭 未回答國安處要求北上是否屬實
A press conference at which police reviewed Hong Kong’s overall security situation in 2023 was originally scheduled for last week but was postponed until today after the government published its consultation document on Article 23. Reporters again asked about former Demosisto member Chow Ting and former Studentlocalism convenor Chung Hon-lam, both of whom had said they were invited by the National Security Department to travel to the mainland. Chow said she had obtained her passport in exchange for a “mainland tour”. Asked about the legal basis for “travelling to the mainland in exchange for a passport”, Deputy Commissioner of Police Kan Kai-yin only confirmed that Chow was wanted, and again criticised her as “shameful” for fleeing to evade responsibility, saying she would be pursued for life unless she surrendered.
警隊回顧2023年香港整體治安狀況的記者會原定上周舉行，由於政府公布23條諮詢文件而押後至今日。有記者再追問，前香港眾志成員周庭及前學生動源召集人鍾翰林均曾表示，曾被國安處邀請回內地，其中周庭更是以「內地遊」換取護照。被問到「北上換護照」的法律理據何在，警務處副處長簡啟恩僅確認周庭被通緝，並再以相同套路批評周庭畏罪潛逃「羞恥」，除非自首否則終生追捕。
3 Feb 2024獨媒#2932
23條立法後會否增加人手？ 蕭澤頤：涉高度機密不便透露
The Government has launched a one-month consultation on legislation under Article 23 of the Basic Law. Asked whether the Police Force would establish a new department after the legislation, or whether the National Security Department would enforce the law and receive additional manpower, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang said the matter involved sensitive information and was highly confidential: “We are not in a position to disclose it here.”
政府推出《基本法》第23條立法諮詢，諮詢為期一個月。被問到在23條立法後，警務處會否增設新部門，或是由國安處執法及增派人手。警務處處長蕭澤頤表示，由於涉及敏感資料，屬高度機密：「我哋就唔方便喺呢度透露。」
17 Jan 2024法庭線#2830
警不展示編號被裁違人權法 警上訴爭議新證據 上訴庭剔除部分、准警再回應
During the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests, officers from the “Special Tactical Contingent Squad” and others did not display their identification numbers. The Hong Kong Journalists Association and injured members of the public brought a judicial review, and then High Court judge Anderson Ka Ming Chow ruled in 2020 that the police’s failure to display officers’ identification numbers breached the Human Rights Act. The police appealed, and a dispute over the grounds of the appeal being dealt with in writing subsequently arose. The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on Wednesday (the 17th). According to the judgment, the Department of Justice argued that the applicants’ allegations of improper implementation concerned individual cases. In response, the applicants relied on new evidence to argue that the breaches were regular rather than isolated incidents. The Department of Justice challenged the applicants’ submission of new evidence under the guise of a response, describing it as an ambush involving new allegations that had not been made at first instance, and asked the court to strike out the new evidence submitted by the applicants. The Court of Appeal ruled that the applicants’ claim that the police breaches were regular went beyond the original allegations and that this part of the new evidence had to be struck out. The judgment also stated that the Department of Justice had not initially specified that the breaches were “individual cases”. The new evidence submitted by the applicants on this point had “some merit”, and, in the interests of fairness, the court allowed the Department of Justice to submit a further written response.
2019 年反修例運動期間，「速龍小隊」等沒有展示警員編號，被記協及受傷市民提出司法覆核，時任高院法官周家明於 2020 年裁定警方不展示警員編號違反《人權法》。警方不服，提出上訴，雙方以書面處理理據再釀爭議，上訴庭在周三（17 日）頒下判詞。
根據判詞，律政司一方提出，申請人指稱執行不當的指控屬個別情況；申請方則援引新證據回應，指違規情況具規律性（regular），並非孤例。律政司質疑申請方藉回應為名，「偷襲」遞交新證據，提出原審時未曾作出的新指控，要求法庭剔除申請方遞交的新證據。
上訴庭裁定，申請方就警方違規具規律性一說，超出原有指控，該部分新證據須剔除。判詞又指律政司一方起初並沒指明違規屬於「個別情況」，而申請方就這一點提交的新證據「有一定道理」，並為公平起見，批准律政司一方再遞交書面回應。
10 Jan 2024獨媒#2794
警員語文試成績出爐 英文合格率僅27.6% 鄧炳強稱有把關作用
To address recruitment difficulties, the police force introduced a written Chinese and English test for police constable applicants last May. Candidates answer 60 multiple-choice questions in one hour, providing applicants who failed the DSE language subjects with a chance to try again. Secretary for Security Chris Tang told the Legislative Council that, by the end of last year, 87 people had taken the Chinese test and 623 had taken the English test. The pass rates were 49.4% and just 27.6%, respectively. The Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress Edmund Chun Sek Wong expressed concern that the quality of police officers could decline. It also said a mainland visitor had complained on social media that, on New Year's Eve, a police officer had shouted: “If you don't know Cantonese, don't come to Hong Kong!” Tang said the pass rates showed that the written tests served as a “gatekeeper”, and that people who failed the DSE Chinese and English subjects “might not necessarily pass the tests”. Regarding the visitor's allegation, he said that, if true, it was “unacceptable”, as police officers should have a “good and proper attitude” towards members of the public and all visitors. He said police training focused on interpersonal conduct, one's attitude and conduct, and politeness, adding that “safeguards are in place”.
警隊為了解決招聘困難的問題，去年5月引入「警員中英文筆試」，考生一小時答60條選擇題，為DSE語文科「肥佬」的投考者提供翻身機會。保安局局長鄧炳強在立法會表示，截至去年底有87人考中文筆試，623人考英文筆試，結果前者合格率是49.4%，後者更只有27.6%。民建聯黃俊碩擔心警員質素下降，又指有內地旅客在社交媒體投訴，於除夕夜遭警員罵「唔識廣東話就唔好嚟香港啦！」鄧炳強表示合格率反映筆試「守門口」作用，DSE中英文不合格的人，「都未必過到測試」。對於旅客的指控，他稱若屬實是「不能接受」，因為警員對市民和任何遊客都要有「良好正確態度」，他指警員訓練重點包括待人接物、做人處世態度、有禮貌，「係有保障喺度」。
5 Jan 2024光傳媒#2774
港警嚴厲譴責《自由亞洲電台》有關陶輝報道：不應提供平台給罪犯發布失實言論
Hong Kong police issued a statement on social media yesterday (the 4th), saying that a Radio Free Asia report published on the 3rd of this month, headlined “Foreign ‘Leading Figure’ in Suppression of Anti-Extradition Bill Protests Rupert Dover Retires; Hui Chi-fung Urges Him to Explain the Decision to Fire on 12 June,” was seriously inaccurate. The report said that Rupert Dover, who was regarded during the anti-extradition bill protests as the “leading figure in the suppression by force,” was about to retire, and interviewed former Legislative Council member Hui Chi-fung, who urged Dover to explain the “decision” to deploy tear gas on 12 June 2019. Police expressed strong dissatisfaction with and strongly condemned the report.
香港警察昨（4日）於社交媒體發布聲明，指《自由亞洲電台》於本月3日一篇題為「鎮壓反送中外籍『主將』陶輝退休 許智峯促交待612開槍決定」的報道嚴重失實，該報道指在反修例事件中被視為「武力鎮壓主將」的陶輝（Rupert Dover）即將退休，並訪問了前立法會議員許智峯，許促陶輝交待2019年6月12日放催淚彈的「決定」。警方對此報道表達強烈不滿及嚴厲譴責。
14 Dec 2023獨媒#2671
警國安處新通緝5人 另拘4人涉訂閱捐助羅冠聰許智峯網上平台
Ten days after former Demosisto member Agnes Chow announced that she was going into exile in Canada, the police’s national security department held a press conference today and announced an updated wanted list including Cheng Man-kit, Hui Wing-ting, Laam Siu, Johnny Ka Chi Fok and Tony Ming Da Choi, with a HK$1 million reward offered for each. Police also arrested four online platform subscribers, alleging that they had subscribed to the accounts of Nathan Law and Ted Hui for nearly three years, with amounts ranging from HK$10,000 to HK$120,000. They were suspected of violating the offence under the National Security Law of “providing financial assistance to others to commit secession”.
前香港眾志成員周庭10日前宣布流亡加拿大，警方國安處今日召開記者會，並在會上公布更新通緝名單，包括鄭文傑、許穎婷、邵嵐、霍嘉誌、蔡明達，每人依樣懸紅100萬元。此外警方亦拘捕4名網上平台訂閱者，指他們訂閱羅冠聰及許智峯帳戶接近有3年，金額1萬至12萬元不等，指各人涉嫌違反《國安法》中「資助他人實施分裂國家罪」。
13 Dec 2023光傳媒#2661
警察福利基金捐款銳減 高位1.79億跌至759萬 反修例運動以來最少
The Secretary for Security submitted the Police Welfare Fund’s 2022–23 annual report to the Legislative Council today (13th). Donations to the fund fell by nearly 60% year on year, from HK$18.68 million to HK$7.59 million, the lowest since the 2019 anti-extradition bill movement. At its peak, the fund received donations exceeding HK$100 million for two consecutive years. In the current year, the fund reduced spending on some items, with “employee relations expenses” falling by nearly 80%, from HK$14.30 million in the previous year to about HK$3.29 million.
保安局局長今（13日）向立法會提交警察福利基金2022至23年度年報，基金收到捐款按年銳減近6成，由1,868萬元下跌至759萬元，是自2019年反修例運動以來最低。在高峰期，基金曾連續兩年收到過億元捐款。今個年度基金減少部分項目支出，例如「員工關係開支」銳減近8成，由上一年度花費1,430萬元，急跌至約329萬元。
8 Dec 2023獨媒#8781
警員稱被反警人士斬傷 入稟向警務處索償4百萬 其中150萬為私家精神科治療費
Late on 30 August 2019, an off-duty police officer was slashed with knives by three people at a bus stop outside the Goodrich Garden shopping centre opposite Kwai Chung Police Station. He was admitted to the intensive care unit for a period. A year later, police offered a HK$600,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. Nearly three years later, the officer filed a claim last year in the High Court against the Commissioner of Police, alleging negligence and breach of statutory duty, which resulted in him being assaulted by people opposed to the police during the anti-extradition bill protests. The case came before the High Court today (8th) for a checklist review hearing. It was disclosed in court that the officer’s claim amounted to HK$4.09 million, including HK$1.5 million in fees for consultations with private psychiatrists. Master Angela Sin Yee Kot questioned that the doctor’s report did not mention that the officer needed to switch to consultations with private doctors. She said that if this expense was not included as one of the heads of claim, the total claim would fall to HK$2.46 million, which would be within the jurisdiction of the District Court. The Master also said that it was common knowledge that patients had to wait for months or even years for treatment at public hospitals. The Master adjourned the case to 14 March next year for further directions from the plaintiff.
2019年8月30日深夜，一名休班警員於葵涌警署對開的好爵中心巴士站，被3人用刀斬傷，一度留醫深切治療部。警方一年後懸紅60萬通緝疑犯。事隔近3年，該警員去年入稟高等法院向警務處處長索償，指其涉疏忽及違反法定責任，導致他被反修例事件中反對警察人士襲擊。案件今（8日）在高院進行核對列表審核聆訊。庭上透露警員的索償金額為409萬，其中150萬為他向私家精神科醫生求診的費用。聆案官葛倩兒質疑，報告中醫生沒有提及警員需要轉為向私家醫生求診，她認為若然這項費用不被列作索償項目之一，整體索償額將會下降至246萬，並是區域法院可以處理的範圍。聆案官又指，公眾都知道公立醫院需輪候數月以至年計。聆案官將案押後至明年3月14日再訊，以待原告方索取指示。
25 Nov 2023獨媒#8698
區選日票站將至少兩名警員駐守 蕭澤頤：大家一定要投票
The District Council election will be held in two weeks. On polling day, police will station at least two officers at every polling station, step up patrols at strategic locations and deploy plain-clothes officers to look out for suspicious people. Rapid response units in each police district will also be on standby. Following calls from several senior officials and Legislative Council members, Commissioner of Police Chris Tang also urged members of the public to vote: “Everyone, on 12.10, everyone go and support this vote. Everyone must vote!”
區議會選舉兩星期後進行投票，投票當日警方將在每一個票站安排至少兩名警員駐守，並在策略性地點加強巡邏及調派便裝警員查看可疑人士，各警區的快速應變部隊亦會候命。繼多名主要官員和立法會議員發聲，警務處處長蕭澤頤同呼籲市民踴躍投票：「大家12.10，大家去支持呢個投票。大家一定要投票！」
24 Nov 2023獨媒#8697
YouTuber「大J」稱曾眾籌助反修例被捕者離港 警譴責稱依法追查逃犯下落
YouTuber “Big J” uploaded a video last week admitting that he had crowdfunded 300,000 under the name “I Want to Eat Salad” to help people arrested for taking part in anti-extradition bill protests leave Hong Kong. Police said they would not comment on the remarks of any individual, but condemned any attempt to evade legal responsibility. They said they would, based on the actual circumstances of the cases, trace the whereabouts of all fugitives through different lawful means and apprehend them to face justice.
YouTuber 「大J」上周上傳影片，承認其曾以「我想食沙律」的名義衆籌30萬，協助曾參與反修例示威被捕人士離港。警方表示，不評論個別人士的言論，但譴責任何企圖逃避法律責任的行為。警方會根據案件實際情况，依法循不同途徑追查所有逃犯的下落，將其緝拿歸案。
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