15 Dec 2025法庭線#7683
黎智英被裁罪成 黎崇恩籲英將父親獲釋視為中英緊密關係前設 黎采憂父健康
Jimmy Lai was found guilty of conspiracy to collude with external forces and other offences. His son, Sebastien Lai, and the “International Legal Team” held a press conference in the United Kingdom to respond to the verdict. Sebastien Lai said his father’s case was an example of the National Security Law being “weaponised against dissidents”, and urged the British government to make his father’s release a precondition for establishing closer relations with China.
The “International Legal Team” also published a statement online by Lai’s daughter, Claire Lai. She said she had witnessed her father’s deteriorating health over the past few years and that “we are extremely worried about how much longer he can endure”. She said she hoped the United States would continue to apply pressure “so that my father can return to his family and recover peacefully”.
The Foreign Ministry said it urged foreign countries to respect China’s sovereignty and Hong Kong’s rule of law and “must not interfere in any form”. Secretary for Security Chris Tang said allegations that Lai had not received appropriate services “are all lies”.
黎智英被裁定串謀勾結外力等罪成，兒子黎崇恩及「國際法律團隊」在英國召開記者會回應裁決。黎崇恩稱父親的案件是「《國安法》被武器化，對付異見人士」的例子，呼籲英國政府應把父親獲釋，作為與中國建立更緊密關係的前設。
「國際法律團隊」亦在網上刊出黎智英女兒黎采的聲明，黎采指過去幾年目睹父親健康惡化，「我們非常擔心他還能承受多久」。她稱期望美國能繼續施壓，「讓父親得以回到家人身邊，安靜地康復。」
外交部指，敦促外國尊重中國主權，尊重香港法治，「不得以任何形式干預」。保安局局長鄧炳強指，指稱黎得不到適切服務的指控「全是謊言」。
15 Dec 2025明報#7684
持火災標語闖馬場賽道 男子涉擾亂秩序被捕
During the Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse yesterday, a man carrying a placard bearing phrases including “Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po” and “Step Down” entered the track near the finish line while seven horses, including Romantic Warrior, were competing in the eighth race, the Longines Hong Kong Cup. He was immediately tackled and restrained by Jockey Club staff. They remained in place and took him away only after the horses had crossed the finish line. Both the man and the horses were safe. Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said he understood the man had grievances over the fire, but that his actions endangered the safety of both people and horses and were extremely dangerous. He said the Club might station one security guard every 50 metres along the track in future. The 2,000-metre Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup was held at about 4.45pm, with seven horses taking part, including former Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior. As the horses approached the final straight, the man entered the track from near the finish line. A suited staff member immediately tackled him, while other staff joined in to restrain him and collected the placard. The race was not stopped. The Jockey Club said it had referred the matter to police for investigation and would not comment. Police arrested the 59-year-old man on suspicion of causing disorder in a public place. The case was being followed up by the Sha Tin district crime squad.
沙田馬場昨日舉行香港國際賽，包括「浪漫勇士」在內7匹名駒競逐第八場浪琴香港盃期間，一名男子手持寫有「大埔宏福苑」及「落台」等字句的標語，在接近終點線位置闖入賽道，隨即被馬會人員撲倒制服，眾人留在原地，待馬匹衝線後始將男子帶離，人馬皆安全。馬會行政總裁應家柏稱理解男子對火災有訴求，但行為危害人馬安全，非常危險，日後或安排每50米派一名保安駐守賽道。
應家柏：或每50米一人守賽道
浪琴香港盃2000米一級賽昨午約4時45分舉行，有7駒參賽，包括前香港馬王「浪漫勇士」。當7駒鬥到接近最後直路時，一名男子從近終點線位置闖入賽道，一名穿西裝人員立即上前將他撲倒在地，其他職員亦加入制止並撿走標語，過程中賽事沒中止。馬會回覆本報稱已交警方調查，不會評論。警方以涉嫌公眾地方內擾亂秩序行為，拘捕該名59歲男子，案件交沙田警區重案組跟進。
15 Dec 2025法庭線#7685
47人案｜無綫播趙家賢出獄後專訪 稱由修例風波至初選「背後有人操控」
In the democratic primary election case involving 47 people, Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, who pleaded guilty and became a prosecution witness, was found by the court to be a “principal offender” and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment after a sentence reduction. It was reported earlier that he had received a remission of his prison sentence, making him the first defendant in the case to be released early. TVB aired an interview with Chiu after his release on Monday. He appeared noticeably thinner, with the voice-over saying that he had “lost 60 pounds”.
Recalling 2019, Chiu said in the interview: “From the extradition bill controversy to the riots and then to the primary election case, it was actually all part of the same playbook. There were people with ulterior motives manipulating it behind the scenes.” He also said: “At the time, Uncle Deng [referring to Deng Xiaoping] put it very figuratively: the development of democracy has to proceed step by step; trying to achieve it too quickly will prevent its achievement. That was exactly what happened in 2019.”
Chiu also said he wanted to sincerely apologise to the country, Hong Kong and the general public for having “challenged the HKSAR Government and the country’s constitutional order” in the primary election case.
民主派初選 47 人案中，選擇認罪、成為控方證人的趙家賢，被法庭裁斷為「首要分子」，經減刑後判監 7 年，早前有報道指他獲獄中減刑，成為案中首名提早獲釋的被告。《無綫》周一播出趙家賢出獄後的專訪，畫面所見趙明顯清減，旁白指他「瘦咗 60 磅」。
趙在訪問中回憶 2019 年，稱「修例風波去到暴亂，去到初選案，其實整體係一個套路，背後係有啲別有用心嘅人士 ，喺後面操控住佢」，又稱「當時鄧伯伯（指鄧小平），係好形象化咁樣講，民主嘅發展係要一步一步走，欲速則不達，2019 年正正就係咁樣」。
趙又稱，要為自己在初選案中「衝擊咗特區政府，以及係國家嘅憲制秩序」，向國家、香港及市民大眾誠摯道歉。
15 Dec 2025法庭線#7686
16歲男生認「串謀分裂」 官指為「積極參與者」參與「建國聯」運作判囚42個月
Three men, alleged to be members of the Hong Kong Democratic Nation-Building Alliance and to have promoted “Hong Kong independence”, were charged with conspiracy to secede under the National Security Law. The boy admitted the charge earlier and was sentenced on Monday (the 15th). He was 15 at the time of the offences and is now 16. Between November 2024 and July this year, he promoted the Nation-Building Alliance and the “Hong Kong Parliament election” on social media. Phone records also showed that he took part in the Alliance’s internal discussions and told its founder that he intended to establish an “intelligence department” for the Alliance to collect information about the Hong Kong Police.
In sentencing, Judge Stanley Chan said the defendant was in the category of an “active participant”. Although the posts published by the defendant received little response, “a single spark can start a prairie fire, and the court must extinguish it before it starts a prairie fire”; the only way to do so was to impose a heavy sentence. The judge also said the court considered that the defendant was not young and inexperienced, and that he was clear-minded and mature. The court did not accept his autism as a mitigating factor and sentenced him to 42 months’ imprisonment.
3 名男子被指是「香港民主建國聯盟」成員、推動「港獨」，被控《國安法》下「串謀分裂國家」罪，男生早前承認控罪，周一（15 日）判刑。其中案發時 15 歲，現 16 歲男生，在 2024 年 11 月至今年 7 月期間，在社交媒體宣傳「建國聯」、「香港議會選舉」。電話紀錄另顯示，他參與「建國聯」的內部討論，亦曾向「建國聯」創辦人稱，有意為「建國聯」成立一個「情報部門」，以收集香港警察資料。
法官練錦鴻判刑時指，被告屬於「積極參與者」的級數。雖然被告發布的貼文反應不多，但「星星之火，可以燎原，法庭必須在未燎原（前）將之消滅」，而惟一方式是重罰。官又指，法庭認為被告不是少不更事，且頭腦清晰、成熟，不接納被告以患有自閉症為減刑理由，遂判處 42 個月監禁。
15 Dec 2025香港人權資訊中心#7687
回應黎智英案裁決
On December 15, Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance delivered its verdict on three charges against Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai: conspiracy to collude with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious publications. It found him guilty. Lai has been held in custody since December 31, 2020, and has spent more than 1,800 days in prison.
The Hong Kong Human Rights Information Centre issued the following response to the verdict in the Jimmy Lai case:
“The court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai completely violates the protections for freedom of expression and freedom of the press under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the ‘Covenant’), and constitutes a serious infringement of fundamental human rights in the name of national security.”
12月15日，香港原訟法庭就壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被控「串謀勾結外國勢力危害國家安全罪」及「串謀發布煽動刊物罪」共三項控罪作出裁決，裁定罪名成立。黎智英自2020年12月31日被收押至今，已在獄中逾1800日。
香港人權資訊中心就黎智英案裁決作出以下回應：
「法庭對黎智英的定罪完全違反《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》（《公約》）對言論自由及新聞自由的保障，是以國家安全之名對基本人權的嚴重侵害。
15 Dec 2025集誌社#7688
蘋果案裁決．旁聽師｜逾百人庭外排隊 懷疑排隊黨提早 24 小時進駐 內地生首次旁聽
Former Next Digital Group founder Jimmy Lai, three companies of Apple Daily and six editorial staff members were charged with offences including conspiracy to collude with a foreign country and conspiracy to publish seditious publications. The case is the first trial involving the offence of conspiracy to collude with a foreign country and spans five years. The verdict was delivered at 10 a.m. today (15th) at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. At around 8 a.m., more than 100 people were already queuing outside the court. Police stepped up deployment and patrols, but positions approximately 2 to 60 were suspected to have been taken by “queueing gangs”, leading court observers to believe they could only enter the overflow courtroom.
“Auntie”, who has attended hearings for years, said she had originally planned to queue outside the court at 11 a.m. yesterday, but found dozens of suspected queueing-gang members already there when she arrived. “I really regret not coming earlier. I’m very disappointed,” she said. She hoped that Jimmy Lai, whose health has deteriorated, could be released to receive medical treatment. A mainland student attending a hearing for the first time said he had followed Hong Kong current affairs since 2019 and described the direction Hong Kong had taken today as not what he wanted. Commenting on Apple Daily, he said its existence in the past had failed to help resolve conflicts between Hong Kong and the mainland, but added: “After all, it was a media outlet. It might have been anti-China or anti-Communist—whatever the case, its very existence was already an expression of freedom of speech.”
前壹傳媒集團創辦人黎智英、與《蘋果日報》三公司、六名編採人員被控「串謀勾結外國勢力」、「串謀發布煽動刊物」等罪；本案是首宗勾結外國勢力罪的審訊，案件橫跨五年，今早（15日）10 時於西九龍裁判法院頒下裁決。早上約八時，已有逾百人在庭外排隊等候，警方加強部署和巡查，不過約第 2 至 60 位都懷疑被「排隊黨」佔據，旁聽師相信只能進入延伸庭。
旁聽多年的「姨婆」說，昨日原來預計 11 點到庭外排隊，未料到場時已有數十名懷疑排隊黨，「都好後悔我自己唔早啲嚟，好失望」，她期望身體狀況變差的黎智英可獲釋就醫。有首次旁聽的內地生說，自 2019 年後一直關心香港時事，形容今日的香港發展非他所願。他又評價《蘋果》指，過去其存在沒能幫助化解中港矛盾，然而「畢竟一個媒體，可能佢反中、反共，點都好，存在本身已經係一種言論自由嘅表現。」
15 Dec 2025追光者#7689
蘋果案︱多個國際組織發聲明 批法治淪喪憂黎智英死在獄中
Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, was found guilty, prompting multiple international and human rights organisations to issue statements condemning what they described as an unjust verdict by the Hong Kong government. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) said the case involved a retaliatory and “preordained verdict” that trampled on the rule of law and amounted to a political prosecution. Several organisations said it was an important moment for governments, particularly those of the United States and the United Kingdom, to pressure Beijing to release Lai. Some also expressed concern about Lai’s physical condition and feared that he could die in prison.
Luke de Pulford, co-founder and executive director of IPAC, said on social media today (15th) that if recent reports about Lai’s health were accurate, “he very likely could die in prison”. He said Lai was not a criminal and could have chosen to leave Hong Kong, but did not do so. This, he said, was “a considered decision, a conscious act of self-sacrifice”. De Pulford said Lai used his profile “to show the world what the Chinese Communist Party truly is”.
壹傳媒創辦人黎智英被判罪成，多個國際及人權組織發聲明，譴責港府判決不公。其中「對中政策跨國議會聯盟」指，這場是帶有報復性、且「預定好的判決」，踐踏法治，是政治審判。多個組織並認為，現在是多國政府特別是美國及英國，向北京施壓，要求釋放黎智英的重要時刻，有人亦憂慮黎智英的身體狀況，會死在獄中。
IPAC共同創辦人：黎智英自我犧牲向世界揭示中共真面目
「對中政策跨國議會聯盟」（IPAC）共同創辦人暨執行董事裴倫德（Luke de Pulford）今（15日）在社交平台表示，如果近期有關黎智英健康狀況的報道屬實，「他很可能會死在獄中」。他認為黎智英不是罪犯，本身可以選擇離開香港，但他沒有，「這是一個深思熟慮的決定，是一種有意識的自我犧牲」。裴倫德指黎智英利用自身影響力，「向世界揭示中共的真面目」（ use his profile to show the world what the Chinese Communist Party truly is）。
15 Dec 2025法庭線#7690
青年被控男廁寫煽動字句 認損壞財產否認煽動 庭上指涉案字眼曾見於「唐英傑案」
An 18-year-old youth was accused of writing seditious words on three occasions in a men’s washroom at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui in July this year. On Monday (15th), at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, he pleaded guilty to three counts of “destroying or damaging property” and not guilty to one count of “doing one or more acts with seditious intention”.
Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak adjourned the case to 23 February next year for a pre-trial review. The defendant may remain on bail under the existing conditions. The magistrate directed the defence to decide as soon as possible whether it would dispute the wording involved. The prosecution and defence must decide before the pre-trial review whether to call expert witnesses, while the prosecution must first deal with the agreed facts for charges other than the sedition charge. The court was told that the wording had previously appeared in the Tong Ying-kit case. The defence also said it would challenge at trial the voluntariness of the cautioned statement and the video-recorded interview, among other matters.
18 歲青年被指今年 7 月，三度於尖沙咀中港城男洗手間內寫上煽動字句。他周一（15 日）在西九龍裁判法院承認 3 項「摧毀或損壞財產」罪，並否認一項「出於煽動意圖作出一項或多項具煽動意圖的作為」罪。
總裁判官蘇惠德將案件押後到明年 2 月 23 日作審前覆核，被告可以原有條件保釋。官要求辯方盡早決定會否爭議涉案字眼，而控辯雙方需在審前覆核之前，決定會否就此傳召專家證人，控方則要先處理除「煽動」罪以外的同意案情。庭上透露，相關字眼曾出現在「唐英傑」案。另外辯方指，審訊時會爭議警誡口供、錄影會面的自願性等。
15 Dec 2025集誌社#7691
蘋果案裁決｜鄧炳強指案件與新聞自由無關：「利用新聞報道作幌子、行禍港之實」
The verdict in the Apple Daily case was delivered today (15th), with Jimmy Lai found guilty of three charges involving conspiracy to incite subversion and collusion with foreign forces. Secretary for Security Chris Tang told reporters in the afternoon that he directly rebutted claims that someone had been jailed for journalistic work, stressing that the case was unrelated to press freedom. He said Lai had merely “used news reports as a cover to carry out acts harming Hong Kong” over many years, adding that “his conduct is shameful and his evil must be punished”. Tang also criticised Lai for having consistently treated young people as tools, saying that his “remaining value” today was merely to be used by the West to smear Hong Kong and China. He also urged Western politicians and media to ask themselves honestly: “If it were your children who had been incited and had to bear the legal consequences, what would you think?”
蘋果案今日（15日）裁決，黎智英三項串謀煽動及勾結外國勢力罪成。保安局局長炳強下午見記者，他點名反駁記者指稱有人因新聞工作而身陷囹圄，強調案件與新聞自由無關，又指黎智英只是多年來「利用新聞報道作幌子、行禍港之實」，是「其行可恥，其惡當懲」。他又斥責黎智英一直視年輕人為工具，到今日其「剩餘價值」只是被西方用來抹黑香港和中國，又要求西方政客、媒體撫心自問，「如果被鼓動、要承受法律後果嘅係你嘅仔女，你會點諗呢?」
15 Dec 2025集誌社#7692
蘋果案裁決｜黎智英罪成 記協：造成不可逆轉傷害 國際人權、新聞組織同聲批評
Jimmy Lai, the former founder of Next Digital, was found guilty of three offences, including conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. Chief Executive John Lee said the law did not allow people of any profession or background to harm the country under the guise of human rights, democracy or freedom. Li Kwai-wah, Senior Superintendent of the National Security Department, said Lai’s conduct had nothing to do with press freedom: “It was manufacturing news and promoting political objectives.”
The Hong Kong Journalists Association, international press organisations and human rights groups also issued statements in response to the verdict. The HKJA expressed extreme regret, describing it as “irreversible harm to Hong Kong’s journalism sector”. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Amnesty International also criticised the verdict. CPJ described the conviction as a “shameful act of persecution”, while Amnesty International said the ruling “sounds the death knell for press freedom in Hong Kong” and stressed that Lai must be released immediately and unconditionally.
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，特首李家超指法律不容任何職業或背景人士，假借人權、民主、自由之名傷害國家，國安處總警司李桂華則指黎的行為和新聞自由無關，「係製造新聞，推動政治目的」。
記協、國際新聞和人權組織，亦發聲明回應裁決。記協對裁決表示極度遺憾，形容是「對香港新聞界造成不可逆轉傷害」。保護記者委員會(CPJ) 及國際特赦組織亦發聲明批評， CPJ 形容定罪是「可恥的迫害行為」，後者則指裁決「為香港新聞自由敲響喪鐘」，組織強調黎必須立即、無條件獲釋。
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