16 Nov 2023法庭線#8654
7.21非白衣人案｜監察CCTV兩警多次匯報聚集、打鬥 警區覆「得啦」、「處理緊」
The prosecution successively called two plainclothes officers stationed at Yuen Long Station to monitor CCTV to testify. Based on the evidence given in court so far, the two officers repeatedly reported gatherings and fights to the Yuen Long Police District operations room. The earliest report was made shortly after about 9:30pm that night, when a sergeant noticed that “there were more people, and more gatherings”, and made a report. After 10:30pm, he noticed fighting and reported it more than 10 times.
The other officer testified that at around 10pm he “saw people in white shirts carrying sticks and shields” entering the station. When chasing and fighting broke out at 10:40pm, he made a report. At about 10:48pm, he reported again after seeing many people gathered in the middle of the concourse and several white-shirted people outside the turnstiles. The two officers quoted several replies from the operations room, including: “We know, that’s enough, OK?” and “We know, we’re handling it.”
During defence questioning, reports cited by the officers stated that three uniformed police officers arrived at the station at 10:52pm. They found about 100 white-shirted people “shouting and calling for a fight”. The three officers withdrew after requesting assistance. According to earlier evidence in court, the Rapid Response Team was instructed to go to Yuen Long Station at around 11pm and arrived about 15 minutes later. The case continues on Friday.
控方先後傳召駐元朗站監察閉路電視的兩名便衣警作供。綜合目前庭上證供，兩人多次向元朗警區行動室匯報聚集、打鬥，最早一次匯報是當晚約 9 時半後，警長指留意到「人群多咗，聚集多咗」，遂作匯報；至 10 時半後 ，他發現有打鬥，曾匯報逾 10 次。
另一警員則供稱，10 時許「見到白衫揸棍揸牌」進站，至 10 時 40 分有追逐、打鬥發生，遂作匯報；約 10 時 48 分，大堂中間有多人聚集，閘機外有多名白衣人，他再匯報。兩警引述行動室數次回覆，分別稱「我哋知道㗎啦，得啦 OK 啦」、「知道我哋處理緊」等等。
據辯方盤問時引述警員匯報，10 時 52 分有 3 名軍裝警到站，當時發現已約 100 白衫人「叫囂、喊打」，3 人求援後撤退。據早前庭上證供，快速反應部隊約 11 時獲指示前往元朗站，約於 15 分鐘後到達。案件周五續。
14 Nov 2023法庭線#8644
7.21非白衣人案｜快速應變部隊指揮官：無印象警員曾匯報 站內多人叫囂喊打
Under questioning by the defence, Lee said he was instructed at about 11 p.m. that night to go to the station to provide assistance, but did not remember the actual content of the instruction. He led his team to arrive at about 11:15 p.m. The defence noted that MTR had made two calls for police assistance that night, reporting fights, and that a uniformed officer who had attended the scene had reported observing about 100 white-shirted people shouting and calling for violence. Lee said he had no recollection of these matters.
The defence played CCTV footage which it said showed that, before the police reached the concourse via the escalator at Exit G, white-shirted people left via the adjacent escalator but subsequently turned back. Lee identified himself as the white-shirted officer leading the group up the escalator, but said he had not noticed anyone nearby at the time, nor noticed that they were carrying sticks and wearing gloves. “When I was running, I was looking at the steps because I was afraid of falling, so I couldn’t see what was beside me.”
Lee subsequently agreed that, when he was instructed to go to the scene, he already knew that many white-shirted people had gathered, and therefore more than 20 officers had to be deployed. He also agreed that they might have engaged in violent acts. The defence further said that, as Lee went up the escalator, he was holding his police baton against his shoulder, indicating that he believed they needed to remain on guard; Lee agreed. The case continues on Wednesday.
辯方盤問下，李稱當晚約 11 時接指示到站協助，但稱不記得指示的實際內容，而他帶隊約 11 時 15 分到場。辯方問及港鐵當晚曾作出兩個報警求助，指有人打鬥，而有曾到場的軍裝警匯報亦提及觀察到約 100 名白衫人士叫囂、喊打；李均稱無印象。
辯方播閉路電視片段，指顯示警沿 G 出口扶手電梯到達大堂前，有白衫人從旁邊的扶手電梯離開，但其後調頭。李認出自己是帶頭走上電梯的白衫警，但指當時沒留意到旁邊有人，亦無留意他們持棍、戴手套，「我跑嗰時望住啲梯級驚跌親，所以側邊啲嘢我睇唔到。」
李其後同意，獲指示到場時，已知悉有不少白衣人聚集，故需派出 20 名以上的警員，又同意他們有可能有暴力行為。辯方又指，李走上扶手電梯時手持警棍放膊頭，顯示他認為要有戒備狀態；李同意。案件周三續。
13 Nov 2023法庭線#8641
7.21非白衣人案｜元朗站主任：曾向車站警務室求助 軍裝警着「照程序做」求助
Senior station management officer E, who was granted anonymity, testified that at 10:43 p.m. that night, he saw from the control room’s CCTV that more than 10 people were arguing near Exit F. As he “felt it was more serious”, he called the police room at the station for help. A uniformed police officer subsequently went to the station control room and told him to “follow procedure”, after which he notified the MTR Operations Control Centre and requested that the police be called.
E confirmed that two plainclothes police officers had been monitoring the CCTV in the control room since the afternoon. As he did not know their mission, he said he “would not disturb them”. During cross-examination, the defence asked whether the plainclothes officers had reacted when the dispute occurred. E said, “Not according to my recollection.” E also said that from 10:56 p.m. that night, he was busy answering calls in the control room, so he was unaware of the situation in the station and did not notice the plainclothes officers. The case will continue on Tuesday.
獲准匿名的高級車站管理主任 E 供稱，當晚 10 時 43 分，從控制室的閉路電視看到 F 出口附近約有 10 多人爭執，因「覺得比較嚴重」，遂致電站內警務室求助，一名軍裝警員其後到車站控制室，著他「照程序做」，他遂通知港鐵車務控制中心，要求報警。
E 確認，由下午開始控制室內有兩名便衣警監察閉路電視，由於他不知兩人的任務，故「唔會騷擾」。辯方盤問時問，當爭執事件發生，便衣警有否反應？E 指，「我記憶中就無」。E 又指，當晚 10 時 56 分起開始在控制室忙於接聽電話，故不清楚站內情況，亦無留意便衣警。案件周二續。
10 Nov 2023獨媒#8632
警擴大巡邏範圍至公共運輸 籲巴士乘客「不要覺得奇怪」
Police said the West Kowloon Region will launch a trial scheme on the 15th of this month to expand the daily patrol areas of uniformed officers to the public transport system, in order to prevent crime, maintain public order and ensure public safety. The Mong Kok and Yau Tsim Police Districts’ Facebook pages also uploaded videos saying that people should not be surprised if they see police officers on buses.
警方表示，西九龍總區將於今月15日起推行試行計劃，擴大軍裝人員日常巡邏範圍至公共運輸系統，以防止罪案發生，維持公共秩序及確保公眾安全。警方旺角及油尖警區的Facebook都上載影片，指如果大家在巴士上見到警察，千萬不要覺得奇怪。
3 Nov 2023法庭線#8596
7.21非白衣人案｜元朗站經理供稱 當日安排兩警5時起駐站監察 警兩天前提出
The Yuen Long Station manager testified that police had requested, on 19 July—two days before the incident—that two plain-clothes officers be stationed at the station to monitor it from 5pm on 21 July. He also saw two plain-clothes officers from Tin Shui Wai Police Station in the control room that evening. Asked by the defence whether officers could clearly see what was happening inside the station via closed-circuit television, he said he "could not answer for them", but confirmed that the CCTV system could monitor the situation.
The Independent Police Complaints Council report stated that police had set up "police observation posts" at four MTR stations, including Yuen Long, that day, observing from the railway operations control rooms and reporting any abnormal situations directly to the Yuen Long District Operations Room.
A station management officer also testified that he did not know the purpose of the police room at the station, but said he "saw police from time to time". He agreed that he arrived late for work that evening because of traffic problems, and saw dozens of people in white shirts walking down from the platform to the concourse. There were broken umbrellas, plastic bags and clothing on the platform floor at the time, but he did not see any dispute or fighting. The case was adjourned for one week and will resume on 13 November.
元朗站經理供稱，警方於事發兩日前，即 7 月 19 日，要求安排兩名便衣警於 7 月 21 日下午 5 時開始駐站監察。他當晚在控制室亦看到兩名天水圍警署便衣警。辯方問，警員可否透過閉路電視清楚看到站內發生的事？他稱「代唔到佢哋答」，但確認閉路電視可監察情況。
翻查監警會報告，警方當日於元朗等 4 個港鐵站設立「警方觀察哨站」，指「在西鐵站內的車務控制室觀察 ，並直接向元朗警區行動室匯報任何異常情況。」
另車站管理主任供稱，他不知道站內警務室有何作用，但指「久唔久見到有警察」。他又同意，當晚因交通問題而遲到上班，看到數十名穿白衣人士由月台向下行往大堂，當時月台地上留有爛傘、膠袋及衣服，但看不到爭執或打鬥。案件將押後一周，至 11 月 13 日續。
27 Oct 2023法庭線#8549
7.21非白衣人案｜綜合警長證供：案發日前已知鄉事吹大雞、穿白衣用藤條
Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting and six other “non-white-shirted men” are charged with rioting at Yuen Long Station on 21 July 2019. The trial entered its ninth day at the District Court on Friday (27th). The prosecution witness, then a sergeant with the Yuen Long Police Community Relations Office who spoke to Lam by phone on the night of the incident, completed two consecutive days of testimony.
According to the sergeant’s evidence over the two days, before 21 July he had learned from Facebook and other media that “a group of black-clad people would enter Yuen Long”. He also knew that white-shirted people in the rural community had “sounded the rallying call”, and would wear white shirts and use rattan sticks. He said he also knew the number mobilised would be “somewhat large”, but did not know how they would “defend their homes”. The sergeant further agreed that “sounding the rallying call” was in principle unlawful, and that he had reported it to his superiors.
Under cross-examination, the sergeant confirmed that he was a Yuen Long indigenous resident and is currently one of the village heads in Ha Tsuen Heung. The defence asked him in turn whether he knew Tang Ying-ban, “Fei Tin Nam” and Wong Sei-chuen. He said he had not been in contact with villagers from the village to which Tang belonged, only learned of “Fei Tin Nam” on the night of the incident, and had no impression of Wong. The case continues next Monday.
前立法會議員林卓廷與另外 6 名「非白衣人」，被控 2019 年 7 月 21 日在元朗站暴動，周五（27 日）在區院展開第九天審訊。控方證人、事發當晚曾與林卓廷通電話的時任元朗警民關係組警長，完成一連兩日作供。
綜合警長兩日供詞，他在 7 月 21 日前已在 FB 及其他媒體知悉「有黑衣人組織入元朗」，亦有白衣人「鄉事吹大雞」，將會穿白衫、用藤條。他稱，亦知悉動員人數「稍多」，但指不知他們以何方法「保衛家園」。警長又同意「吹大雞」原則上犯法，他有向上司匯報。
盤問下，警長確認自己為元朗原居民、現為廈村鄉其中一村長。辯方先後問他是否認識鄧英斌、「飛天南」及黃四川；他稱沒與鄧所屬鄉村的村民連繫、直至事發當晚才知「飛天南」，以及對黃沒印象。案件下周一續。
12 Oct 2023獨媒#8475
疑披露西灣河開槍警資料 私隱公署拘24歲男子涉網上起底
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said it arrested a 24-year-old man in Kowloon today on suspicion of doxxing a police officer and the officer’s family and disclosing their personal data without their consent, in suspected breach of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. The man is currently being detained for investigation. The office said the case involved someone offering a “wanted” bounty on a social media platform in July this year for a police officer who was on duty during the 2019 anti-extradition bill movement. People subsequently commented and posted the officer’s and the officer’s family members’ personal data and photographs.
私隱專員公署表示，今日在九龍拘捕一名24歲男子，涉嫌對警員及其家人「起底」，並在未得當事人同意下披露其個人資料，涉違反《私隱條例》，該男子現時被拘查。私隱專員公署指，事件涉及今年7月有人在一個社交媒體平台懸紅「通緝」一名在2019年反修例運動執勤的警員，其後有人留言及貼上該警反其家人的個人資料和相片。
10 Oct 2023明報#8471
紓人手荒 鐵路警區擬明年初解散 400警調地面巡邏 前線憂影響反恐
Amid manpower shortages in the Police Force in recent years, this newspaper learned from more than three sources that the police are planning to disband the 38-year-old Railway Police District, with nearly 400 officers to be reassigned to various ground districts to assist with frontline patrols, possibly as early as the beginning of next year. The Railway Police District’s routine patrol duties are initially planned to be handled by mobile units and the Police Tactical Unit deployed by the ground districts where MTR stations are located. Some frontline officers said the MTR is an important transport hub in Hong Kong and that the Railway Police District plays a role in counterterrorism, so it should not be disbanded hastily. Legislative Councillor Michael Tien of Roundtable was concerned that if the Railway Police District were disbanded without corresponding additional manpower to handle related offences, it could affect the maintenance of railway security in future, although he believed law enforcement agencies had other ways to do so. Asked whether the Railway Police District would indeed be disbanded, the police said yesterday that they would not comment on individual reports.
警隊近年人手緊張，本報綜合多於3個消息來源，警方擬解散有38年歷史的鐵路警區，近400名警員將調至地面各警區協助前線巡邏，最快明年初實行。原有鐵路警區日常巡邏任務，初步擬由各港鐵站所在地面警區調配機動部隊及衝鋒隊兼顧。有前線警員認為港鐵為本港重要交通樞紐，鐵路警區在反恐具一定角色，不應貿然解散。實政圓桌立法會議員田北辰擔心若鐵路警區解散後無增撥相應人手應付相關罪行，或影響日後維持鐵路安全，惟相信執法部門仍有其他方法。至於鐵路警區解散是否屬實，警方昨稱不評論個別消息。
8 Aug 2023法庭線#8160
涉發布西灣河開槍警資料 男子認藐視法庭囚28日緩刑一年 官：提控屬過度延誤
On 11 November 2019, a traffic police officer fired a live round at a male student in Sai Wan Ho. A 34-year-old man was accused of disclosing on Facebook the personal information of the officer who fired the shot and his family, accompanied by the words “Don’t share! By all means don’t share!”, in breach of an injunction prohibiting doxxing. He earlier pleaded guilty to contempt of court and was sentenced to 28 days’ imprisonment, suspended for one year.
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday (8th), Judge Ko Wai-man said the defendant was not a public figure and would not attract much attention. Given his good character, the judge believed this was an isolated incident and not the most serious case of its kind. The judge noted that the defendant had been arrested after the incident and subsequently granted bail, and had not been subject to further criminal investigation, so it was understandable that he expected the matter to have ended. The judge said the Department of Justice’s decision to bring the prosecution two years later amounted to excessive delay and had caused the defendant stress, accepting this as a mitigating factor.
2019 年 11 月 11 日，一名交通警在西灣河以實彈射擊一名男學生。34 歲男子被指在 Facebook 披露開槍警及其家人的個人資料，並附上「唔好傳！千祈唔好傳！」字眼，涉違反「起底」禁制令。他早前承認藐視法庭，被判監禁 28 日，緩刑一年。
法官高浩文周二（8 日）頒布判詞指，認為被告非公眾人物，不會引起太多關注，加上品格良好，相信今次只是單一事件，亦非同類案件中最嚴重。法官提到，被告事發後一度被捕，其後獲准保釋，亦沒有接受進一步刑事調查，可理解他預料事件已告一段落。官指，律政司事隔兩年提控，屬過度延誤，亦為被告帶來壓力，接納此為求情因素。
8 Aug 2023獨媒#8164
香港紀律部隊到加拿大參賽遇示威 陳國基：外國勢力死心不息
A 350-member Hong Kong disciplined services delegation encountered protests criticising the Hong Kong Police Force while taking part in the World Police and Fire Games in Canada last month. A Canadian legislator also objected to Hong Kong disciplined services personnel being allowed to enter the country. The delegation returned to Hong Kong this afternoon. In a speech at the welcome ceremony, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan criticised the actions as an attempt to politicise and stigmatise an international sporting event, saying they were infuriating. He also said the incident showed that foreign forces remained “relentless and seized the opportunity to create disorder”, defaming and provoking Hong Kong’s disciplined services, wantonly smearing and attacking Hong Kong, and attempting to damage the city’s international image and stability. Chan highly commended the delegation for remaining calm and composed in the face of adversity and responding steadily, saying it had used practical action to tell Hong Kong’s story well to the world.
香港350名紀律部隊人員，上月到加拿大參加世界警察及消防運動會期間，遇上示威批評香港警察，並有加拿大議員不滿容許香港紀律部隊人員入境。紀律部隊代表團今日下午抵港，到場迎接的政務司司長陳國基致辭時批評，有關行為企圖將國際體壇盛事政治化及污名化，令人憤慨，又稱事件證明外國勢力仍然「死心不息，趁機作亂」，詆毁及挑釁香港紀律部隊，肆意抹黑及攻擊香港，企圖破壞香港國際形象及穩定。他亦高度肯定代表團臨危不亂，沉着應對，以實際行動向世界說好香港故事。
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