19 Dec 2023光傳媒#2693
星島獨家：黎智英申海外證人視像作供被拒 法庭駁：沒有收到申請
Sing Tao Daily exclusively reported last Friday that Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, had applied to give evidence by video link from overseas, but that the application had been rejected by the court. Oriental Daily News and ET Net subsequently reported the matter, while Ta Kung Wen Wei Media cited the report on Weibo and criticised Lai for attempting to internationalise the national security case. However, High Court judge Esther Toh clarified yesterday that she had not received the relevant application. As of 3pm today, Sing Tao had amended its original report, while the Weibo posts by Oriental Daily News, ET Net and Ta Kung Wen Wei Media had not been corrected.
《星島日報》上周五獨家報道，指《壹傳媒》創辦人黎智英申請海外證人視像作供，被法庭拒絕。隨後《東方日報》、《經濟通》亦有報道，《大公文匯網》就在微博引述該報道，批評黎智英試圖將國安案件國際化。不過，高等法院法官杜麗冰昨澄清，沒有收到相關申請。截至今日下午3時，《星島》已修改原來報道內容，《東方》、《經濟通》和《大公文匯網》的微博仍未改正。
6 May 2023法庭線#6412
《法庭線》就《立場》被指煽動案中鍾沛權36日作供作出整合
The trial of Stand News, charged with conspiracy to publish seditious publications, is the first prosecution of a media organisation for sedition since 1997. The trial began in October 2022 and has lasted 52 days so far. Former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen completed 36 days of testimony in early April. The other defendant, former acting editor-in-chief Lam Siu-tung, will not testify or call witnesses. The case has been adjourned until 19 June for closing submissions.
The issues covered in Chung’s testimony were wide-ranging. In addition to the articles in the case, they included the special publication “Lizhi”, journalistic principles, newsroom operations, his personal political stance, and his thoughts and experiences as he faced Stand News’ final struggles. During cross-examination and re-examination, the prosecution and defence each submitted more than 200 new documents. Defence counsel Audrey Eu said in court at one point that although the public believed the case involved more than 100 articles, she clarified that there were only 17 articles in the case.
How did the prosecution argue that the articles were seditious? Why did both sides submit so many new articles? And what did news mean to Chung Pui-kuen? The Witness has compiled the key points from Chung’s testimony over the course of the trial to help readers follow its progress.
《立場新聞》被控「串謀發布煽動刊物罪」，為 1997 年後首宗傳媒被控煽動案的審訊，2022 年 10 月開審至今歷 52 日審訊，前總編輯鍾沛權在 4 月初完成 36 日作供。另一被告、前署任總編輯林紹桐不作供亦不傳召證人，案件押至 6 月 19 日結案陳詞。
鍾沛權作供所牽涉的議題眾多，除了涉案文章，還有特刊《立誌》、新聞原則、編輯室運作、個人政治立場，以及他面對《立場》最後掙扎的心路歷程。控辯雙方在盤問、覆問期間，分別呈遞逾 200 份新文件，辯方余若薇一度在庭上表示，外界以為本案涉及百篇文章，她澄清涉案文章只有 17 篇。
究竟控方如何指控文章煽動？控辯雙方為何呈遞多篇新文章？在鍾沛權眼中，新聞又是怎樣一回事？《法庭線》整理鍾沛權連日供詞重點，讓讀者更易掌握審訊進展。
10 Aug 2020獨媒#753
黎智英及多名壹傳媒高層被指涉勾結外國勢力被捕 大批警員搜查壹傳媒大樓
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai and six others were arrested at their residences on suspicion of violating Article 29 of the Hong Kong National Security Law, involving “collusion with foreign forces”, as well as other criminal offences. They were taken to Kowloon City Police Station in the morning. A large number of police officers have entered the Next Digital building to conduct a search.
「壹傳媒」創辦人黎智英等7人，被指涉嫌違反《港區國安法》第29條的「勾結外國勢力」及其他刑事罪名為由在住所被捕，眾人早上被送到九龍城警署。大量警方現已進入壹傳媒大樓搜查。
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