New sedition offence sentencing: Court attendee complains of being photographed by staff; Judiciary says investigation found allegation untrue
新煽動罪案判刑 旁聽人士投訴遭職員拍攝 司法機構：調查顯示指稱不符事實
The 57-year-old former Social Democratic League member Kim Ho Chow was accused of posting 145 messages on social media last year, including posts saying “Communist Party, go eat shit”. The person pleaded guilty to the “new sedition offence” at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday (8th) and was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment. On the same day, a court attendee complained of being photographed by Judiciary staff during an adjournment. Chief Magistrate Victor So Wai-tak said in court that the incident did not occur during judicial proceedings and suggested that the complainant lodge a complaint with the Judiciary Administrator. A day later, the Judiciary told The Witness that it had conducted an internal investigation into the incident, saying that “the results showed that the allegations were inconsistent with the facts”. It also said that, after the person reported the matter to the police, officers present investigated it on the spot, and the investigation confirmed that the staff member concerned had not taken any photographs.
57 歲社民連前成員周劍豪，被指去年在社交平台，發布涉及「共產黨食屎啦」等 145 則帖文，周二（8 日）在西九龍裁判法院承認「新煽動罪」，被判監禁 12 個月。同日有旁聽人士投訴休庭期間，遭司法機構職員拍攝。總裁判官蘇惠德庭上指，事件非發生在司法程序進行期間，建議事主向司法機構政務長投訴。 事隔一日，司法機構回覆《法庭線》查詢指，已就事件進行內部調查，「結果顯示有關指稱不符事實」，又指「有關人士於報警後，在場警員亦已即場調查，調查結果確認有關人員並沒有拍攝照片」。