Cardinal Joseph Zen, Arrested in 612 Fund National Security Case and Ordered to Surrender Passport, Allowed to Leave Hong Kong for Pope Francis’s Funeral
涉「612基金」國安案被捕、被收護照 陳日君獲法庭准離港赴教宗方濟各葬禮
Pope Francis died at the Vatican on Monday. The secretary to Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, emeritus bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, confirmed to The Witness on Friday (25th) that Zen had been granted court approval to temporarily retrieve his passport and had departed for the Vatican. He does not yet have a date for his return to Hong Kong. Zen and five others linked to the 612 Fund were arrested in 2022. The Police National Security Department said they were suspected of violating a “collusion” offence and cited Schedule 2 of the Implementation Rules, requiring them to surrender their passports. Zen was granted court approval to temporarily retrieve his passport in early 2023, when he travelled to the Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI.
教宗方濟各（Pope Francis）周一在梵蒂岡逝世。天主教香港教區榮休主教陳日君樞機的秘書，周五（25 日）向《法庭線》確認，陳經法庭批准暫時取回護照，並已啟程前往梵蒂岡，暫未有返港日期。 陳日君與「612基金」另 5 人於 2022 年被捕，警方國安處指他們涉違「勾結」罪，引用實施細則附表二，要求眾人交出護照。陳曾經於 2023 年初獲法庭批准暫時取回護照，他當時赴梵蒂岡出席教宗本篤十六世的喪禮。