19 Sept 2024光傳媒#4058
深度｜傳媒機構「聯同」警方做民調、出報道 資深傳媒工作者憂削媒體公信力 學者質疑合作模式欠透明度
Sing Tao Daily ran a front-page report on the 16th headlined “Hong Kong faces ambushes on all sides: Nine in 10 respondents have encountered scams”. The newspaper collaborated with the police on a “Hong Kong People’s Anti-Scam Awareness Questionnaire Survey” and published follow-up reports. In addition to the main report on the survey findings, there were two accompanying stories: one interviewing a police clinical psychologist about scammers’ “devious tactics”, and another reporting that the police’s anti-scam app had been downloaded 570,000 times. A media worker who previously worked for the newspaper told Light Media that the collaboration model created a poor impression and conflicted with the media’s role. Li Lap-fung, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, said the collaboration model lacked transparency: the content relied entirely on information provided by the police, with no interviews presenting other perspectives, raising questions about the media’s independence.
《星島日報》日前（16日）頭條報道「港十面埋『伏』九成受訪市民曾遇『騙』」，該報聯同警方進行「港人防騙意識問卷調查」，並進行跟進報道，除關於調查結果的主稿，另有兩篇配稿，包括訪問警察臨床心理學家解釋騙徒「蠱惑招數」以及警方「防騙APP」57萬次下載量的報道。曾任職該報的傳媒工作者向《光傳媒》表示，這種合作模式令外界觀感不好，跟傳媒角色存在衝突。中文大學新聞與傳播學院教授李立峯分析，報道的合作模式欠缺透明度，內容完全依照警方提供資料、沒有其他角度的訪問，媒體的獨立性受質疑。
5 Jan 2024光傳媒#2774
港警嚴厲譴責《自由亞洲電台》有關陶輝報道：不應提供平台給罪犯發布失實言論
Hong Kong police issued a statement on social media yesterday (the 4th), saying that a Radio Free Asia report published on the 3rd of this month, headlined “Foreign ‘Leading Figure’ in Suppression of Anti-Extradition Bill Protests Rupert Dover Retires; Hui Chi-fung Urges Him to Explain the Decision to Fire on 12 June,” was seriously inaccurate. The report said that Rupert Dover, who was regarded during the anti-extradition bill protests as the “leading figure in the suppression by force,” was about to retire, and interviewed former Legislative Council member Hui Chi-fung, who urged Dover to explain the “decision” to deploy tear gas on 12 June 2019. Police expressed strong dissatisfaction with and strongly condemned the report.
香港警察昨（4日）於社交媒體發布聲明，指《自由亞洲電台》於本月3日一篇題為「鎮壓反送中外籍『主將』陶輝退休 許智峯促交待612開槍決定」的報道嚴重失實，該報道指在反修例事件中被視為「武力鎮壓主將」的陶輝（Rupert Dover）即將退休，並訪問了前立法會議員許智峯，許促陶輝交待2019年6月12日放催淚彈的「決定」。警方對此報道表達強烈不滿及嚴厲譴責。
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。
6 Jun 2023獨媒#6559
警方去信記協 指麥燕庭「無採訪行為」促撤回聲明
Former Hong Kong Journalists Association chairperson Mak Yin-ting was taken to a police station for questioning the day before yesterday while covering the 34th anniversary of the June Fourth incident. The HKJA issued a statement yesterday demanding that police explain the reason for seriously obstructing journalistic work. Police responded in a letter sent the same day and published the full letter on Facebook, accusing the HKJA’s statement of being “seriously untrue” and damaging the image of the police force. As well as strongly condemning the statement, police demanded that the HKJA withdraw it immediately. The letter said police were carrying out stop-and-search crime prevention operations in a “high-risk area” on the day of June Fourth, and that journalists, like members of the public, had no privilege exempting them from being stopped and searched. Independent legal researcher Edward Wong Kai-yeung i said, however, that “that is not how the law works”: police powers to stop and search are exercised on the basis of suspicion concerning an individual member of the public. He also said court cases had clearly established that asking why one was being stopped and searched did not constitute “obstructing a police officer in the execution of duty”, and that journalistic work was not limited to “reporting activity”.
前記協主席麥燕庭前日在採訪六四事件34周年時，被警方帶返警署扣查。記協昨日發聲明要求警方解釋嚴重阻礙採訪工作的原因。警方即日去信反駁記協，並在Facebook公開信件全文，指控記協的聲明「內容嚴重失實，令警隊形象受損」，強烈譴責之餘亦要求記協立即撤回聲明。警方信件提及六四當日在「高風險地區」執行截停搜查防罪工作，記者與市民一樣，沒有免於被截查的特權。獨立法律研究員黃啟暘則認為「法律唔係咁運作」，警方截查權力是基於對個別市民的懷疑而作出；他又指法庭案例清楚闡述，市民查問被截查的原因不構成「阻差辦公」，而新聞工作亦不僅僅只包括「採訪行為」。
27 Mar 2023獨媒#6218
警方批記協未經查證作揣測 指極度遺憾、強烈不滿
The Hong Kong Journalists Association said it had received reports from several news organisations and journalists last week that they had been followed or monitored by unidentified men. The reports included two men loitering outside the reporters’ room at the District Court last Tuesday (21st). Based on the men’s clothing and behaviour, it was suspected that they were plainclothes law enforcement officers. The police said that evening they were extremely regretful and strongly dissatisfied with the HKJA, criticising it for making baseless speculation without verification. They said this not only damaged the reputation of all law enforcement officers, but also undermined the professional image of journalists reporting and commenting on the basis of facts.
記協指上週接獲多個新聞機構及記者反映，遭不明男子跟蹤或監控，包括上周二（21日）兩名男子在區域法院記者室外徘徊，而基於事件中男子的衣著及行為，懷疑兩名男子是便衣執法人員。警方傍晚表示，對記協極度遺憾及強烈不滿，批評未經查證而作出捕風捉影的揣測，不但令所有執法人員聲譽受損，亦破壞新聞工作者以事實為依據作出報道，和評論的專業形象。
2 Feb 2023獨媒#6001
警方去信《東網》不滿短片嘲笑警員 記協對施壓表示遺憾
On.cc published a video on January 31 titled “Men Have No Strength to Fight a Chicken; Poor Law and Order Frightens the Public”, which mentioned several incidents involving police officers, including the firing of three shots at a drunk man in Peng Chau on January 24. On.cc said it received a letter from the police yesterday (February 1), stating that the video made biased criticisms of officers in a mocking manner, and expressed extreme regret and strong dissatisfaction. The Hong Kong Journalists Association issued a statement today (February 2), expressing regret and concern over the government’s repeated attacks on the media.
《東網》在1月31日發布一條題為「男子漢無搏雞力 治安壞市民心驚」短片，其中提及多宗警員表現的事件，包括1月24日在坪洲向醉漢連開三槍。《東網》表示，昨日（2月1日）收到警方信件，指影片內容以嘲笑的態度對警員作出偏頗的批評，對此表示極度遺憾及強烈不滿。記協今日（2日）發聲明，對政府接二連三抨擊傳媒表示遺憾及關注。
2 Feb 2023獨媒#6003
《東網》出文出片反擊警方：如非施壓亦肯定是玻璃心
on.cc said yesterday that it had received a letter from the police accusing it of mocking officers in a video. on.cc said its report was based on facts and described the police letter as a “pressure letter”. It hit back again today, first publishing an article in the afternoon titled “Poor at Catching Thieves and Solving Cases; Police Excel at Covert Filming, Shirking and Abuse of Power”, followed by a video titled “Truthful Words Grate on the Ears, Lose One’s Temper; Get Angry at What One Hears and Defend One’s Rice Bowl” as a “response”. The video’s presenter said that if the police letter was not intended to pressure the media, “then it was definitely because they were thin-skinned”.
《東網》昨日稱收到警方去信，指其一段影片嘲笑警員，《東網》則稱其報導基於事實，以「施壓信」形容警方的信件。《東網》今日再連環反擊，先於下午於刊出題為《捉賊破案不濟 警察偷拍偷懶濫權樣樣齊》的報導，及後再發布一條題為《諍言逆耳發老脾 聞過則怒撐飯蓋》的影片「回應」，影片主持稱警方來信如不是希望施壓傳媒，「亦肯定係玻璃心」。
1 Feb 2023ReNews#5997
警察去信《東方》 不滿片段嘲笑警員
According to ON.CC, ON.CC Video, under the Oriental Press Group, posted a short video yesterday titled “Men Have No Strength to Fight a Chicken; Poor Law and Order Frightens the Public”. It received a letter from the police today stating that the video “made biased criticisms of police officers in a mocking manner”, and expressing “extreme regret and strong dissatisfaction”. ON.CC described the letter as a “pressure letter”, saying the clip was based on facts and commented on the police’s performance in multiple past cases. It said the clip truthfully reflected social phenomena, and that its commentary was intended to draw public attention and discussion, while the programme host used humour to fulfil the media’s duty to exercise its “fourth estate” watchdog role.
據《東網》報道，《東方報業集團》旗下的《東網視頻》，昨日發布一段「男子漢無搏雞力 治安壞市民心驚」的短片，今日收到警察信件，「以嘲笑的態度對警員作出偏頗的批評，對此表示極度遺憾及強烈不滿」，《東網》形容信件是「施壓信」，指相關片段內容以事實為依歸，評論警察過去在多宗案件表現，「如實反映社會現象，《東網》就此作出評論，旨在引起公眾關注及討論，節目主持人以幽默手法，發揮傳媒「第四權」監察作用之天職。」
8 Nov 2022獨媒#5691
新任廣播處長接受鄧炳強訪問 稱港台應與警隊合作無間
The newly appointed Director of Broadcasting Eddie Kwok Choi Cheung was interviewed by Secretary for Security Chris Tang, who revisited the strained relationship between the police and RTHK during the 2020 anti-extradition bill movement. Tang asked Eddie Kwok Choi Cheung: “So it has been quite some time now. How is your cooperation with the police now?” Eddie Kwok Choi Cheung replied: “I think we need to look forward. RTHK should cooperate seamlessly with other government departments, including the police, to serve the public.”
新任廣播處長張國財接受保安局局長鄧炳強訪問，後者重提2020年反修例運動期間，警隊與港台關係較緊張。鄧炳強問張國財：「咁宜家都過咗咁耐啦，宜家你哋同警隊合作係點樣呢？」張國財就表示，「我覺得要向前看啦，港台同其他政府部門，包括警隊都係應該係合作無間，服務市民。」
19 Sept 2022明報#2482
背射記者有片 警：投訴無法證實 稱記者轉身逃走 射海綿彈「非不合理」 監警會通過結果
During the anti-extradition bill movement in November 2019, a then-Commercial Radio reporter was driven away by riot police while reporting. As he turned to leave, he was hit from behind by a sponge round fired by a police officer, with footage capturing what happened. The reporter subsequently lodged a complaint against the officer with the Complaints Against Police Office. The officer was later “admonished” by police. Nearly three years later, police explained the investigation outcome to the reporter, saying the allegation was “not substantiated”. They instead said the reporter moved forward and touched a riot police officer’s hand before turning and fleeing, after which police pursued him and fired the sponge round. The reporter expressed regret over the investigation outcome, saying it did not accord with the facts. He said the police officer had brushed him away, and their hands touched only as a result, and that he was considering seeking a review.
2019年11月反修例運動期間，時任商業電台記者採訪時被防暴警察驅趕，轉身離開時被警員從後射海綿彈擊中，有片段拍攝到當時情况，記者事後向投訴警察課投訴涉事警員。警員後遭警方「訓斥」，事隔近3年，警方向當事人交代調查結果，稱指控「無法證實」，反指記者衝前觸碰防暴警察手部然後轉身逃走，警察才追捕及發射海綿彈。當事人對調查結果感遺憾，認為與事實不符，稱當時是警察撥開他，二人手部才有觸碰，考慮提覆核。
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