Clinic Hit by Tear Gas in 2019; Doctor Seeks Over HK$6.72 Million from Police as High Court Rejects Anonymity for Three Officers
2019年診所受催淚彈波及 醫生向警索償逾672萬 高院拒批准3名涉事警員匿名
On November 18, 2019, during a police operation to surround Polytechnic University, police fired tear gas. An ear, nose and throat doctor at a clinic in Tsim Sha Tsui alleged that officers mistakenly fired a tear-gas canister into the premises, causing a fire and damage to equipment. The doctor filed a claim against the Commissioner of Police in the High Court the year before last, seeking more than HK$6.72 million in damages. The Department of Justice applied for anonymity orders for the three officers involved. In a decision handed down by the High Court on Tuesday (19th), the court said the claim concerned allegations that the officers had abused their powers, making their ranks, identification numbers, duties at the time and orders relevant to the case. It also said existing laws, including injunctions against doxxing police officers and the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, were sufficient to protect the officers from doxxing, and ultimately refused to grant anonymity.
2019年11月18日，警方在圍堵理大行動期間發射催淚彈，尖沙咀一間診所的耳鼻喉科醫生指稱警員誤將催淚彈射進其單位，導致起火及設備損毁，前年入稟高院向警務處長索償逾672萬元。律政司替3名涉事警員申請匿名令，高院周二（19日）頒下決定，指是次申索關乎他們被指控濫用權力，因此警員職級、編號、當時職務及指令於本案而言是重要，加上現行法律包括針對「起底」警員的禁制令及個人資料私隱條例，已足夠保護涉事警員免受「起底」，最終拒絕批准匿名。