15 Dec 2025法庭線#7690
青年被控男廁寫煽動字句 認損壞財產否認煽動 庭上指涉案字眼曾見於「唐英傑案」
An 18-year-old youth was accused of writing seditious words on three occasions in a men’s washroom at China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui in July this year. On Monday (15th), at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, he pleaded guilty to three counts of “destroying or damaging property” and not guilty to one count of “doing one or more acts with seditious intention”.
Chief Magistrate So Wai-tak adjourned the case to 23 February next year for a pre-trial review. The defendant may remain on bail under the existing conditions. The magistrate directed the defence to decide as soon as possible whether it would dispute the wording involved. The prosecution and defence must decide before the pre-trial review whether to call expert witnesses, while the prosecution must first deal with the agreed facts for charges other than the sedition charge. The court was told that the wording had previously appeared in the Tong Ying-kit case. The defence also said it would challenge at trial the voluntariness of the cautioned statement and the video-recorded interview, among other matters.
18 歲青年被指今年 7 月，三度於尖沙咀中港城男洗手間內寫上煽動字句。他周一（15 日）在西九龍裁判法院承認 3 項「摧毀或損壞財產」罪，並否認一項「出於煽動意圖作出一項或多項具煽動意圖的作為」罪。
總裁判官蘇惠德將案件押後到明年 2 月 23 日作審前覆核，被告可以原有條件保釋。官要求辯方盡早決定會否爭議涉案字眼，而控辯雙方需在審前覆核之前，決定會否就此傳召專家證人，控方則要先處理除「煽動」罪以外的同意案情。庭上透露，相關字眼曾出現在「唐英傑」案。另外辯方指，審訊時會爭議警誡口供、錄影會面的自願性等。
4 Dec 2025法庭線#7638
38歲紋身師認旺角警署外牆塗鴉「8964」囚2個月 官稱刻意挑戰執法機關
A 38-year-old tattoo artist was charged with one count of criminal damage for spray-painting “8964” on the outside wall of Mong Kok Police Station in October this year. He pleaded guilty earlier and was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday (4th).
The defence submitted in mitigation that the defendant committed the offence under the influence of alcohol and following a breakup. Magistrate Lau Yee-wan rejected the mitigation, saying CCTV footage showed that the defendant interacted with people accompanying him that day and walked normally. The defendant was also seen “looking at the wall while walking” before stopping outside Mong Kok Police Station to graffiti it. The magistrate said the defendant had deliberately chosen the location in order to challenge law enforcement agencies.
38 歲紋身師涉今年 10 月，在旺角警署外牆塗鴉「8964」，被控一項「刑事損壞」罪。被告早前認罪，周四（4 日）在西九龍裁判法院判囚 2 個月。
辯方求情指，被告受酒精及分手影響而犯案，惟裁判官劉綺雲拒納其求情，指閉路電視片段可見，被告當日與同行人士有交流，步履如常，且被告「邊行邊望牆」，終在旺角警署外牆外站定塗鴉。官認為，被告刻意挑選位置塗鴉，藉此挑戰執法機關。
23 Jun 2025法庭線#6935
創「金錢自由」符號藝術家認刑毀 判囚3周緩刑2年 收藏家稱被告只為美學價值
A street artist who created graffiti featuring the “Money Freedom” symbol was accused of damaging shop or government walls, awnings, hoardings, stalls and electricity boxes at 20 different locations in Central and Sheung Wan in January 2025. The artist faced 20 charges of criminal damage and was sentenced on Monday (23rd) at Eastern Magistrates’ Courts.
The prosecution and defence reached an agreement under which the defendant admitted 12 charges, while the prosecution agreed to withdraw the remaining charges. The defendant received mitigation letters from an arts professor and collector clients. One collector’s letter said the defendant had only hoped to create aesthetic value for the city and give back to society. The defence said the defendant was willing to apologise to those affected and clean the graffiti or provide other compensation, such as painting for the victims free of charge.
Magistrate Chee Hong Lam sentenced the defendant to three weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months. The defendant was also ordered to pay total compensation of $11,000, and the ink pens and ink involved in the case were confiscated. The defendant remains remanded in custody pending trial in another case arising from 2023 involving graffiti of the same symbol.
創作「金錢自由」符號塗鴉的街頭藝術家，被指 2025 年 1 月，於中、上環一帶 20 個不同地方，損壞店舖或屬於政府的牆身、帳蓬、圍板、排檔及電箱等，被控 20 項刑事損壞罪，周一（23 日）在東區裁判法院判刑。
控辯雙方達成協議，被告承認 12 項控罪，控方同意撤銷其餘控罪。被告獲藝術系教授及收藏家客戶撰求情信，當中收藏家客戶的求情信，提到被告只是希望為都巿創造美學價值，及回饋社會。辯方指，被告願向受影響人士致歉，自行清潔塗鴉或以其他方式補償，例如免費為受害者作畫。
裁判官林子康判處被告監禁 3 星期，緩刑 24 個月執行。官同時判被告需支付總額 11,000 元的賠償金，並充公涉案的墨水筆及墨水。被告因另一宗案發於 2023 年，涉同一符號的塗鴉案，須繼續還押候審。
17 Nov 2023法庭線#8660
涉香港多處塗鴉「自由」 藝術家認20項刑毀 警誡下稱抒發經濟壓力
In early 2023, police found graffiti made up of the word “freedom” and money symbols at various locations in Hong Kong, including secondary school walls and a lorry. They subsequently arrested a 40-year-old artist. Under caution, he admitted that Hong Kong’s economic downturn and his reduced income had left him feeling financial pressure within his family, and that he used graffiti to express the importance of financial freedom and his feelings.
The case came before Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts for the first time on Friday (the 17th). The artist admitted 20 counts of criminal damage. Magistrate Peter Chun Cheung Yu said the defendant had graffitied not only public property but also private property, adding that “not everything can be done in the name of art”. The magistrate granted him bail until sentencing on 7 December, pending probation officer and community service order reports, and stressed that all sentencing options, including imprisonment, remained open.
2023 年初，警方在香港多處包括中學牆身、貨車上，發現由「自由」及金錢符號組成的塗鴉，事後拘捕一名 40 歲藝術家。他警誡下承認因香港經濟下滑、收入減少，感到家庭經濟壓力，以塗鴉表達財務自由的重要性及抒發感受。
案件周五（17 日）在九龍城裁判法院首度提堂，藝術家承認 20 項刑事毀壞罪。裁判官余俊翔指，被告不僅塗鴉公共財產，還有私人財產，「唔能夠樣樣事情，都以藝術之名做」。他批准被告保釋至 12 月 7 日判刑，候索取感化官及社會服務令報告，強調所有判刑選項包括監禁仍然開放。
28 Aug 2023獨媒#8270
民政處曾三度與輝煌接觸 東主稱「收到都係指示」不存在自行決定的選擇
The “yellow-hatted worker” graffiti that had been on the exterior wall of Fai Wong Fast Food Shop in the Mid-Levels of Sheung Wan for more than 20 years was earlier said to have been requested for removal in connection with the Hong Kong National Security Law. Secretary for Home and Youth Mak Mei-juen previously said the Home Affairs Department had merely issued a “friendly reminder”, and that if the owner disagreed that the graffiti evoked “Hong Kong independence” or “black-clad violence”, “they could actually decide not to deal with it”. The fast-food shop’s owner, Mr Ho, said on a radio programme that the department had contacted him three times. Based on his understanding, however, there was no choice to decide for himself, as “basically, all [he received] were instructions”. He also said the department had not asked whether he agreed with the alleged associations, had neither specified nor explained which law the graffiti breached, and had “courteously” said: “For your own good, we don’t want you to have a chance to break the law.”
位於上環半山的輝煌快餐店，其外牆逾二十多年的「黃帽工人」塗鴉，早前被指涉《港區國安法》要求移除。民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟曾指，民政處只是「友善提醒」 ，若店主不同意塗鴉令人聯想起「港獨」或「黑暴」，「其實佢哋可以決定唔處理㗎」。快餐店東主何先生在一個電台節目指，民政處曾三度與他接觸，但據自己的理解，就不存在自行決定的選擇，「基本上都係叫指示」。他又指，處方沒有詢問他是否同意有關聯想，對於塗鴉觸犯哪條法例，處方「都無列到出嚟同解釋到」，還「客氣」稱，「為咗你哋好，都唔想你哋有機會犯法」。
25 Aug 2023獨媒#8262
快餐店「黃帽工人」塗鴉被指違國安遭抺去 麥美娟：佢哋可以唔處理㗎
Graffiti on the exterior wall of Fai Wong Fast Food Shop in the Mid-Levels above Sheung Wan, which had been there for more than 10 years and depicted two construction workers in safety helmets eating noodles, was recently alleged by the Home Affairs Department to involve the Hong Kong National Security Law and was requested to be removed. The shop owner criticised the government this morning, saying that “if one is intent on punishing someone, one can always find a pretext”. Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak Mei-kuen responded in the afternoon, saying that the Home Affairs Department had merely issued a “friendly reminder” and that, if the owner or occupier disagreed, “they could actually decide not to deal with it”. She also said that, over a period of time, residents and district figures had reported “particularly many cases of this kind of graffiti”, stressing that staff judged on the basis of their “general feeling” whether graffiti might remind people of “Hong Kong independence” or “black-clad violence”.
位於上環半山的輝煌快餐店逾十年外牆塗鴉，本來是兩個戴安全帽的地盤工人食麵，但近日被民政處指牽涉《港區國安法》並要求移除。店主今早批評政府「欲加之罪何患無辭」，民政及青年事務局局長麥美娟下午開腔反擊，指民政處只是「友善提醒」 ，若業主或佔用人不同意，「其實佢哋可以決定唔處理㗎」。她又指過往一段時間，街坊和地區人士反映「特別多呢類塗鴉」，強調職員的標準是憑「一般感覺」，判斷塗鴉會否令人聯想起「港獨」或「黑暴」。
22 Aug 2023獨媒#8232
快餐店逾十年外牆畫作被指違《國安法》遭塗去 畫家稱會構思新作
A more than decade-old mural on the exterior wall of Fai Wong Fast Food Restaurant in the Mid-Levels of Sheung Wan was alleged to have potentially violated the Hong Kong National Security Law and was painted over by the government. A reporter from The Independent Media visited the site today (22nd). The restaurant’s person in charge, Ms Wong, said she received a call from the Home Affairs Department at the beginning of the month informing her that the artwork was in breach of the National Security Law. Several days later, the government sent staff to paint over the artwork and asked restaurant employees to sign a consent document. An artist involved in creating the work told The Independent Media that they felt helpless, lamented that the space for artistic creation in Hong Kong was narrowing, and said they would devise a new work for the restaurant’s exterior wall.
位於上環半山的輝煌快餐店逾十年外牆塗鴉被指涉嫌干犯《港區國安法》，並遭政府塗抹。《獨媒》記者今日（22日）到場視察，快餐店負責人黃小姐表示，月初收到民政處電話，告知畫作涉違反《國安法》，政府數日後更派員塗去畫作及要求店員簽署同意文件。有份創作的畫家就向《獨媒》表示感到無奈，慨嘆香港藝術創作空間收窄，又指會為餐廳外牆重新構思新作。
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