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。
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