Sing Tao exclusive: Jimmy Lai’s application to testify by video link from overseas rejected; court says no application received
星島獨家：黎智英申海外證人視像作供被拒 法庭駁：沒有收到申請
Sing Tao Daily exclusively reported last Friday that Jimmy Lai, founder of Next Digital, had applied to give evidence by video link from overseas, but that the application had been rejected by the court. Oriental Daily News and ET Net subsequently reported the matter, while Ta Kung Wen Wei Media cited the report on Weibo and criticised Lai for attempting to internationalise the national security case. However, High Court judge Esther Toh clarified yesterday that she had not received the relevant application. As of 3pm today, Sing Tao had amended its original report, while the Weibo posts by Oriental Daily News, ET Net and Ta Kung Wen Wei Media had not been corrected.
《星島日報》上周五獨家報道，指《壹傳媒》創辦人黎智英申請海外證人視像作供，被法庭拒絕。隨後《東方日報》、《經濟通》亦有報道，《大公文匯網》就在微博引述該報道，批評黎智英試圖將國安案件國際化。不過，高等法院法官杜麗冰昨澄清，沒有收到相關申請。截至今日下午3時，《星島》已修改原來報道內容，《東方》、《經濟通》和《大公文匯網》的微博仍未改正。