11 Aug 2023Channel C#8184
任內支持政府推法援改革 梁永祥續任法援局主席至2025
The government announced this morning (11th) that William Wing Cheung Leung would be reappointed chairman of the Legal Aid Services Council for a two-year term from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2025. He has held the position since September 2019. During William Wing Cheung Leung’s tenure, legal aid applications by the “girl with an injured eye” and other protesters arrested in cases arising from the anti-extradition bill movement drew criticism from the pro-establishment camp. He and then Director of Legal Aid Thomas Edward Kwong responded to the matter. The government later proposed amendments to the legal aid system, including no longer allowing legally aided persons in criminal cases to instruct designated barristers; the Legal Aid Services Council led by William Wing Cheung Leung also supported the amendment bill.
政府今早（11日）宣佈，將續任梁永祥為法律援助服務局（法援局）主席，任期定由2023年9月1日至2025年8月31日，為期兩年；而他自2019年9月起擔任該職位。梁永祥任內曾經歷反修例運動案件中，「爆眼少女」及其他被捕示威者申請法援，惹來建制派批評，並與時任法律援助署署長鄺寶昌回應事件；後來政府提出修訂法援制度，包括不再允許刑事案件的法援受助人委託指定大律師，梁永祥所率之法援局亦支持該修訂議案。
14 Aug 2020聞庫（立場）#764
法援署稱警方武力合理 拒批出法援 荃灣中槍學生：明顯涉政治因素 感失望憤怒
On 1 October last year, clashes between police and members of the public broke out in multiple districts across Hong Kong. Form Five student Tsang Chi Kin Tsang Chi-kin was shot in the left chest with a live round by police on Tai Ho Road in Tsuen Wan and was once in critical condition. He has now basically recovered and earlier filed a personal injury claim over the shooting. Former Demosisto secretary-general Joshua Wong disclosed today (14th) that the Legal Aid Department had rejected his legal aid application. The reasons stated: “The Department considers that the force used by the police against you at the relevant time was reasonable” (see related report). Tsang Chi-kin responded through a third party that he was “disappointed and angry” that the department had rejected his application, questioning whether the decision was political and criticising the Legal Aid Department for reaching a verdict before hearing the case.
去年 10 月 1 日，全港多區爆發警民衝突，中五生「健仔」曾志健於荃灣大河道被警方開實彈射中左胸，情況一度危殆。他現時基本康復，早前就中槍一事入稟人身傷害索償，前香港眾志秘書長黃之鋒今日（14 日）披露法援署拒絕他的法援申請，理由書更列明「本署認為警方於相關時間向你所使用的武力是合理的」（詳見相關報道）；曾志健透過第三方回應，指對法援署不批准他的法援申請「感到失望和憤怒」，質疑署方是政治決定，批評法援署未審先判。
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