Tang Ping-keung Criticises Yu Tak-po Without Naming Him: Releasing Information Without Knowing Full Deployment Is Not Good for Those Yet to Be Rescued
鄧炳強不點名批余德寶：未知全盤部署下發放消息，對未獲救人士非好事
There have been new developments in the case of several Hong Kong people who were lured to compounds in Southeast Asia and detained. Some have gradually been rescued and returned to Hong Kong, while 10 people remain detained in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Yu Tak-po, the former vice-chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council who has been helping families follow up on the case, has also periodically cited families’ updates on social media. Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung criticised him without naming him today, saying: “If anyone learns certain information from the families of those involved, and, without knowing our full deployment, releases what the family members have said to the public, that may not be a good thing for those who have not yet been rescued.” After attending an event this afternoon, Tang told reporters that another detained Hong Kong person had been released. He said the person was a 29-year-old man who was now safe in Thailand, and that staff from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand had also met him in person. He said dedicated teams from the Security Bureau, the police and the Immigration Department had set off for Thailand this morning, hoping to help the man return to Hong Kong as soon as possible. Tang also said he had spoken with the Consul-General of Thailand in Hong Kong, who had guaranteed that every effort would be made to help the man return to Hong Kong.
多名港人被誘騙到東南亞園區遭禁錮近日有新進展，陸續有港人獲救返港，目前仍有10人在東南亞等地被禁錮。一直協助家屬跟進事件的前油尖旺區議會副主席余德寶亦不時在社交媒體引述家屬分享最新消息，保安局局長鄧炳強今日不點名批評對方：「如果任何人係從佢哋屋企人口中得知一啲情況，而係未知道我哋全盤部署底下，將一啲屋企人所講嘅事情向公眾發放，呢個對於一啲仲未能獲營救嘅人士嚟講未必係一件好事嚟。」 鄧炳強今午出席活動後向記者交代再有一名被禁錮港人獲釋，他指事主為29歲男性，現時正安全身處泰國境內，中國駐泰國大使館職員亦已親身接觸該男子。他又指，保安局、警隊及入境處專責組在今日早上已啟程前往泰國，希望盡快協助男子返港。鄧炳強亦表示已與駐港泰國總領事交談過，對方已保證全力協助該男子返港。