27 Sept 2024明報#4088
立場新聞案︳美國批判刑損新聞自由 李家超：不可利用新聞平台煽動
The parent company of the now-shuttered Stand News, its former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and then acting editor-in-chief Lam Siu-tong were convicted of conspiracy to publish seditious publications. Chung was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment yesterday, while Lam, who has kidney disease, was released. A US senator and the US consul in Hong Kong said they believed the sentence harmed press freedom in Hong Kong. Speaking this afternoon (27th) at a National Day reception for Hong Kong’s media, Chief Executive John Lee said news credibility and ethics must not be corrupted by the misuse of public platforms for private ends, or by using news platforms to undermine the rule of law or unlawfully incite others. He stressed that no person or industry could be above the law.
已停運立場新聞的母公司、前總編輯鍾沛權、時任署任總編輯林紹桐串謀發布煽動刊物罪成，鍾昨判囚21個月，患腎病的林獲釋。有美國參議員及美國駐港領事回應指，認為判刑損害香港新聞自由；特首李家超今午（27日）於香港新聞界慶祝國慶酒會上致辭時表示，新聞公信力及道德，不能敗壞於公器私用、利用新聞平台破壞法治或違法煽動者，強調沒有人或行業可以凌駕法律。
3 Jan 2024光傳媒#2764
英美政要反駁與黎智英「串謀」 美國前駐港總領事郭明瀚：可笑至極
Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai is charged under Hong Kong’s National Security Law with, among other offences, “conspiracy to collude with a foreign country or external elements”. The prosecution alleged yesterday (the 2nd) that Lai, together with several foreign political figures, repeatedly asked foreign governments to sanction China and Hong Kong. Several of those named rejected the allegations. Kurt Tong, the former US consul general in Hong Kong, said the suggestion that Lai’s conversations with him, a former diplomat, constituted a crime was utterly ridiculous. British financier and human rights activist Bill Browder said: “I have never met or spoken with him [Lai].”
《壹傳媒》創辦人黎智英被控香港《國安法》下「串謀勾結外國勢力」等罪名，控方昨日（2日）指控黎智英聯同多名外國政要，多次要求外國政府制裁中國及香港。多名被點名的人士提出反駁，美國前駐港總領事郭明瀚指，黎智英與身為前外交官的他交談是犯罪的說法，是可笑至極；英國金融及人權活動家Bill Browder稱：「我從來沒有見過他（黎）或與他交談」。
13 Nov 2023法庭線#8640
美國參眾5議員提制裁港法官等 律師蕭思江入稟高院 指涉妨礙司法公正
Five US senators and representatives proposed the Hong Kong Sanctions Act early this month and initiated the legislative process. The bill names 49 people, including judges designated under the National Security Law and Department of Justice prosecutors, and asks the US president to determine whether they should be placed on a sanctions list. Lawyer Siu Sze-kong, who previously acted as chairman of the Hong Kong People's Human Rights and Livelihood Party, filed an application with the High Court last Friday (10th) in the name of a company, seeking an order that the five US lawmakers had obstructed the course of justice and were in contempt of court. He also argued that not only the police, but “everyone”, could arrest the five in Hong Kong.
According to records, Siu has previously filed several cases concerning political figures and events. In 2016, he sought an order requiring the Director of Immigration to declare Benny Tai’s HKSAR passport invalid and prohibit him from further spreading statements supporting Taiwan independence. In 2017, he applied for a judicial review, arguing that the Equal Opportunities Commission had the duty and power to follow up on Youngspiration’s Yau Wai-ching reading “支那” when taking her oath as a Legislative Council member. In 2021, he filed a case arguing that Hong Kong could hear the case involving Chan Tong-kai’s alleged murder of his girlfriend.
美國 5 名參、眾議員本月初提出《香港制裁法》，並啟動立法程序，點名 49 人，包括《國安法》指定法官、律政司檢控官等，要求美國總統判斷，是否列入制裁名單。曾以「港人民權民生黨」主席身分活動的律師蕭思江，上周五（10 日）以公司名義向高等法院入稟，要求法庭頒令該 5 名美國議員涉妨礙司法公正和藐視法庭，並提出不止警察，「所有人」都可以在港拘捕該 5 人。
翻查資料，蕭思江過往曾多次就政治人物及事件入稟，其中在 2016 年，曾入稟要求入境處長宣告戴耀廷特區護照失效、禁止其再散播「台獨」言論；2017 年曾提出司法覆核，指平機會有責任和權力跟進「青年新政」游蕙禎在立法會議員宣誓時讀成「支那」一事；2021 年則入稟稱，香港可審理陳同佳涉謀殺女友案。
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