Photographer Files for Judicial Review Over Court-Issued Police Warrants

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Photographer Files for Judicial Review Over Court-Issued Police Warrants

In addition to the indiscriminate arrest throughout the Anti-extradition movement, it was revealed that police officers had succesfully applied for “search” warrants for the Wan Chai Police Headquarters in order to gain access and to the electronic devices of the people arrested. Lee Wing-Ho, a photographer who faced charges, filed for judicial review over these two court-issued warrants.

The two warrants were issued for approximately 50 mobile devices and 7 electronic storage devices. Li mentioned in his application that he did not own all of the devices. It can be inferred that the police have arrested and seized a large number of mobile phones on different occasions and place them all within the police headquarter where the search warrant is valid. The officers will then have the legal power to search and access all information on these devices. The application also stated that the warrant allows the police access, and the rights copy and retain all the personal information from arrestee’s devices, despite the offense not being computer or IT-related.

In contrast to house warrants, which can only be executed once, these two warrants are valid for two consecutive months. Li demanded the revocation of both warrants due to the violation of Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance and the Basic Law. He also demanded for the High Court to declare that the two magistrates had unlawfully authorized these search warrants, and that the officers had illegally accessed the electronic information of arrestees.

Photo: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/15228
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