#Newspaper
Legislator Doubts the Police Uses Resources of Other Disciplinary Forces
Editor’s note: It has been confirmed that each member of the HK Police Force can claim up to 120 hours of Disciplined Services Overtime Allowance since June
(28 Nov) Working overtime has become the norm since the anti-extradition protest sparked. As front-line police officers have been working excessive hours for months to deal with clashes, sources of the government told Lam Cheuk Ting, Legislator from the Democratic Party, that the Police Force has used up the budget for overtime work and the Security Bureau has asked other disciplined forces to re-allocate the budget to subsidize the Police Force.
Lam demands the Security Bureau to respond to the accusation as the event is extremely worrying if it is proved to be true. Lam said, “The allegation means sacrificing the routine operation of other forces to subsidize the police to suppress the anti-elab protest.” Lam added that the expenditure of the Police Force is controversial, it should ask for additional budget through standard procedure in the Legislative Council, of which the members can exercise their rights to review and monitor the police with facts. Apple Daily has inquired the Security Bureau but there is no reply.
Later the Security Bureau replied that Lam's allegations were not true, stating that in 2019-2020, the Police Force had been allocated about $20.2 billion to cover salaries, allowances and other operating expenses and that the amount of the overtime work allowance would be reflected in the relevant revised budget.
Source: Apple Daily
http://bit.ly/2QXBYI4
#HKPolice #Allowance
Legislator Doubts the Police Uses Resources of Other Disciplinary Forces
Editor’s note: It has been confirmed that each member of the HK Police Force can claim up to 120 hours of Disciplined Services Overtime Allowance since June
(28 Nov) Working overtime has become the norm since the anti-extradition protest sparked. As front-line police officers have been working excessive hours for months to deal with clashes, sources of the government told Lam Cheuk Ting, Legislator from the Democratic Party, that the Police Force has used up the budget for overtime work and the Security Bureau has asked other disciplined forces to re-allocate the budget to subsidize the Police Force.
Lam demands the Security Bureau to respond to the accusation as the event is extremely worrying if it is proved to be true. Lam said, “The allegation means sacrificing the routine operation of other forces to subsidize the police to suppress the anti-elab protest.” Lam added that the expenditure of the Police Force is controversial, it should ask for additional budget through standard procedure in the Legislative Council, of which the members can exercise their rights to review and monitor the police with facts. Apple Daily has inquired the Security Bureau but there is no reply.
Later the Security Bureau replied that Lam's allegations were not true, stating that in 2019-2020, the Police Force had been allocated about $20.2 billion to cover salaries, allowances and other operating expenses and that the amount of the overtime work allowance would be reflected in the relevant revised budget.
Source: Apple Daily
http://bit.ly/2QXBYI4
#HKPolice #Allowance
Joshua Wong's Phone Allegedly Hacked by the Police Under Warrantless Condition
From Joshua Wong's Twitter, December 19, 2019
//1. Arrested on August 30, my phone was seized by #hkpolice. The phone can only be unlocked with passwords. Before court resumed yesterday, I have NEVER provided any passwords to #police, nor received any notice nor warrant for a search of my mobile device.
2. However, #hkpolice yesterday submitted an evidence list, which allegedly included 4 text messages of mine from iPhone XR. Police can even identify how the messages were sent out, whether it's from a mobile or desktop version of the app.
3. Since such functions can't be found on ordinary user interface, that can only be possible with the help of state-sponsored hacking. It's utterly alarming that police begins to hack mobile devices of #HKers, just like #China hacking iPhones & Android devices to target #Uyghurs.
4. Such warrantless search is also a blunt violation of the freedom & privacy of communication enshrined in Basic Law. I doubt whether such a search is lawful. Now it seems state-backed hackers get involved in the crackdown on HK movement. I urge to strengthen your cybersecurity.//
https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf/status/1207575697633337345?s=19
#PoliceState #WarrantlessSearch #JoshuaWong #Dec19
From Joshua Wong's Twitter, December 19, 2019
//1. Arrested on August 30, my phone was seized by #hkpolice. The phone can only be unlocked with passwords. Before court resumed yesterday, I have NEVER provided any passwords to #police, nor received any notice nor warrant for a search of my mobile device.
2. However, #hkpolice yesterday submitted an evidence list, which allegedly included 4 text messages of mine from iPhone XR. Police can even identify how the messages were sent out, whether it's from a mobile or desktop version of the app.
3. Since such functions can't be found on ordinary user interface, that can only be possible with the help of state-sponsored hacking. It's utterly alarming that police begins to hack mobile devices of #HKers, just like #China hacking iPhones & Android devices to target #Uyghurs.
4. Such warrantless search is also a blunt violation of the freedom & privacy of communication enshrined in Basic Law. I doubt whether such a search is lawful. Now it seems state-backed hackers get involved in the crackdown on HK movement. I urge to strengthen your cybersecurity.//
https://twitter.com/joshuawongcf/status/1207575697633337345?s=19
#PoliceState #WarrantlessSearch #JoshuaWong #Dec19
Twitter
Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷
1/ Arrested on August 30, my phone was seized by #hkpolice. The phone can only be unlocked with passwords. Before court resumed yesterday, I have NEVER provided any passwords to #police, nor received any notice nor warrant for a search of my mobile device.
#PoliceReputation
Likes for “Hong Kong Popo” Surpasses Hong Kong Police's Facebook page
The Hong Kong Police celebrated its 300,000 likes milestone for its Facebook page, yet their celebratory actions triggered rounds of an unlike movement.
Meanwhile, netizens initiated to like the spoofed page “Hong Kong Popo”, which surpassed 380,000 at press time.
#12Mar #HKPolice #Facebook
Likes for “Hong Kong Popo” Surpasses Hong Kong Police's Facebook page
The Hong Kong Police celebrated its 300,000 likes milestone for its Facebook page, yet their celebratory actions triggered rounds of an unlike movement.
Meanwhile, netizens initiated to like the spoofed page “Hong Kong Popo”, which surpassed 380,000 at press time.
#12Mar #HKPolice #Facebook
Prof Clifford Stott, who sat on the international expert panel advising the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) before all of its members resigned last year over concerns about its limited powers, posted an excerpt of his report on Twitter.
After the IPCC report had been published, Prof Stott utilised the data thereof and issued his scientific analysis of the evolution of the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong.
Stott's report discusses the inter-relationships between the policing and behavioural patterns of the 2019 movement. The movement can be divided into at least 3 key phases: protests against the controversial bill, protests against mainland influence into and over Hong Kong, and protest actions targeted at the police.
Had the #IPCC report included the aforementioned components and made a fair judgment on the protests, Prof Stott would not have quit the international expert panel. What is the implication of Prof Stott's quitting? And what is the implication of the evolution of the movement in Hong Kong?
#HKPolice #HongKongProtests
#HKPoliceBrutality
Source:
https://twitter.com/cliffordstott/status/1261699933276684288
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3084784/hong-kong-protests-after-quitting-inquiry-police
After the IPCC report had been published, Prof Stott utilised the data thereof and issued his scientific analysis of the evolution of the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong.
Stott's report discusses the inter-relationships between the policing and behavioural patterns of the 2019 movement. The movement can be divided into at least 3 key phases: protests against the controversial bill, protests against mainland influence into and over Hong Kong, and protest actions targeted at the police.
Had the #IPCC report included the aforementioned components and made a fair judgment on the protests, Prof Stott would not have quit the international expert panel. What is the implication of Prof Stott's quitting? And what is the implication of the evolution of the movement in Hong Kong?
#HKPolice #HongKongProtests
#HKPoliceBrutality
Source:
https://twitter.com/cliffordstott/status/1261699933276684288
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3084784/hong-kong-protests-after-quitting-inquiry-police
Twitter
Clifford Stott
Now IPCC report is published I am free to utilise its data as well as our own to underpin our scientific analysis of the evolution of the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong. Hard at work over this weekend developing our report which we hope to publish on…
#PublicSpending
A Short Summary of How the HK Government Will Utilize Its Funding in the Upcoming Financial Year
The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council has passed Ocean Park's 5.4 billion financial subsidy application with 32 yes counts, 20 no, and 2 abstains. Part of the 5.4 billion subsidy is for paying the commercial loans to the Bank of China.
In the announcement for Hong Kong's 2020 budget earlier this year, it was announced that a $75 billion recurrent funding will be provided to the Hospital Authority, which is a 3.6 billion increase (5% increase) from the previous financial year. An additional 1.6 billion single-time funding will also be provided for the Authority to acquire medical supplies, which will bring up the total funding to the Authority to 76.6 billion. It was, however, learnt that during the speech by Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary, he compared the amount of funding with that of 2 years ago (2017/2018), and stated the budget was an increase of 35% from previous, which was 30% more than the comparison to that of 2019. When compared to the 8.5% increase from 2018 to 2019, this year's funding is actually a lesser increase (only 5%).
The industry is still concerned that the Authority still lacks a solution to address the loss of mid-level health workers. It was also suspected that the measure is to target workers who participated in strikes demanding a full border closure during the epidemic.
On the other hand, the HK police force will receive 25.8 billion in funding this financial year, which is a 2.2 billion increase from last year. Also, the wage subsidy funding in 2019/20 was initially set to 25.6 million, it was then amended to 2.55 billion (9 times increase). The funding is expected to cover expenses for creating 2543 extra positions on top of the already existing 35863 positions, and for acquiring 6 armoured vehicles, with each vehicle costing around $12.8 million.
Source: i-Cable News, Apple Daily, MingPao
#May31 #Medical #HKPolice #OceanPark
A Short Summary of How the HK Government Will Utilize Its Funding in the Upcoming Financial Year
The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council has passed Ocean Park's 5.4 billion financial subsidy application with 32 yes counts, 20 no, and 2 abstains. Part of the 5.4 billion subsidy is for paying the commercial loans to the Bank of China.
In the announcement for Hong Kong's 2020 budget earlier this year, it was announced that a $75 billion recurrent funding will be provided to the Hospital Authority, which is a 3.6 billion increase (5% increase) from the previous financial year. An additional 1.6 billion single-time funding will also be provided for the Authority to acquire medical supplies, which will bring up the total funding to the Authority to 76.6 billion. It was, however, learnt that during the speech by Paul Chan, the Financial Secretary, he compared the amount of funding with that of 2 years ago (2017/2018), and stated the budget was an increase of 35% from previous, which was 30% more than the comparison to that of 2019. When compared to the 8.5% increase from 2018 to 2019, this year's funding is actually a lesser increase (only 5%).
The industry is still concerned that the Authority still lacks a solution to address the loss of mid-level health workers. It was also suspected that the measure is to target workers who participated in strikes demanding a full border closure during the epidemic.
On the other hand, the HK police force will receive 25.8 billion in funding this financial year, which is a 2.2 billion increase from last year. Also, the wage subsidy funding in 2019/20 was initially set to 25.6 million, it was then amended to 2.55 billion (9 times increase). The funding is expected to cover expenses for creating 2543 extra positions on top of the already existing 35863 positions, and for acquiring 6 armoured vehicles, with each vehicle costing around $12.8 million.
Source: i-Cable News, Apple Daily, MingPao
#May31 #Medical #HKPolice #OceanPark
#AsiasFinest
Middle-aged sergeant accused of fraud
A middle aged sergeant, Au Chi-wai, who was previously the vice-class head in Hong Kong Police College, was found to have committed fraud in office.
He obtained over $240,000 from trainees by threatening them. He was charged with 4 crimes including obtaining property by deception and accepting advantages. His case was heard on 1 Jun and he pled not guilty.
Source: Stand News
#Jun1 #HKPolice #Fraud #PoliceCollege
Middle-aged sergeant accused of fraud
A middle aged sergeant, Au Chi-wai, who was previously the vice-class head in Hong Kong Police College, was found to have committed fraud in office.
He obtained over $240,000 from trainees by threatening them. He was charged with 4 crimes including obtaining property by deception and accepting advantages. His case was heard on 1 Jun and he pled not guilty.
Source: Stand News
#Jun1 #HKPolice #Fraud #PoliceCollege
立場新聞 Stand News
警長被指以不同藉口騙學警逾 24 萬元 控方：學警擔心未能畢業只好唯命是從 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
加入警隊逾 30 年的中年警長在警校出任副班主任期間，被指以不同藉口欺騙學警，包括聲稱要學警承接上一班受訓警員...
The Hong Kong Police Force seems to think that they can change and rewrite history to their hearts' content...As if the media wasn't there to record the incident and the world isn't watching...
#GoHKGraphics #YuenLong721 #HKpolice
#GoHKGraphics #YuenLong721 #HKpolice
Court Rules HKPF Violates the Bill of Rights
During the anti-ELAB movement, the police was often spotted concealing their identification number, especially the Special Tactic Contingent (STC). The High Court combined 5 different cases regarding similar police actions, with plaintiff including figures like Mr Yeung, the teacher who is made blind by one eye by police action, citizens suffering police brutality and the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) which members, journalists, are always being assaulted by the police during their interviews.
High Court Justice Mr Anderson Chow Ka-Ming, SC, ruled that the police not displaying their identification violated the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and criticised Independent Police Complaint Council (IPCC) and police Complaints and Internal Investigations Branch （C&IIB) for their inability to handle complaints against the police.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov19
#HKPolice #HumanRights #IPCC
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201119/IHDENEE6S5GT5LLMCFJ6XRE4RQ/
During the anti-ELAB movement, the police was often spotted concealing their identification number, especially the Special Tactic Contingent (STC). The High Court combined 5 different cases regarding similar police actions, with plaintiff including figures like Mr Yeung, the teacher who is made blind by one eye by police action, citizens suffering police brutality and the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) which members, journalists, are always being assaulted by the police during their interviews.
High Court Justice Mr Anderson Chow Ka-Ming, SC, ruled that the police not displaying their identification violated the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and criticised Independent Police Complaint Council (IPCC) and police Complaints and Internal Investigations Branch （C&IIB) for their inability to handle complaints against the police.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov19
#HKPolice #HumanRights #IPCC
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201119/IHDENEE6S5GT5LLMCFJ6XRE4RQ/
Police Welfare Fund submitted a 19/20 annual report to the LegCo, exposing that they received ~HKD 200M as an income, and spent ~HKD 65M for refreshment on special duties.
#HKpolice #FinancialReport #GoHKgraphic
#HKpolice #FinancialReport #GoHKgraphic
A site-worker, sexually assaulted 3 netizens, was sentenced to jail for 12 years while a Hong Kong police officer sexually assaulted 6 girls was sentenced to jail for 46 months ONLY.
#HKPolice #Sexualassault #GoHKgraphics
#HKPolice #Sexualassault #GoHKgraphics
#Privacy #Tracking
HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
On September 18, 2021, a 32-year-old Hong Kong policeman was arrested for assault. He has allegedly inflicted "bodily harm", to another man in Tsim Sha Tsui in the early hours of the same day.
The Hong Kong Police issued a statement emphasizing that they take discipline among their officers very seriously, and will not tolerate any personnel committing criminal acts. They will conduct criminal investigations and disciplinary reviews accordingly.
According to HK01's report, the victim was together with four other officers when he was struck. When he called the police, the others had left the scene.
Police investigations found that the four had used the government's LeaveHomeSafe contact tracing app to record their visit to the venue. One of the four have been identified as inspector in the Police Public Relations Branch (#PPRB).
[Editor's note:
The government had issued a media statement in February 2021 to alleviate the public's privacy concerns towards the LeaveHomeSafe app. The statement, from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, explain that "visit records are kept on users’ mobile phones only, not in any government systems. There is no transfer of personal data to the Government’s system or operators of premises for retention."
https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/news_events/media_statements/press_20210219.html ]
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://thestandnews.page.link/gqQm8zbWM1cKWUr68
#AsiasFinest #Privacy #HKPolice #FailedState
HK Police Tracks Location with #LeaveHomeSafe, Police Officer Arrested in Assault Case
On September 18, 2021, a 32-year-old Hong Kong policeman was arrested for assault. He has allegedly inflicted "bodily harm", to another man in Tsim Sha Tsui in the early hours of the same day.
The Hong Kong Police issued a statement emphasizing that they take discipline among their officers very seriously, and will not tolerate any personnel committing criminal acts. They will conduct criminal investigations and disciplinary reviews accordingly.
According to HK01's report, the victim was together with four other officers when he was struck. When he called the police, the others had left the scene.
Police investigations found that the four had used the government's LeaveHomeSafe contact tracing app to record their visit to the venue. One of the four have been identified as inspector in the Police Public Relations Branch (#PPRB).
[Editor's note:
The government had issued a media statement in February 2021 to alleviate the public's privacy concerns towards the LeaveHomeSafe app. The statement, from the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, explain that "visit records are kept on users’ mobile phones only, not in any government systems. There is no transfer of personal data to the Government’s system or operators of premises for retention."
https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/news_events/media_statements/press_20210219.html ]
Source: Stand News #Sept18
https://thestandnews.page.link/gqQm8zbWM1cKWUr68
#AsiasFinest #Privacy #HKPolice #FailedState
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data,