#FailedState #Primary #PoliceBrutality
PORI: Hong Kong Police May Have Democracy Camp Primary Election Officers' Data
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) stated that police searched its office on 10 July without a search warrant. They may have taken a list containing the contact information of 200 primary election polling station officers. PORI wrote to HKPF earlier for a copy of the collected data and prohibited the Force to transfer the data to other law enforcement authorities, government organisations and other third parties. PORI believed that the case HKPF was working on was not related to the primary election.
HKPF responded by stating that some citizens reported a case of hacker stealing information from the primary election system, so they went to PORI’s office in Wong Chuk Hang for evidence. Yet, any relevant information was part of the operation, so it cannot be disclosed. No one has been arrested.
PORI chairman and CEO Chung Ting-yiu said that the HKPF never explained what they were investigating, nor presented them a copy of the warrant. Chung pointed out that all election data was encrypted and have now been destroyed.
Lawyer Alan Wong stated that the primary election was not against the Chinese National Security Law, thus the polling station officers did not break any law. He pointed out that it was arguable whether the police was taking the data legally, since they should only be using the data for the case stated in the search warrant.
Source: Ming Pao
#Jul18 #primaryelection #PORI
PORI: Hong Kong Police May Have Democracy Camp Primary Election Officers' Data
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (PORI) stated that police searched its office on 10 July without a search warrant. They may have taken a list containing the contact information of 200 primary election polling station officers. PORI wrote to HKPF earlier for a copy of the collected data and prohibited the Force to transfer the data to other law enforcement authorities, government organisations and other third parties. PORI believed that the case HKPF was working on was not related to the primary election.
HKPF responded by stating that some citizens reported a case of hacker stealing information from the primary election system, so they went to PORI’s office in Wong Chuk Hang for evidence. Yet, any relevant information was part of the operation, so it cannot be disclosed. No one has been arrested.
PORI chairman and CEO Chung Ting-yiu said that the HKPF never explained what they were investigating, nor presented them a copy of the warrant. Chung pointed out that all election data was encrypted and have now been destroyed.
Lawyer Alan Wong stated that the primary election was not against the Chinese National Security Law, thus the polling station officers did not break any law. He pointed out that it was arguable whether the police was taking the data legally, since they should only be using the data for the case stated in the search warrant.
Source: Ming Pao
#Jul18 #primaryelection #PORI
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民研：警或已取初選票站主任資料 促提供取走資料副本 鍾庭耀稱仍未告知調查內容 - 20200718 - 港聞
【明報專訊】中聯辦及港澳辦日前先後發聲明稱初選涉違《港區國安法》，香港民意研究所昨表示，警方上周五搜查其辦公室時，未有提供執行的搜查令文本，一個載有200多名初選票站主任聯絡資料的清單或被警方取走，前日去信警方要求提供當日取走資料的副本，並且不得把資料轉移予其他執法機構、政府部門或第三方單位。香港民研相信，警方所調查案件與初選無關。
#Primary #DistrictCouncillor
Authorities Alleged Political Retaliation on Pro-democracy District Councilor
Kwok Chi-Chung, a
pro-democracy district councilor of the Eastern District, shared a post in his Facebook citing the message from the government's Eastern District Office. According to the authorities, if a councilor office has been used for the strike referendum and the pro-democracy primary election, the Home Affairs Department won't process its operating expenses for a month, including rental, staff salary, the bills for water, electricity, internet and internet access, etc.
Kwok criticized the decision, calling it ridiculous. He believed that organizing the strike referendum and the primary election could let civilians in different districts express their opinions as a result of influencing the welfare of people in this district. That was entirely in accord with the responsibility of the district council. Kwok expressed strong discontent that the authorites had bundled the expense of election and non-election days and pointed out that such unreasonable deduction of operating expenses by the authority constitutes administrative suppression.
Source: RTHK #Jul25
#KwokChiChung
Authorities Alleged Political Retaliation on Pro-democracy District Councilor
Kwok Chi-Chung, a
pro-democracy district councilor of the Eastern District, shared a post in his Facebook citing the message from the government's Eastern District Office. According to the authorities, if a councilor office has been used for the strike referendum and the pro-democracy primary election, the Home Affairs Department won't process its operating expenses for a month, including rental, staff salary, the bills for water, electricity, internet and internet access, etc.
Kwok criticized the decision, calling it ridiculous. He believed that organizing the strike referendum and the primary election could let civilians in different districts express their opinions as a result of influencing the welfare of people in this district. That was entirely in accord with the responsibility of the district council. Kwok expressed strong discontent that the authorites had bundled the expense of election and non-election days and pointed out that such unreasonable deduction of operating expenses by the authority constitutes administrative suppression.
Source: RTHK #Jul25
#KwokChiChung