#Column #Opinion #Aug25 #SpecialStatus #NationalSecurityLaw
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Previously, Part 1
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24463
Part 2
Since the sanction could be mis-enforced, causing unintended consequence, a certain amount of personal data was disclosed alongside the U.S. sanction list so that there would be no excuse for financial institutions worldwide for not locking on the right person and execute sanction.
All at once, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data and Chief Executive Carrie Lam jumped up and cried out their disagreement: it is an infringement of privacy.
Meanwhile, personal data of Apple Daily reporters have been deliberately disclosed on a doxxing website quietly approved by government authorities.
It’s an astonishing coincidence that disclosed data of Apple Daily reporters, including photos and telephone numbers, were provided to China Travel Services for “Home Return Permit” application. Not knowing why, the Privacy Commissioner is stretching his ruling to the U.S. while letting go a doxxing website in Hong Kong.
Is Hong Kong still a metropolitan city? As many countries have lifted their extradition treaties with Hong Kong, is the city still in good capacity to hunt down criminals absconded abroad? Can Hong Kong counteract anyone who intends to harm the interests of Hongkongers or the Hong Kong and Chinese governments?
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
#US #Sanction #AppleDaily #Doxxing #Privacy
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Previously, Part 1
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24463
Part 2
Since the sanction could be mis-enforced, causing unintended consequence, a certain amount of personal data was disclosed alongside the U.S. sanction list so that there would be no excuse for financial institutions worldwide for not locking on the right person and execute sanction.
All at once, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data and Chief Executive Carrie Lam jumped up and cried out their disagreement: it is an infringement of privacy.
Meanwhile, personal data of Apple Daily reporters have been deliberately disclosed on a doxxing website quietly approved by government authorities.
It’s an astonishing coincidence that disclosed data of Apple Daily reporters, including photos and telephone numbers, were provided to China Travel Services for “Home Return Permit” application. Not knowing why, the Privacy Commissioner is stretching his ruling to the U.S. while letting go a doxxing website in Hong Kong.
Is Hong Kong still a metropolitan city? As many countries have lifted their extradition treaties with Hong Kong, is the city still in good capacity to hunt down criminals absconded abroad? Can Hong Kong counteract anyone who intends to harm the interests of Hongkongers or the Hong Kong and Chinese governments?
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
#US #Sanction #AppleDaily #Doxxing #Privacy
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Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
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Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the…
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Part 1 - 2
Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the…
Overseas Hong Kong Activists get harassed by pro-CCP groups, just like in HK
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
For Hong Kongers living in Canada, it might be 'far from home'. Unfortunately, they are not far from danger. Some people received rape and death threats on social media from CCP supporters. Others received threatening phonecalls to their personal hotel rooms.
Pro-democracy activists in Canada have experienced the impotence of the Canadian police in the face of doxxing and death threats.
Activists around the world face risks and pressure which are manifested in the same form as how they are in Hong Kong or even mainland China.
Source: CBC #Sep10
https://bit.ly/3htcxHQ
#10Sep #Canada #HongKong #Overseas #Doxxing #Harrassment
#FailedState #Court #Doxxing
Hong Kong's High Court issues order sought by Secretary of Justice to protect pro-government judicial officials
Following a similar injunction protecting police officer, the High Court in Hong Kong granted an interim injunction to restrain members of the public from 'unlawfully' doxxing judicial officers as well as their families.
The order will remain in effect until November 13. Those in breach may subject to investigation for civil contempt of court, which could result in imprisonment.
Pro-democracy lawmaker of Civic Party and the legal sector, Dennis Kwok Wing-hang expressed concern over the scope of the injunction. Kwok worried that citizens, when disapproving a ruling or criticizing a judge might unintentionally break the law.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct30
https://bit.ly/3mytCmO
Hong Kong's High Court issues order sought by Secretary of Justice to protect pro-government judicial officials
Following a similar injunction protecting police officer, the High Court in Hong Kong granted an interim injunction to restrain members of the public from 'unlawfully' doxxing judicial officers as well as their families.
The order will remain in effect until November 13. Those in breach may subject to investigation for civil contempt of court, which could result in imprisonment.
Pro-democracy lawmaker of Civic Party and the legal sector, Dennis Kwok Wing-hang expressed concern over the scope of the injunction. Kwok worried that citizens, when disapproving a ruling or criticizing a judge might unintentionally break the law.
Source: Apple Daily #Oct30
https://bit.ly/3mytCmO
#FailedState
HK Government's New Service Might Let Journalists Be Doxed
In Hong Kong, vehicles' information used to be accessible upon application to the Transports Department. This service had been used by many journalists when conducting investigations.
In November 2020, the authorities, however, targeted RTHK journalist Bao Choy, who produced two TV documentaries on the July 21 Yuen Long mob attack, by arresting her for "giving false statements" when looking up vehicle owners' information.
Worse still, in January 2021, the Hong Kong government introduced a new service where car owners could choose to be notified if the information of their vehicle is disclosed. Once subscribed, the owner will receive an email notification containing the information of the applicant.
Former lawmaker Claudia Mo commented that the new service would expose the identity of the journalists and put them in potential danger.
Source: Stand News #Jan4
#Doxxing #Journalist #PressFreedom
HK Government's New Service Might Let Journalists Be Doxed
In Hong Kong, vehicles' information used to be accessible upon application to the Transports Department. This service had been used by many journalists when conducting investigations.
In November 2020, the authorities, however, targeted RTHK journalist Bao Choy, who produced two TV documentaries on the July 21 Yuen Long mob attack, by arresting her for "giving false statements" when looking up vehicle owners' information.
Worse still, in January 2021, the Hong Kong government introduced a new service where car owners could choose to be notified if the information of their vehicle is disclosed. Once subscribed, the owner will receive an email notification containing the information of the applicant.
Former lawmaker Claudia Mo commented that the new service would expose the identity of the journalists and put them in potential danger.
Source: Stand News #Jan4
#Doxxing #Journalist #PressFreedom
#Injustice #CCPLaw #Doxxing
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Harrassed and Threatened by CCP
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan10
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Harrassed and Threatened by CCP
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan10
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Harrassed and Threatened by CCP
The Sichuan based Chinese #HumanRightsLawyer #LuSiWei told Apple Daily that he was being followed by four black-clad men in China since a few days ago.
On January 10, 2021, outside of his residence, his handphone was snatched by another unknown man who subsequently, threw his phone on the ground and ran away. Lu immediately reported the case to a nearby police station.
Lu suspected that these unknown men have been sent by the Chinese police, and that one of the men is a government worker in his district.
He alleged that the incident was connected to his involvement in 'politically sensitive' cases which recently led to revocation of his license.
Calling it an “old fashioned harassment”, Lu condemned the series of incidents a serious threat to his personal freedom.
Lu was appointed by the family members of Quinn Moon, one of the 12 Hongkongers whose boat was intercepted by mainland Chinese authorities during a reported ill-fated flee to Taiwan in August 2020
#Save12HongKongYouths
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan10
https://bit.ly/3nxP5fC
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CCP Revokes Human Rights Lawyers' Licence Reportedly for Helping the 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27918
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Harrassed and Threatened by CCP
The Sichuan based Chinese #HumanRightsLawyer #LuSiWei told Apple Daily that he was being followed by four black-clad men in China since a few days ago.
On January 10, 2021, outside of his residence, his handphone was snatched by another unknown man who subsequently, threw his phone on the ground and ran away. Lu immediately reported the case to a nearby police station.
Lu suspected that these unknown men have been sent by the Chinese police, and that one of the men is a government worker in his district.
He alleged that the incident was connected to his involvement in 'politically sensitive' cases which recently led to revocation of his license.
Calling it an “old fashioned harassment”, Lu condemned the series of incidents a serious threat to his personal freedom.
Lu was appointed by the family members of Quinn Moon, one of the 12 Hongkongers whose boat was intercepted by mainland Chinese authorities during a reported ill-fated flee to Taiwan in August 2020
#Save12HongKongYouths
Source: Apple Daily, #Jan10
https://bit.ly/3nxP5fC
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CCP Revokes Human Rights Lawyers' Licence Reportedly for Helping the 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27918
#MadeinChina #Harrassment
Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family
In Hong Kong, 11-year-old #JoelWong, the founder of the Tin Shui Wai Community Concern Group, was assaulted by a pro-Beijing elderly man on January 25, 2021.
Wong saw a group of elderly women and men gathering and dancing in a park in Tin Shui Wai. When he approached the group, reminding them to keep the music down, he was headbutted by one of the men who also punched Wong on his tummy.
Since Wong reported the case to the Hong Kong Police, Wong has been harassed by Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing-owned newspaper. On January 26, 2021, the CCP mouthpiece even published a so-called "interview" with Wong’s Grandmother on its frontpage, defaming the community-caring Wong as "going astray".
The Concern Group told Stand News that the reporter of Ta Kung Pao, who "interviewed" Wong's grandmother first claimed to be his teacher and social worker. When Wong's grandmother let the reporter into their apartment, he took picture of their household and other family members. It was only after that he then revealed his identity as a reporter.
The Concern Group denounced the reporter’s action, calling it “shameful” to chat with Wong's family and “betray their trust.”
Source: Stand News #Jan27
#BeijingLoyalist #TaKungPao #CCP #Doxxing #FakeIdentity
Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family
In Hong Kong, 11-year-old #JoelWong, the founder of the Tin Shui Wai Community Concern Group, was assaulted by a pro-Beijing elderly man on January 25, 2021.
Wong saw a group of elderly women and men gathering and dancing in a park in Tin Shui Wai. When he approached the group, reminding them to keep the music down, he was headbutted by one of the men who also punched Wong on his tummy.
Since Wong reported the case to the Hong Kong Police, Wong has been harassed by Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing-owned newspaper. On January 26, 2021, the CCP mouthpiece even published a so-called "interview" with Wong’s Grandmother on its frontpage, defaming the community-caring Wong as "going astray".
The Concern Group told Stand News that the reporter of Ta Kung Pao, who "interviewed" Wong's grandmother first claimed to be his teacher and social worker. When Wong's grandmother let the reporter into their apartment, he took picture of their household and other family members. It was only after that he then revealed his identity as a reporter.
The Concern Group denounced the reporter’s action, calling it “shameful” to chat with Wong's family and “betray their trust.”
Source: Stand News #Jan27
#BeijingLoyalist #TaKungPao #CCP #Doxxing #FakeIdentity
#PoliticalOppression
11-year-old Pro-democracy Community Manager in Hong Kong Resigns Due to Pressure
11-year-old #JoelWong is the founder of the Tin Shui Wai Community Concern Group in Hong Kong. On Feb 12, 2021, Wong announced his resignation as a community manager to be effective from March 9, 2021 onwards.
"For the sake of my family, friends and school, I will resign from my position as a community manager," Wong said.
Wong is suffering insomnia and subjected to pressure, since he has been doxxed by some pro-Beijing groups and his family has been harassed by China-funded media.
Nevertheless, Wong said he will continue to contribute to the community in form of voluntary work.
Source: Stand News #Feb12
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Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28595
#BeijingLoyalist #TaKungPao #CCP #Doxxing #Harrassment
11-year-old Pro-democracy Community Manager in Hong Kong Resigns Due to Pressure
11-year-old #JoelWong is the founder of the Tin Shui Wai Community Concern Group in Hong Kong. On Feb 12, 2021, Wong announced his resignation as a community manager to be effective from March 9, 2021 onwards.
"For the sake of my family, friends and school, I will resign from my position as a community manager," Wong said.
Wong is suffering insomnia and subjected to pressure, since he has been doxxed by some pro-Beijing groups and his family has been harassed by China-funded media.
Nevertheless, Wong said he will continue to contribute to the community in form of voluntary work.
Source: Stand News #Feb12
Read more:
Beijing Mouthpiece Defames a 11-year-old Hong Kong Boy and Uses Fake Identity to Approach his Family
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28595
#BeijingLoyalist #TaKungPao #CCP #Doxxing #Harrassment
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Source: Apple News #May3
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Source: Apple News #May3
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Hong Kong students studying abroad have recently shared their experiences of being harassed when organizing events in school campuses in the UK in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Jamie and Kitty are among the Hong Kong students who suffer mobbing. Chinese students called them “cockroaches” and “traitors” in Mandarin.
Kitty said the organizers of Hong Kong-related events, including herself, were all doxxed. Their personal information was posted on China social media groups and they were tagged as “Hong Kong Independence Supporters” and “Cockroaches”.
Their application for holding the event was also held up by the school campus multiple times. The event was finally approved with the restriction that it has to be a silent event. “
It made me realize that our campus could no longer serve as a place for us to speak for the current situation in Hong Kong”, said Kitty. She accused the school of “fearing the loss of revenue by the tuition fees of Chinese students”.
Moreover, students revealed that the #CCP used the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in the United Kingdom (#CSSAUK), as a tool to penetrate school campuses in the UK in which Chinese students are bribed into voting the CCP appointed persons to become committees of the Association.
According to the CSSAUK website, it is an association that is “supported by the Education Section of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK”. It also claimed to be the largest Chinese association in the UK.
Source: Apple News #May3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210503/SEQIBJGFCRGHLO2S7TMMYJAJUE/
#ChineseStudents #UK
Pro-democracy Hong Kong students in UK harassed by Chinese students
Hong Kong students studying abroad have recently shared their experiences of being harassed when organizing events in school campuses in the UK in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Jamie and Kitty are among the Hong Kong students who suffer mobbing. Chinese students called them “cockroaches” and “traitors” in Mandarin.
Kitty said the organizers of Hong Kong-related events, including herself, were all doxxed. Their personal information was posted on China social media groups and they were tagged as “Hong Kong Independence Supporters” and “Cockroaches”.
Their application for holding the event was also held up by the school campus multiple times. The event was finally approved with the restriction that it has to be a silent event. “
It made me realize that our campus could no longer serve as a place for us to speak for the current situation in Hong Kong”, said Kitty. She accused the school of “fearing the loss of revenue by the tuition fees of Chinese students”.
Moreover, students revealed that the #CCP used the Chinese Students and Scholars Association in the United Kingdom (#CSSAUK), as a tool to penetrate school campuses in the UK in which Chinese students are bribed into voting the CCP appointed persons to become committees of the Association.
According to the CSSAUK website, it is an association that is “supported by the Education Section of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK”. It also claimed to be the largest Chinese association in the UK.
Source: Apple News #May3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210503/SEQIBJGFCRGHLO2S7TMMYJAJUE/
#ChineseStudents #UK
#Harrassement
China-funded Media Caught Photographing #InMedia Journalist's Computer in Court: "Not Aware It's Prohibited"
The ruling of the first case under Hong Kong's #NationalSecurityLaw was handed down on the 27th of July, 2021 at the High Court. Over 80 journalists were in attendance to hear the verdict.
Afterwards, an In-Media HK reporter was told by another attendee that a woman in a blue shirt sitting in the row behind them was photographing their computer screen during the hearing. The woman also opened her #WeChat application at one point, and it was unclear whether she had sent out the photo.
The In-Media reporter immediately confronted the woman and informed the security guard about her actions. The woman was asked to show her cell phone photos, and it appeared that she had taken two photos in court, one of which had captured the In-Media reporter’s conversation with a colleague.
The woman claimed that it was her first time in court, and was not aware that photography was prohibited. She insisted that she had not sent out the photos through WeChat, and had deleted the photos on the spot.
Security later told the In-Media reporter that the woman in question is a "reporter" from Dot Dot News, and she claimed that she took the photo to confirm whether the In-Media reporter was her colleague from #WenWeiPo, a China-funded media, who was also in attendance.
According to available information, Dot Dot News is a subsidiary of China-funded Wen Wei Po, and was granted interviewing privileges by the government in July 2019 as an online news media. However, there had been allegations that they had spread false rumors and fake news; Facebook had shut down Dot Dot News' page after investigations.
As for photography in court, the judiciary stated in a media response that photography by anyone, journalists included, is prohibited by law inside the court and attached facilities. There are also multiple signs in the court building stating so.
Source: In-Media HK #Jul27
https://bit.ly/3l2V9PM
#Doxxing #Court #CCP
China-funded Media Caught Photographing #InMedia Journalist's Computer in Court: "Not Aware It's Prohibited"
The ruling of the first case under Hong Kong's #NationalSecurityLaw was handed down on the 27th of July, 2021 at the High Court. Over 80 journalists were in attendance to hear the verdict.
Afterwards, an In-Media HK reporter was told by another attendee that a woman in a blue shirt sitting in the row behind them was photographing their computer screen during the hearing. The woman also opened her #WeChat application at one point, and it was unclear whether she had sent out the photo.
The In-Media reporter immediately confronted the woman and informed the security guard about her actions. The woman was asked to show her cell phone photos, and it appeared that she had taken two photos in court, one of which had captured the In-Media reporter’s conversation with a colleague.
The woman claimed that it was her first time in court, and was not aware that photography was prohibited. She insisted that she had not sent out the photos through WeChat, and had deleted the photos on the spot.
Security later told the In-Media reporter that the woman in question is a "reporter" from Dot Dot News, and she claimed that she took the photo to confirm whether the In-Media reporter was her colleague from #WenWeiPo, a China-funded media, who was also in attendance.
According to available information, Dot Dot News is a subsidiary of China-funded Wen Wei Po, and was granted interviewing privileges by the government in July 2019 as an online news media. However, there had been allegations that they had spread false rumors and fake news; Facebook had shut down Dot Dot News' page after investigations.
As for photography in court, the judiciary stated in a media response that photography by anyone, journalists included, is prohibited by law inside the court and attached facilities. There are also multiple signs in the court building stating so.
Source: In-Media HK #Jul27
https://bit.ly/3l2V9PM
#Doxxing #Court #CCP
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《點新聞》女記者庭上拍攝《獨媒》記者電腦 稱首次到法庭不知不准攝影 | 獨媒報導 | 獨立媒體
（獨媒報導）首宗《國安法》案件今日（27日）裁決，逾80名記者於高等法院報道裁決結果。惟散庭以後，《獨媒》記者獲一名旁聽市民告知，一名坐在記者後一排、身穿藍衫的女士於聆訊期間拍攝記者的電腦，其後一度打開微信軟件，不肯定有否發出。《獨媒》記者隨即上前交涉，並通知保安，該名女士應要求展示手機相片，可見她於庭上拍攝了兩張相片，其中一張拍到記者與同事通訊的
#BNO
Beware of Chinese spies: British Government Urges Hongkongers to Apply Visa Online
//The [British] government is urging Hongkongers to apply for Britain’s new visa scheme online because China is stationing agents outside application centres.
[British] Ministers have been given intelligence that [Chinese] undercover agents are spying on dissidents coming and going from two centres in Hong Kong.
It is feared that they are passing on names and photos of dissidents to the Chinese authorities in an attempt to block their departure.
The Times revealed last week that Chinese spies were posing as dissidents in an attempt to enter Britain through its Hong Kong visa scheme.//
Image: Stand News
Source: The Times #Aug17
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beware-of-chinese-spies-visa-applicants-told-thdz6g8hq
#ChineseSpy #VisaApplication #Doxxing #PoliticalSuppression #CCP
Beware of Chinese spies: British Government Urges Hongkongers to Apply Visa Online
//The [British] government is urging Hongkongers to apply for Britain’s new visa scheme online because China is stationing agents outside application centres.
[British] Ministers have been given intelligence that [Chinese] undercover agents are spying on dissidents coming and going from two centres in Hong Kong.
It is feared that they are passing on names and photos of dissidents to the Chinese authorities in an attempt to block their departure.
The Times revealed last week that Chinese spies were posing as dissidents in an attempt to enter Britain through its Hong Kong visa scheme.//
Image: Stand News
Source: The Times #Aug17
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beware-of-chinese-spies-visa-applicants-told-thdz6g8hq
#ChineseSpy #VisaApplication #Doxxing #PoliticalSuppression #CCP
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Beware of Chinese spies, visa applicants told
The government is urging Hongkongers to apply for Britain’s new visa scheme online because China is stationing agents outside application centres. Ministers h
#Court
‘Heaviest sentence yet’ in Hong Kong #doxxing case, but site targeting democrats, journalists still online
//Despite a crackdown on the sharing of personal data, a huge doxxing website targeting over 2,000 Hong Kong democrats and journalists remains online despite HKFP's enquiries seven weeks ago.
Hung Wing-sum was sentenced to 45 months behind bars on Monday after admitting to publicly divulging the personal details of government officials, judges, celebrities, police officers and their family members over the Telegram messaging app.
“This is the heaviest sentence imposed by a court in a doxxing case so far,” Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung said in a statement.
Monday’s sentencing comes as a website targeting democrats and journalists remains online almost two months after HKFP alerted the authorities with media enquires. Since 2019, the “HK Leaks” website has openly maintained an online database of personal data belonging to over 2,000 Hong Kong democrats, protesters and journalists.
ID card numbers, headshots, home addresses and phone numbers are often included. Historically, the site has been hosted on Russian servers and promoted by groups linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
When asked in early August if any action would be take against the domain, or whether the site violated existing laws, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data refused to comment on individual cases...
Responding to HKFP, the police also refused to comment on individual cases last month, and did not say whether any action would be taken...//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/09/28/privacy-chief-welcomes-heaviest-sentence-yet-for-doxxing-case-but-a-site-targeting-democrats-journalists-still-online/
#CCP #Privacy #PoliticalOppression #Discrimination
‘Heaviest sentence yet’ in Hong Kong #doxxing case, but site targeting democrats, journalists still online
//Despite a crackdown on the sharing of personal data, a huge doxxing website targeting over 2,000 Hong Kong democrats and journalists remains online despite HKFP's enquiries seven weeks ago.
Hung Wing-sum was sentenced to 45 months behind bars on Monday after admitting to publicly divulging the personal details of government officials, judges, celebrities, police officers and their family members over the Telegram messaging app.
“This is the heaviest sentence imposed by a court in a doxxing case so far,” Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung said in a statement.
Monday’s sentencing comes as a website targeting democrats and journalists remains online almost two months after HKFP alerted the authorities with media enquires. Since 2019, the “HK Leaks” website has openly maintained an online database of personal data belonging to over 2,000 Hong Kong democrats, protesters and journalists.
ID card numbers, headshots, home addresses and phone numbers are often included. Historically, the site has been hosted on Russian servers and promoted by groups linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
When asked in early August if any action would be take against the domain, or whether the site violated existing laws, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data refused to comment on individual cases...
Responding to HKFP, the police also refused to comment on individual cases last month, and did not say whether any action would be taken...//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Sept28
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/09/28/privacy-chief-welcomes-heaviest-sentence-yet-for-doxxing-case-but-a-site-targeting-democrats-journalists-still-online/
#CCP #Privacy #PoliticalOppression #Discrimination
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
‘Heaviest sentence yet’ in Hong Kong doxxing case, but site targeting democrats, journalists still online
Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner has welcomed the tough sentencing of an ex-clerical assistant who pleaded guilty to “misconduct in public office” after publishing the personal data of 215 public officers. Hung Wing-sum was sentenced to 45 months behind bars…
Hong Kong Judiciary updates “Guide to Judicial Conduct” to Restrain Judges' Social Media Activities
On May 16, 2022,the Judiciary of Hong Kong updated the “Guide to Judicial Conduct” since 14 years. The new guidelines targets judges and judicial officers and added suggestion of their social media activities.
For example, judges and judicial officers are asked to be extra cautious on “adding friends”, “liking posts” and “following” anyone or any organization. At the same time, they should ensure that thet themselves and their friends and family would not unnecessarily reveal their contact details and private life information, to avoid being “doxxed”.
The Guide also has regulations on how judges and nudicial officers shall behave in interviews and warned them of making comments to the media, even when it is anonymous.
Since the implementation of the #NationalSecurityLaw (#NSL), foreign media has interviewed a few Hong Kong judges who stayed anonynous and showed their concerns about unfair court decision. The new regulations also mention that the media’s enquiry should be referred to the court and will be sent to Press and Public Relations Section for follow-up.
In recent years, many judges in Hong Kong have been criticized for taking the side of the authorities when dealing with the social movement-related cases. However, the Guide told the judges and judicial officers are asked avoid responding to any criticism, sending letters to the press, and dealing with other matters in court.
Source: Inmedia #May16
https://bit.ly/3Mly9WW
#JudicialConduct #Doxxing #Court #FailedState #Micromanagement
On May 16, 2022,the Judiciary of Hong Kong updated the “Guide to Judicial Conduct” since 14 years. The new guidelines targets judges and judicial officers and added suggestion of their social media activities.
For example, judges and judicial officers are asked to be extra cautious on “adding friends”, “liking posts” and “following” anyone or any organization. At the same time, they should ensure that thet themselves and their friends and family would not unnecessarily reveal their contact details and private life information, to avoid being “doxxed”.
The Guide also has regulations on how judges and nudicial officers shall behave in interviews and warned them of making comments to the media, even when it is anonymous.
Since the implementation of the #NationalSecurityLaw (#NSL), foreign media has interviewed a few Hong Kong judges who stayed anonynous and showed their concerns about unfair court decision. The new regulations also mention that the media’s enquiry should be referred to the court and will be sent to Press and Public Relations Section for follow-up.
In recent years, many judges in Hong Kong have been criticized for taking the side of the authorities when dealing with the social movement-related cases. However, the Guide told the judges and judicial officers are asked avoid responding to any criticism, sending letters to the press, and dealing with other matters in court.
Source: Inmedia #May16
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