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Reporters Fined Even After Complying with Orders to Leave
2045 | #CheungShaWan
A reporter from BeWater HK was standing outside of Lai Chi Kok Detention Centre with a number of citizen reporters when the police demanded them to leave, citing the anti-gathering regulation. The group departed as instructed. However, they were stopped by officers a block away, where a new cordon line was set. The officer in-charge claimed to be only checking their IDs, after which they would be free to go. The cordon line also stopped a number of civilians, many of whom have just left work or were on their way to dinner, and were starting to get annoyed at the hold up.
Moments later, a few plainclothes officers brought the group back from where they were - nearly a block away - back towards the detention centre. They were placed with a dozen other citizens, and they each received a fine of $2000.
After receiving the tickets, the reporters were brought across the street, where other reporters from mainstream news had gathered, and were released there.
#Sept10 #PoliceState #FailedState
Reporters Fined Even After Complying with Orders to Leave
2045 | #CheungShaWan
A reporter from BeWater HK was standing outside of Lai Chi Kok Detention Centre with a number of citizen reporters when the police demanded them to leave, citing the anti-gathering regulation. The group departed as instructed. However, they were stopped by officers a block away, where a new cordon line was set. The officer in-charge claimed to be only checking their IDs, after which they would be free to go. The cordon line also stopped a number of civilians, many of whom have just left work or were on their way to dinner, and were starting to get annoyed at the hold up.
Moments later, a few plainclothes officers brought the group back from where they were - nearly a block away - back towards the detention centre. They were placed with a dozen other citizens, and they each received a fine of $2000.
After receiving the tickets, the reporters were brought across the street, where other reporters from mainstream news had gathered, and were released there.
#Sept10 #PoliceState #FailedState
#OpinionArticle
The Protest on 6 September
(7 Sep) Why was there a protest today (6 Sep 2020)? Because the HKSAR Government (The Gov’t) deprived our right to a scheduled election. Why was there a protest today? Because the brutality of Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has never been stopped. Why was there a protest today? Because Hongkongers were repeatedly deprived of freedom, dignity and personal safety. The history will record the brutal totalitarianism, which uses law in disguise to mutilate the citizens.
//The movement has actually not yet over now, with more and more ridiculous “dramas” are shown everyday.
//they will definitely examine all thought speech and suppress all dissidents completely.
//in the eyes of the totalitarian the root causes of everything are still from the citizens who truly express their sincere feelings.
//This is the Hong Kong today - now anyone makes HKPF unhappy will be arrested or detained.
//HKPF are truly ignorance on how their brutality has created hates and fear of citizens towards them. The girl must be aware of HKPF maltreating young people, so her instinct told her to escape from HKPF to protect herself
//We cannot be numb towards HKPF’s freely indiscriminate arrests, or see it’s a norm. Citizens have right to go out on the street and have personal freedom
//HKPF have never stopped their non-human maltreats against arrestees, the situation is only getting worse and worse.
//HKPF’s violence towards reporters increases fiercely.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-protest-on-6-September-09-14
Source: Facebook
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #FreedomOfPress #12YearOldGirl #IndiscriminateArrest
The Protest on 6 September
(7 Sep) Why was there a protest today (6 Sep 2020)? Because the HKSAR Government (The Gov’t) deprived our right to a scheduled election. Why was there a protest today? Because the brutality of Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has never been stopped. Why was there a protest today? Because Hongkongers were repeatedly deprived of freedom, dignity and personal safety. The history will record the brutal totalitarianism, which uses law in disguise to mutilate the citizens.
//The movement has actually not yet over now, with more and more ridiculous “dramas” are shown everyday.
//they will definitely examine all thought speech and suppress all dissidents completely.
//in the eyes of the totalitarian the root causes of everything are still from the citizens who truly express their sincere feelings.
//This is the Hong Kong today - now anyone makes HKPF unhappy will be arrested or detained.
//HKPF are truly ignorance on how their brutality has created hates and fear of citizens towards them. The girl must be aware of HKPF maltreating young people, so her instinct told her to escape from HKPF to protect herself
//We cannot be numb towards HKPF’s freely indiscriminate arrests, or see it’s a norm. Citizens have right to go out on the street and have personal freedom
//HKPF have never stopped their non-human maltreats against arrestees, the situation is only getting worse and worse.
//HKPF’s violence towards reporters increases fiercely.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-protest-on-6-September-09-14
Source: Facebook
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #FreedomOfPress #12YearOldGirl #IndiscriminateArrest
#ThinlyVeiledThreat #AsiasFinest
Does HK Police want to throw Apple Daily out the window?
On Sept 24, 2020, Hong Kong Police published on Facebook a comic about being precautious of telephone scams. In the graphic, the apple is thrown out the window for giving wrong answer. The shape of the apple bears similarity with Apple Daily' icon, which many believes to be a clear allusion to Apple Daily. Many netizens left a message criticising the police for instigating violence and advocating hatred.
Famous Hong Kong pundit and media personality Stephen Shiu Yeuk Yuen commented on Twitter that the Police should spend more time advancing their knowledge rather than arresting political activists such as Joshua Wong, as they had misinterpreted what the meme is about.
Source: Stand News; Stephen Shiu Yeuk Yuen's Twitter Account #Sept24
Further Reading:
Know Your Meme: Boardroom Suggestion
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boardroom-suggestion
#AppleDaily #PoliceState #FreedomOfPress #WhiteTerror
Does HK Police want to throw Apple Daily out the window?
On Sept 24, 2020, Hong Kong Police published on Facebook a comic about being precautious of telephone scams. In the graphic, the apple is thrown out the window for giving wrong answer. The shape of the apple bears similarity with Apple Daily' icon, which many believes to be a clear allusion to Apple Daily. Many netizens left a message criticising the police for instigating violence and advocating hatred.
Famous Hong Kong pundit and media personality Stephen Shiu Yeuk Yuen commented on Twitter that the Police should spend more time advancing their knowledge rather than arresting political activists such as Joshua Wong, as they had misinterpreted what the meme is about.
Source: Stand News; Stephen Shiu Yeuk Yuen's Twitter Account #Sept24
Further Reading:
Know Your Meme: Boardroom Suggestion
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/boardroom-suggestion
#AppleDaily #PoliceState #FreedomOfPress #WhiteTerror
The repressive ordeal of Australian journalists in China
While China's crackdown on foreign correspondents has been a recent point of contention around the world, the truth is it has been happening for a very long time. Two years after the fact, Matthew Carney - a veteran journalist from Australia - recounts his unnerving experience of how China's bureaucratic machine ventured to suppress his freedom of press and threaten his family.
Source: Standnews #Sep22
https://telegra.ph/Australian-correspondents-forced-to-leave-China-under-threat-from-government-officials-10-12
#MatthewCarney #China #Australia #FreedomOfPress #ABC #Surveillance #NationalSecurity #CyberSecurity #Censorship #InvestigativeJournalism #Journalism
While China's crackdown on foreign correspondents has been a recent point of contention around the world, the truth is it has been happening for a very long time. Two years after the fact, Matthew Carney - a veteran journalist from Australia - recounts his unnerving experience of how China's bureaucratic machine ventured to suppress his freedom of press and threaten his family.
Source: Standnews #Sep22
https://telegra.ph/Australian-correspondents-forced-to-leave-China-under-threat-from-government-officials-10-12
#MatthewCarney #China #Australia #FreedomOfPress #ABC #Surveillance #NationalSecurity #CyberSecurity #Censorship #InvestigativeJournalism #Journalism
After the List of Foreign Missions to Chinese Media, Beijing Requires 6 US Media in China to Declare Personnel and Financial Records
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, recently indicated that the State Department listed another 6 Chinese media organizations as foreign missions. The list included “One Fortune Global”, “Liberation Daily”, “Xinmin Evening News”, “Economic Daily”, “Beijing Weekly”, and China Social Sciences in China Press. Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, announced the adoption of reciprocal countermeasures today (26th October). The countermeasures required six US media branches in China to declare to the Chinese party all the personnel information, financial affairs, operations, real estate information, and other written material to China within a week.
These media are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Los Angeles Times, Minnesota Public Radio, the Bureau of National Affairs, Newsweek and Feature Story News.
Zhao said that the measures above are necessary and reciprocal as the US carried out unreasonably suppression on Chinese media agencies in the US. He added that these measures are completely legitimate and reasonable defence. He also stated that the relevant US practices specifically targeted the Chinese media and were based on Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice. They have seriously damaged the reputation and image of the Chinese media agencies, seriously affected the regular operation of the Chinese media in the US, and seriously interfered with the typical cultural exchanges between China and the US, “The hypocrisy of “freedom of the press”.
Zhao urged the US to immediately stop the political suppression as well as the unreasonable limitations to Chinese media, and emphasized that if the US insists on going its own way and add mistakes to mistakes, China will definitely take further countermeasures.
Source from: Stand News #Oct26
https://bit.ly/2THOTOs
#China #UnitedStates #freedomofpress #ABC #LosAngelesTimes #MinnesotaPublicRadio #Newsweek
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, recently indicated that the State Department listed another 6 Chinese media organizations as foreign missions. The list included “One Fortune Global”, “Liberation Daily”, “Xinmin Evening News”, “Economic Daily”, “Beijing Weekly”, and China Social Sciences in China Press. Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, announced the adoption of reciprocal countermeasures today (26th October). The countermeasures required six US media branches in China to declare to the Chinese party all the personnel information, financial affairs, operations, real estate information, and other written material to China within a week.
These media are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Los Angeles Times, Minnesota Public Radio, the Bureau of National Affairs, Newsweek and Feature Story News.
Zhao said that the measures above are necessary and reciprocal as the US carried out unreasonably suppression on Chinese media agencies in the US. He added that these measures are completely legitimate and reasonable defence. He also stated that the relevant US practices specifically targeted the Chinese media and were based on Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice. They have seriously damaged the reputation and image of the Chinese media agencies, seriously affected the regular operation of the Chinese media in the US, and seriously interfered with the typical cultural exchanges between China and the US, “The hypocrisy of “freedom of the press”.
Zhao urged the US to immediately stop the political suppression as well as the unreasonable limitations to Chinese media, and emphasized that if the US insists on going its own way and add mistakes to mistakes, China will definitely take further countermeasures.
Source from: Stand News #Oct26
https://bit.ly/2THOTOs
#China #UnitedStates #freedomofpress #ABC #LosAngelesTimes #MinnesotaPublicRadio #Newsweek
#Censorship
Catholic Newspaper Makes Unauthorized Deletions in Article Critical of HK Government and Police
An article by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese was printed in the Catholic newspaper Kung Kao Po, but with statements removed without the commission's consent.
The deleted content included criticisms against the Hong Kong government's decisions during the Anti-ELAB movement, as well as the police's lack of respect for human life.
In a response to media, Kung Kao Po said they hope the Commission would respect their editorial freedom, and denied that they were ordered to censor their content.
The article, titled "What Price a Life?", was printed in the Justice and Peace Commission column in issue #4006 of the newspaper.
According to a statement by the Commission, the newspaper deleted parts of the article, and published the edited version without their consent: "We hereby solemnly declare that the edited article has no relation to us."
The commission had contacted the paper multiple times to express that they did not accept the edit, "yet their chief editor did not respect our wishes, and published in our column the edited version, which we do not agree with. We deeply regret the paper's decision."
The original text provided by the Commission shows that three sentences were deleted by the paper. These included statements critical of the government and police force during the anti-ELAB movement:
"Yet the government had also made decisions during the anti-ELAB movement that caused the public to worry that a humanitarian crisis may be developing."
"However, the non-elected HKSAR government has time and again neglected human dignity; if the police force, which ought to defend the safety of the people, had neglected the value of human life; how can such a Hong Kong be repaired and restored?"
"Even though speaking the truth today may cause an 'even higher level' threat to be brought down upon us, we can no longer fall back and compromise."
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#WhiteTerror #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #KungKaoPo
#JusticeandPeaceCommission
Catholic Newspaper Makes Unauthorized Deletions in Article Critical of HK Government and Police
An article by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese was printed in the Catholic newspaper Kung Kao Po, but with statements removed without the commission's consent.
The deleted content included criticisms against the Hong Kong government's decisions during the Anti-ELAB movement, as well as the police's lack of respect for human life.
In a response to media, Kung Kao Po said they hope the Commission would respect their editorial freedom, and denied that they were ordered to censor their content.
The article, titled "What Price a Life?", was printed in the Justice and Peace Commission column in issue #4006 of the newspaper.
According to a statement by the Commission, the newspaper deleted parts of the article, and published the edited version without their consent: "We hereby solemnly declare that the edited article has no relation to us."
The commission had contacted the paper multiple times to express that they did not accept the edit, "yet their chief editor did not respect our wishes, and published in our column the edited version, which we do not agree with. We deeply regret the paper's decision."
The original text provided by the Commission shows that three sentences were deleted by the paper. These included statements critical of the government and police force during the anti-ELAB movement:
"Yet the government had also made decisions during the anti-ELAB movement that caused the public to worry that a humanitarian crisis may be developing."
"However, the non-elected HKSAR government has time and again neglected human dignity; if the police force, which ought to defend the safety of the people, had neglected the value of human life; how can such a Hong Kong be repaired and restored?"
"Even though speaking the truth today may cause an 'even higher level' threat to be brought down upon us, we can no longer fall back and compromise."
Source: Stand News #Nov26
#WhiteTerror #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #KungKaoPo
#JusticeandPeaceCommission
Hong Kong has lost so much thing in the previous month. The highlighted are the June 4th Assembly, Apple Daily, and the July 1st March.
#Freedom #FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #July1 #June4 #GoHKgraphics
#Freedom #FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #July1 #June4 #GoHKgraphics
Thank you, Apple Daily, for your work in this 26 years.
#FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #GoHKgraphics
#FreedomofPress #FreedomofSpeech #AppleDaily #GoHKgraphics
Australian Foreign Minister: Stand with those who care about freedom of the press
The 26-year-old Hong Kong “Apple Daily” was forced to cease operations on 24 June,2021 due to the freezing of many senior executives and assets. This has drawn many foreign countries’ attention.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne indicated through the post, “Sith the closure of the Apple Daily, Australia stands with those raising legitimate concerns about the future of press freedoms in Hong Kong. She especially mentioned those attentions are legitimate.
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has posted on Twitter and demonstrated the concern at the arrest of journalists from Apple Daily. The impact will have on freedom of expression in Hong Kong, as provided in the Basic Law underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Since the closure of Apple Daily, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne retweeted the post of DFAT, and posted to indicate, Australia will stand with the people who care about freedom of press.
Source: Stand News #Jun25
https://bit.ly/3zpeuyD
#AppleDaily #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfSpeech #Australia #HongKong #China #CCP #Democracy #BasicLaw #JointDeclaration #DFAT #Twitter #StandWithHongKong
The 26-year-old Hong Kong “Apple Daily” was forced to cease operations on 24 June,2021 due to the freezing of many senior executives and assets. This has drawn many foreign countries’ attention.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne indicated through the post, “Sith the closure of the Apple Daily, Australia stands with those raising legitimate concerns about the future of press freedoms in Hong Kong. She especially mentioned those attentions are legitimate.
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has posted on Twitter and demonstrated the concern at the arrest of journalists from Apple Daily. The impact will have on freedom of expression in Hong Kong, as provided in the Basic Law underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Since the closure of Apple Daily, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne retweeted the post of DFAT, and posted to indicate, Australia will stand with the people who care about freedom of press.
Source: Stand News #Jun25
https://bit.ly/3zpeuyD
#AppleDaily #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfSpeech #Australia #HongKong #China #CCP #Democracy #BasicLaw #JointDeclaration #DFAT #Twitter #StandWithHongKong
[Interview in UK] Steve Vines: I have never seen a situation worse than this. I dare not think about “not able to return to Hong Kong forever”
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong – September 10, 2021 • 3 November 2021
Before leaving Hong Kong, a place he lived for thirty-four years, unlike many others, Steve VINES did not revisit places of great significance to him. Doing so would just make him even sadder.
“If I did that, I would be so depressed I wouldn’t be able to function,” he said.
He has a friend who also left Hong Kong but spent two weeks traveling around the city capturing memories.
"It surprised me how he could do this."
Read the fully translated interview here:
https://telegra.ph/Interview-in-UK-Steve-Vines-I-have-never-seen-a-situation-worse-than-this-I-dare-not-think-about-not-able-to-return-to-Hong-Kong-11-02
Inteviewer: Mok Mok
Source: The Stand News #Aug13
#FreedomOfPress #fcc #SteveVines
Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong – September 10, 2021 • 3 November 2021
Before leaving Hong Kong, a place he lived for thirty-four years, unlike many others, Steve VINES did not revisit places of great significance to him. Doing so would just make him even sadder.
“If I did that, I would be so depressed I wouldn’t be able to function,” he said.
He has a friend who also left Hong Kong but spent two weeks traveling around the city capturing memories.
"It surprised me how he could do this."
Read the fully translated interview here:
https://telegra.ph/Interview-in-UK-Steve-Vines-I-have-never-seen-a-situation-worse-than-this-I-dare-not-think-about-not-able-to-return-to-Hong-Kong-11-02
Inteviewer: Mok Mok
Source: The Stand News #Aug13
#FreedomOfPress #fcc #SteveVines
#CCP
Crackdown on Stand News is China's First Step in Controlling the World's Narrative, says Former #NextDigital Director
The day after Stand News was forced to shut down by Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) held a rapid response virtual briefing on December 30, 2021, in which the speakers urged the international community to closely monitor the developing situation.
Not only is freedom of press under attack in Hong Kong, they said, the incident also signifies important future challenges, such as the possibility of China manipulating the world in the future.
The invited speakers were #ThomasKellogg, executive director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University; and #MarkClifford, former independent non-executive director of Next Digital.
As a former director of Next Media, Clifford saw firsthand the government's oppression against Apple Daily, which began even before the National Security Law (#NSL) took effect on June 30, 2020. The crackdown against Stand News had been rumored to be coming for some time; even so, when it finally became reality, Clifford felt it deeply.
"What's happening at Stand News is tragic," Clifford said, "Perhaps not a complete surprise, because we have seen what happened at Apple Daily. It's extraordinary when you're on the other end of state power - unchecked state power. In a city like Hong Kong, it's hard to believe."
The arrests and forced closure of Stand News happened soon after the conclusion of the legislative elections. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang had twice written to the Wall Street Journal to criticize their reporting of the Hong Kong Elections, even calling its editorials "sickening".
Clifford said that this had not been a coincidence; rather, it reflects the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions to control the world's narrative.
Source: VOA Chinese #Dec30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/experts-analysis-on-hong-kong-standard-news-forced-closure-20211230/6376727.html
Video of the HKDC Rapid Response Virtual Briefing:
https://www.facebook.com/hkdc.us/videos/958932114740331/
#StandNewsCrackdown #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress #Media #PoliticalProsecution
Crackdown on Stand News is China's First Step in Controlling the World's Narrative, says Former #NextDigital Director
The day after Stand News was forced to shut down by Hong Kong Police, Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) held a rapid response virtual briefing on December 30, 2021, in which the speakers urged the international community to closely monitor the developing situation.
Not only is freedom of press under attack in Hong Kong, they said, the incident also signifies important future challenges, such as the possibility of China manipulating the world in the future.
The invited speakers were #ThomasKellogg, executive director of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University; and #MarkClifford, former independent non-executive director of Next Digital.
As a former director of Next Media, Clifford saw firsthand the government's oppression against Apple Daily, which began even before the National Security Law (#NSL) took effect on June 30, 2020. The crackdown against Stand News had been rumored to be coming for some time; even so, when it finally became reality, Clifford felt it deeply.
"What's happening at Stand News is tragic," Clifford said, "Perhaps not a complete surprise, because we have seen what happened at Apple Daily. It's extraordinary when you're on the other end of state power - unchecked state power. In a city like Hong Kong, it's hard to believe."
The arrests and forced closure of Stand News happened soon after the conclusion of the legislative elections. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang had twice written to the Wall Street Journal to criticize their reporting of the Hong Kong Elections, even calling its editorials "sickening".
Clifford said that this had not been a coincidence; rather, it reflects the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions to control the world's narrative.
Source: VOA Chinese #Dec30
https://www.voachinese.com/a/experts-analysis-on-hong-kong-standard-news-forced-closure-20211230/6376727.html
Video of the HKDC Rapid Response Virtual Briefing:
https://www.facebook.com/hkdc.us/videos/958932114740331/
#StandNewsCrackdown #NationalSecurityLaw #FreedomOfPress #Media #PoliticalProsecution
美国之音
壹传媒前高层：香港打压《立场新闻》是中共试图控制世界话语权的一步
香港网媒《立场新闻》被迫关闭事件持续发展之际，长期关心香港局势发展的外籍传媒人士与法律学者促请，国际社会不应袖手旁观，应关注事态发展，这不仅事关香港新闻自由遭受攻击，还关系到世界将来会否受到中国操控等重要挑战。
#WhiteTerror #Censorship
Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
In late December 2021, six former and current senior staff members of Stand News were arrested for "conspiracy to publish a seditious material". The authorities said that it contravened sections 9 and 10 of the Crimes Ordinance.
The former chief-editor Chung Pui-Kuen and the former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam Shiu-Tung were both detained and denied bail. Stand News immediately announced to cease operation.
On January 6, 2022, #MingPao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, stated in its editorial that the newspaper has no intention to "incite hatred, dissatisfaction, and hostility" and they are only "pointing out the wrongdoings and suggesting a legal improvement to the society".
Following #StandNews, #CitizenNews and other 5 media have been recently closed down.
The chief-writer in Citizen News Chris Yeung Kin-Hing worried about the unpredictable redline. He was not comfortable to be a journalist as any article, report and interview can be classified as incitement.
Chief Executive #CarrieLam, however, claimed that the number of media registered on the information service department has increased in the past year, when she was asked whether press freedom has declined.
"The shut down of the media is their personal choice that we should not directly connect it with #FreedomofPress. The government and the police force only act in accordance with the law."
The editorial posted by Ming Pao reads:
"Criticism in the journal was to point out the mistakes or weaknesses of the related systems, policies or regulations and aim to correct or to eliminate them with legal improvement. There are no hatred, dissatisfaction, or hostility incitement to the government or other social groups."
Source: InMedia #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3JLmArq
#CarrieLam #YeungKinHing #ChungPuiKuen #LamShiuTung #NSL #CrimesOrdinance #PressFreedom #MediaLandscape
Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
In late December 2021, six former and current senior staff members of Stand News were arrested for "conspiracy to publish a seditious material". The authorities said that it contravened sections 9 and 10 of the Crimes Ordinance.
The former chief-editor Chung Pui-Kuen and the former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam Shiu-Tung were both detained and denied bail. Stand News immediately announced to cease operation.
On January 6, 2022, #MingPao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong, stated in its editorial that the newspaper has no intention to "incite hatred, dissatisfaction, and hostility" and they are only "pointing out the wrongdoings and suggesting a legal improvement to the society".
Following #StandNews, #CitizenNews and other 5 media have been recently closed down.
The chief-writer in Citizen News Chris Yeung Kin-Hing worried about the unpredictable redline. He was not comfortable to be a journalist as any article, report and interview can be classified as incitement.
Chief Executive #CarrieLam, however, claimed that the number of media registered on the information service department has increased in the past year, when she was asked whether press freedom has declined.
"The shut down of the media is their personal choice that we should not directly connect it with #FreedomofPress. The government and the police force only act in accordance with the law."
The editorial posted by Ming Pao reads:
"Criticism in the journal was to point out the mistakes or weaknesses of the related systems, policies or regulations and aim to correct or to eliminate them with legal improvement. There are no hatred, dissatisfaction, or hostility incitement to the government or other social groups."
Source: InMedia #Jan6
https://bit.ly/3JLmArq
#CarrieLam #YeungKinHing #ChungPuiKuen #LamShiuTung #NSL #CrimesOrdinance #PressFreedom #MediaLandscape
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（獨媒報導）《立場新聞》去年底六名高層
A year being in the US before returning, Bao Choy: Do my best to HK with my strength
Bao Choy, the director of TV programme Hong Kong Connection at RTHK, was told that she made false statement on Vehicle Registration in one of the episodes. She was convicted at a magistrate's court last year and was charged HKD6000.
Bao Choy applied for an appeal to the High Court. She indicated after the trial that searching for Vehicle Registration involves public right to know; but followed by her accusation, many news agencies no longer allow their journalist to search in the registration list. She hoped to do her best for the freedom of the press.
Choy received a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University last year and had studied for a year from last August. It is to investigate the independence, the future development and the survival of news agency.
She recently returned to Hong Kong. She answered, "Hong Kong is my home, where I love. I hope to do something for Hong Kong with my reachable power" when she was asked for the reason of returning.
She will wait for the judge to decide her case with peace in mind while she is not suitable to comment. "To do what I can do." The appeal not only is for her individual case but also involves public right to know, to let the court decide whether the registration aligns with Hong Kong legal spirit.
She believes the original judge has an extremely narrow interpretation to the law. The registration record has been very useful and valuable to the public interest for the past decades, including high officials getting vehicles before taking over the seat.
From her knowledge, the majority of the news agencies has stopped their journalists from searching the registration, having a negative impact to the industries. She hopes she can do something for the freedom of press with the case.
Source: Inmedia #Aug29
https://bit.ly/3ByG4vO
#BaoChoy #ChoyYukLing #RTHK #HongKongConnection #FreedomofPress #PublicRighttoKnow #July21WhohastheTruth
Bao Choy, the director of TV programme Hong Kong Connection at RTHK, was told that she made false statement on Vehicle Registration in one of the episodes. She was convicted at a magistrate's court last year and was charged HKD6000.
Bao Choy applied for an appeal to the High Court. She indicated after the trial that searching for Vehicle Registration involves public right to know; but followed by her accusation, many news agencies no longer allow their journalist to search in the registration list. She hoped to do her best for the freedom of the press.
Choy received a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University last year and had studied for a year from last August. It is to investigate the independence, the future development and the survival of news agency.
She recently returned to Hong Kong. She answered, "Hong Kong is my home, where I love. I hope to do something for Hong Kong with my reachable power" when she was asked for the reason of returning.
She will wait for the judge to decide her case with peace in mind while she is not suitable to comment. "To do what I can do." The appeal not only is for her individual case but also involves public right to know, to let the court decide whether the registration aligns with Hong Kong legal spirit.
She believes the original judge has an extremely narrow interpretation to the law. The registration record has been very useful and valuable to the public interest for the past decades, including high officials getting vehicles before taking over the seat.
From her knowledge, the majority of the news agencies has stopped their journalists from searching the registration, having a negative impact to the industries. She hopes she can do something for the freedom of press with the case.
Source: Inmedia #Aug29
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