Political situation
Written by: Huang Fengyi
2020-07-11 09:15
Last update date: 2020-07-11 18:51The Democrats held a primary election vote for the Legislative Council elections today and tomorrow. The police held a search warrant yesterday (10th) to the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Center, which assisted in the development of the voting system, at the Nanhui Plaza Office in Wong Chuk Hang, accusing someone of involving dishonesty in using computers , No one was arrested.
Democracy Power later stated on a social networking site that, in view of the fact that the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute team was suddenly investigated by the police at the Institute last night (10th), which disrupted the work schedule. In case of technical security concerns, the technical team The system resets the encryption key. Therefore, the opening hours of all service stations on July 11 must be postponed to 12 noon.
Democracy Power said that on the evening of July 10, the police entered the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion to investigate its computer system, resulting in delays in the preparation of the final stage of the democratic primary. It is reiterated that the primary election uses another independent computer system. The police investigation will not affect the democratic primary election conducted from July 11 to July 12. In view of the disruption of the work schedule of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute team, the technical team is resetting the encryption key for the system in case of system security. Therefore, the opening hours of all service stations on July 11 must be postponed to 12 noon.
The voting system has also been changed. Android users will not be able to use the mobile app to vote, and the voting method will use the voting page to vote. While iOS users are not affected, they still use the voting page to vote. The power of democracy apologizes for the inconvenience, and hopes that all citizens who vote can be more tolerant and patient.
Zhong Tingyao, chairman and chief executive of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion, pointed out that the police arrived last night (10th) to investigate whether someone leaked personal information or whether there was a hacker. He believes that the primary election today (11th) can be held as scheduled.
Later, Democracy Power said on the social networking site that the technical team was resetting the encryption key for the system due to system security considerations because the work schedule of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion was disrupted. Therefore, the opening hours of all service stations on July 11 must be postponed to 12 noon.
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