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Written by: Chen Qianting
2020-01-20 11:37
Last updated: 2020-01-20 11:37Some groups yesterday (19th) held a "Sanctions in the World" rally in Chater Garden, Central. Before the rally, police officers intercepted a "Stance News" reporter in Admiralty and displayed their ID cards in front of the camera for a minute. .
The Chief Superintendent of the Police Public Relations Division, Guo Jiayu, said in a radio program today (20th) that he had been informed by colleagues that the reporter was not wearing a reflective vest at the time, and that the police officer did not know his reporter identity and he was not broadcasting. Guo Jiayi believes that this incident does not involve discipline and emphasizes that the police have always attached great importance to personal privacy.
"Position News" reporter Chen Langsheng retorted that the colleague involved was wearing a press card at the time, and the police officer also knew that the colleague was recording and asked his colleague to "shoot well." Using this method to disclose its information, the police must correct police officers with this misconception.
Some police officers deliberately placed the reporter's ID card in front of the camera to block the filming during the recording. Screenshots of relevant clips have been blurred. (Stance news clip)
Guo Jiayu: The reporter held his mobile phone and waved to disturb him.
Before yesterday ’s rally began, a large number of police officers intercepted citizens in the area around Admiralty, and arrested several people for possession of Tibetan tactical weapons. A police officer intercepted a reporter of "Position News" near the High Court, and pointed the documented side of his ID card towards the camera. The reporter once moved the camera to avoid it, but the police officer continued to use his ID card to face the camera. The process takes up to 1 minute.
The Chief Superintendent of the Police Public Relations Division, Guo Jiayu, said on a Hong Kong and Taiwan program today that he had been informed of the colleague in question that the reporter was not wearing a reflective vest. The police officer did not know that he was a reporter and he did not use his mobile phone to broadcast live. He also pointed out that during the investigation by a colleague, the reporter was uncooperative and he was unwilling to lower his hands while holding the phone. Guo described the reporter as "holding his cell phone and waving to disturb him", but details of the matter and its context are yet to be investigated, and the police will cooperate. Investigation by the Privacy Commissioner.
Asked if Guo deliberately only called "controlling tight people"
The host of the program then asked whether it was normal for police officers to display a page of personal information when checking their identity cards, and to deliberately raise them to a high level. Kwok Jia-kwan only said that the police officers at that time "controlled the tightly guarded individuals" and only stressed that the police had always attached great importance to personal privacy.
This is not the first incident of the same kind. In the clash of the Tai Po Super City on December 26 last year, the identity card information of "Position News" reporter Chen Langsheng was deliberately displayed in front of the live broadcast camera. Guo Jiazhen admitted that the police officer was inadequate. , Has given internal instructions. Regarding that another police officer made similar mistakes, Guo Jiayi denied that it involved police discipline issues, and only reiterated that he would continue to understand the details.
Guo Jiayu, Chief Superintendent of Police Public Relations Division. (Profile picture / Photo by Lu Jiayu)
Position: Colleagues have a reporter's card
Chen Langsheng retorted on the same program, saying that although his colleagues were not wearing reflective clothing at the time, they had been wearing press badges and were shooting news clips. The police also learned that during the recording, he had been called "Shoot Good" and also Tap and cover the camera. He reiterated the 2011 Li Keqiang visit to Hong Kong. The report of the IPCC clearly stated that police officers should not pat or cover the camera. This time, the police officers clearly reached the bottom line.
As for the way police officers intercepted and displayed ID information on the camera, Chen Langsheng revealed that other reporters had expressed similar experiences, but no police officer has used this method when intercepting other people, showing that police officers tend to use it against reporters. With this method, he urged the senior police to stop talking about him and should correct this misconception as soon as possible.
The police sprayed reporters with pepper spray several times during the clearance period
Last night, demonstrators quickly blocked the road in Mong Kok. Police officers asked reporters on the sidewalk to leave and sprayed pepper spray on the reporter several times. Guo Jiayu explained that there were different people mixed with reporters, including first aiders, Neighbors and people in black described it as "a misjudged reporter and imagination."
Chen Langsheng, an executive member of the Journalists Association, said that at the time there were no protesters around the reporters, but the police still applied pepper spray was unacceptable, but this was not a "new picture" since the demonstration lasted for more than half a year, urging the police to follow the guidelines for using force .
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