Cheng Liqiong reproduced police information for contempt of court and became the Privacy Commissioner: Injunction order punishable by immediate imprisonment

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Written by: Lin Jian

2020-10-20 18:31

Last update date: 2020-10-20 18:31

The chairman of the Central and Western District Council, Zheng Liqiong, reposted a post on Facebook in March this year, disclosing the information of police officers suspected of shooting blind Indonesian journalists, and was accused of violating a temporary injunction issued by the court last year prohibiting unlawful disclosure of personal information of police officers and their family members.

Zheng admitted that he violated the contempt of the court. Representatives of the Attorney General demanded that the court be sentenced to imprisonment. The High Court yesterday (19th) sentenced Zheng to imprisonment for 28 days, suspended for one year.

Privacy Commissioner Chung Lai Ling issued a statement today (20th) welcoming the ruling, emphasizing that the online world is not unreliable. Contempt of court is a serious matter. Once convicted of a violation of the relevant restraining order, it can be sentenced to immediate imprisonment and urged the public not to try the law.

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Zhong Liling said that she respects and welcomes the court’s ruling: “The online world is not impossible to rely on. The High Court issued two temporary injunctions last year concerning the “reception” and are still in force. Contempt of court is a serious matter. , Can be sentenced to immediate imprisonment. Don’t try yourselves.”

The Privacy Commissioner mentioned that the High Court issued a temporary injunction (HCA 1957/2019) in October 2019, prohibiting anyone from disclosing the personal information of police officers and their family members without the consent of relevant persons in order to intimidate or harass the police. Police officers and their families; the prohibition order prohibits anyone from intimidating or harassing police officers and their families, as well as assisting, inciting or abetting others to engage in the above-mentioned acts.

In addition, another temporary restraining order (HCA 2007/2019) prohibits anyone from deliberately disseminating or publishing any materials or information that promote, encourage or incitement the use or threat of violence on Internet platforms or media to cause any personal injury in Hong Kong Or property damage.

The prohibition order also prohibits anyone from deliberately assisting, inciting or instigating others to engage in the aforementioned acts.

The Commissioner’s Office also stated that after the court issued the above two injunctions, it has referred 45 cases of “criminal” suspected violations of the injunction to the Department of Justice for follow-up.

On June 17 this year, a defendant was found guilty of civil contempt of court in the High Court for disclosing the personal information of police officers and their family members on social platforms. He was sentenced to 28 days in prison with a one-year suspended sentence. Since the order, the first conviction for violating an injunction order.

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