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FDC accused of violating the regulations on associations Chen Haohuan responded: The police have been cooperating with illegal associations?

2021-05-04T12:50:14.371Z


The director of police association affairs issued a letter earlier, questioning the civil human rights front for allegedly violating Article 5 of the "Societies Ordinance", and asked the FDC to provide 6 items of information in writing, including the reasons for not re-applying for association registration, FDC’s social relations


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Written by: Zhou Haoyi Zheng Baosheng

2021-05-04 14:51

Last update date: 2021-05-04 14:55

The director of police association affairs issued a letter earlier, questioning the civil human rights front for allegedly violating Article 5 of the "Society Ordinance", requesting FDC to provide 6 items of information in writing, including the reason for not applying for association registration again, and whether FDC’s social page Established and managed by the FDC, requested to provide information on the demonstrations and gatherings held by FDC since September 2006, and required to account for the source of income, expenses, bank and account numbers used to receive any funds or funds, etc. since the establishment of FDC .

FDC convener Chen Haohuan replied to the police today (4th) that according to the Basic Law, Hong Kong residents have the freedom of association. FDC does not agree with the "Societies Ordinance" introduced by the Provisional Legislative Council, and does not consider FDC to be an illegal organization. Will respond to questions from the Registrar of Societies one by one.

He questioned the fact that the FDC has repeatedly applied to the police for a notice of no objection and communicated with the police on demonstrations and meetings. If FDC is an illegal organization, why the police and many government organizations have been cooperating with FDC.

Quoting the Chief Inspector to confess that the police and the FDC "cooperated well"

Chen Haohuan stated in the letter that since its establishment in 2002, the FDC has adhered to the principles of lawfulness, peace, rationality, and non-violence. It has applied for a notice of no objection to the police several times a year, and held meetings with the police and various government departments to hold demonstrations. With the rally, let the people of Hong Kong speak out.

He said that in the past many years, the police and other government departments have never required the FDC to apply for registration as a society, nor have they warned or questioned FDC as an illegal organization. Police representatives even praised FDC for its actions in the hearings of the "Public Assembly and Procession Appeals Committee." "A big brand" has "co-operated well" with the police in the procession and assembly, and the reply also mentioned that "this was confirmed by a chief inspector in a recent court case when he gave evidence in court."

Chen Haohuan said that the FDC was quite surprised when the authorities questioned the violation of the "Society Ordinance", "If the front is an illegal organization, why have the police and multiple government departments been cooperating with illegal organizations? The identity calls ``illegal society'' a friend?''

Chen Haoheng: It is difficult for the FDC to fully answer questions

When asked if they are worried about not answering the questions one by one, the authorities will think that FDC is not cooperating and even ban FDC. Chen Haohuan said that according to the Societies Ordinance, submitting incomplete and incorrect information or failing to respond to questions is a violation. The law, but the FDC is actually unable to provide a complete response. "There are organizations that will store data for 15 years. What's more, 15 years ago, I was only a teenager, and I was a primary school student."

He continued that the FDC adheres to the principle of freedom of association for Hong Kong people. It does not consider FDC to be an illegal organization, and in principle will not respond to the questions of the Registrar of Societies one by one.

He hopes that the authorities and the FDC will support the Basic Law and defend basic freedoms and human rights together, otherwise it will only cause backlash.

According to Article 16(2) of the Societies Ordinance, if any society fails to comply with all or part of the requirements of any notice served under Article 15, it is liable to a fine of 20,000 yuan upon summary conviction. Article 16(3) stipulates that any information provided to the Community Garden Affairs Officer in order to comply with the requirements of the notice served under Article 15 is false, incorrect or incomplete in terms of material, then the information provided Once a person is convicted of a summary rent order, he can be fined 20,000 yuan.

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