The Companies Registry and the Land Registry jointly announced on Monday (25th) to tighten the arrangements for this book, requiring searchers to provide their real names and personal information such as ID numbers starting from November. Institutions are required to search as registered users and also need to register Personal information of employees, that is, the real-name registration of the reporter is required for the search of news organizations.
In response, Chen Langsheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, pointed out that the government has repeatedly tightened search arrangements, causing legal uncertainty. In a disguised manner, the media is not encouraged to conduct investigations and reports.
He also pointed out that unless no more investigative reports are allowed, he hopes that the government will not set up legal traps for the media.
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Tighten Searches | Companies Registry and Land Registry will start searches next month to register name and ID
Starting from November 1st, names and ID numbers must be registered for searches.
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The Companies Registry and the Land Registry today (25th) announced the tightening of the arrangements for this book, referring to the fact that the public is required to conduct a real-name search and provide an ID number from November.
Chen Langsheng, chairman of the Association of Recorders, believes that whether it is the tightening of the company, the land search arrangement, the earlier request by the Finance Bureau to hide the information of the directors in the company registry, or the information on the court charge book is covered in "half the sky, half the earth" "It all showed that the government "does not want to be found by you."
Chen Langsheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, believes that the government's repeated tightening of searches has caused legal uncertainty and will discourage some media from searching and investigating reports.
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Chen Langsheng: Disguisedly discourage investigative reporting and put the blame on individual reporters
Chen Langsheng believes that the current legal uncertainty will make some media discourage searches: "Unless it is a few media organizations that are keen to conduct investigations and reports, ordinary media organizations may no longer encourage reporters to conduct investigations. This kind of reporting is not good for society in the long run.” He emphasized that unknown injustices in society still need to be exposed by the media.
Regarding the provisions of the Land Registry that the company’s search must also provide the personal data of its authorized employees, Chen Langsheng thinks that the arrangement is strange and redundant: Individual reporters.” He again emphasized that the relevant arrangements discourage the media from investigating and reporting.
The Land Registry also announced the new arrangements for search on the same day. In addition to searching with an individual identity, searches with an institutional identity must also provide identification information of authorized staff.
(Land Registry website)
Lam Cheng promises that the Constitutional Affairs Bureau and the Records Association will follow up so far
Chen Langsheng pointed out that in the past, when consulting the Land Registry and Buildings Department building plans, it was not necessary to provide the real name and ID number. He described the old search arrangement as providing good soil for interviews and reports.
He said that he understands that there will definitely be voices wishing to implement real-name searches. Therefore, he has always hoped that the government will include news reporting in the options for declaring search purposes. However, the authorities have never responded: "Lam Cheng said earlier this year that he would invite politics. The Administration and Mainland Affairs Bureau followed up with us (JNA), but no one has consulted us so far."
Tsai Yu-ling, the former director of the Hong Kong and Taiwan TV show "Clang Collection", checked the license plate when producing a feature report on the 721 Yuen Long attack. She was accused of making false statements in the search statement. In April this year, she was convicted of violating the Road Traffic Ordinance and fined a total of 6,000. Yuan, Cai has appealed the conviction.
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However, even if news uses were included in the statement, Chen said he was still worried.
As an example, he used the case of Cai Yuling, the director of the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Clang Collection". He was worried that the purpose of the search statement was different from the authorities’ view. He would also be accused of false statement and criminal prosecution: "Unless the society no longer needs it, or cannot Do more in-depth and investigative reports, otherwise, don't set us up such a legal trap."
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