The Police Force held an annual review press conference today (27th).
As of January 25 this year, the police have arrested 162 people under the National Security Law, of which more than 100 have been prosecuted.
Regarding the suspension of "Apple Daily", "Stand News", and "Zhongxin News", Police Commissioner Xiao Zeyi pointed out that "their suspension of operation is their own choice", and continued that the freedom of the press is not absolute, saying "there is a lot of freedom. , freedom of the press is restricted because of the need to protect national security, public safety, and order.
Many media closed down Xiao: It's not our call to call him
At the press conference, Xiao Zeyi was repeatedly asked whether under the National Security Law, whether reporters would violate the law because of their reports criticizing the government, "Every day, there will be articles criticizing the government's administration in the newspapers, many of which are especially aimed at high-ranking government officials, condemning, Criticism, satire, there are all kinds of things, there is no problem with them, as long as you do not try to advocate, intensify or incite others to break the law, incite hatred, etc. through a certain speech.”
Several media outlets have shut down one after another, and he refers to the operator's decision, "Their outage is their own choice, Okay, it's not our name, we're not targeting a certain institution or industry, etc. , the crimes we committed against them.”
Refuting the theory that the media is involved in political waves
Regarding the suppression of press freedom, Xiao Zeyi said: "Press freedom is not absolute. Many freedoms, press freedom, are restricted because of the need to protect national security, public safety, and order."
Freedom is not absolute. Freedom is based on legal responsibility and obligation. If anyone violates the law, I don't think they are qualified to talk about freedom.
Police Commissioner Siu Chak-yee
He took the initiative to quote someone from the media who described "the media is involved in a political wave" without naming his name. He retorted: "First of all, I want to ask back, what exactly is this wave, and you at least have a lot of relevant information about it? People, you can at least ride on a boat, but many young people swim innocently in this sea to scare the water, so you are involved in this huge wave.” He pointed out that the young prisoners he visited agreed. Influenced by social media.
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I was asked what the line of demarcation was because of the remarks of the interviewees in the report.
Xiao Zeyi pointed out that Li Guihua, a senior police superintendent of the National Security Department, had explained the boundaries of "incitement" earlier. For example, when interviewing exiles, he pointed out that the provisions of the National Security Law were very clear. watch".
Regarding the outage of the media, he reiterated that it was the decision of the relevant agency, and then asked, "It's a guilty conscience."
This year, the Commissioner's top action items remain eight, the first being "maintaining national security". The police will continue to strengthen intelligence collection, and actively use different media and activities to enhance the public's awareness and resilience to local terrorism and self-radical behavior, and Citizens are encouraged to report.
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