Hong Kong Linguistics disbanded｜Civil Affairs Department: The Department of Justice pointed out that the article was illegal, so the police dealt with the two activities so far or involved criminals
[Yahoo News Report]The organization defending the Cantonese language “Hong Kong Studies” announced the day before yesterday (28th) that it would end its operations and will proceed with dissolution procedures. The family questioned and conveyed a request to remove an article “Our Times” from the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Project” three years ago by Hong Kong Linguistics. Chen Lexing said that considering the situation of his family in Hong Kong, the article has been deleted immediately. “Yahoo News” inquired from the Home Affairs Department the day before yesterday, and the Department responded late last night (29th), pointing out that some articles in the Central and Western District’s essay solicitation plan involved elements that “affected community harmony”. I asked “Hong Kong Linguistics” to explain how to follow up and correct it. As for the issue of refunding the appropriations, the Home Affairs Department pointed out that due to the stalemate in the matter, the Civil Affairs Office had consulted the Department of Justice on how to handle the appropriations, and the reply was that these articles might constitute a criminal offense, so the Home Affairs Office reported to the police according to the procedure; The Civil Affairs Office has no information on the investigation process of the police, what actions were taken and when they were taken, so they will not comment. The Home Affairs Department said that, including the above-mentioned essay solicitation plan, so far two activities of “Hong Kong Language Studies” may involve criminal offenses and have been reported to the police.
The Central and Western District Essay Contest was accused of breaking the law and the National Security Police asked to delete the essay “Hong Kong Language Studies” to end its operation (click to enlarge the picture)
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Defending the Cantonese language organization “Hong Kong Language Studies” disbanded, the national security police questioned the chairman’s family, said the article was illegal and asked to take it off the shelves
Hong Kong Linguistics disbanded｜Chen Lexing confirmed that “Our Times” was requested by the national security to delete the assertion that the risk of defending Cantonese in Hong Kong is increasing
Hong Kong Linguistics disbanded｜Civil Affairs Department: The Department of Justice pointed out that the article was illegal, so the police dealt with the two activities so far or involved criminals
District Office says some articles “may affect community harmony”
The Home Affairs Department replied to “Yahoo News” about the incident, stating that on May 14, 2020, the Central and Western District Council approved a grant of HK$20,000 for the “Community Engagement Program” to support the “Central and Western District Stories” hosted by “Hong Kong Studies” Cantonese Essay Calling Project”. On December 8, “Hong Kong Studies” submitted the first draft of the anthology to the Civil Affairs Office in accordance with the relevant guidelines for district council funding. On December 22, the Civil Affairs Office pointed out that some articles “involved foul language, contained controversial, misleading and disturbing elements, or elements that affected community harmony”, and also violated the “community participation plan” to “promote social harmony and mutual respect”. “, so there is a request for “Hong Kong Language Studies” to specify the article and inform the prescription how to follow up and correct it.
The General Administration stated that from the end of December 2020 to February of the following year, the Civil Affairs Office communicated with “Hong Kong Studies” through letters and emails several times, and pointed out the above-mentioned problems again. point of view. On February 19, the Civil Affairs Office wrote again, stating that if the “Hong Kong Studies” had not been properly revised on the relevant articles before March 5, the Civil Affairs Office would not refund the activity expenses, and the Civil Affairs Office has not received any A revised edition of “Hong Kong Linguistics”. The General Administration also mentioned that “Hong Kong Language Studies” had inquired about the distribution of the remaining funds from the Civil Affairs Office on December 21, 2021. The Civil Affairs Office replied to “Hong Kong Language Studies” on January 12, 2022, stating that the case was being processed .
Hong Kong Linguistics has received funding from the District Office to hold the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Competition”.
List of outstanding works of the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Competition”.
Report to the police after consulting the Department of Justice on funding issues and receiving a reply that the article or crime
The General Administration stated that considering the stalemate in the matter of reimbursing relevant activity expenses, the Civil Affairs Office consulted the Department of Justice on how to handle the appropriations; Report.” As for Chen Lexing’s citation of the police’s statement that the Civil Affairs Office could not find Chen Lexing many times, it transferred the case to the police for follow-up and contacting Chen. As for the investigation process of the police, what action to take and when to take action, the General Administration pointed out that “the Civil Affairs Office has no information and will not comment.”
“Yahoo News” also made inquiries to the police the day before yesterday. When asked whether the above-mentioned law enforcement action was confirmed, what crime Chen Lexing was suspected of violating, and the progress of the investigation of the case, etc., the police did not give a positive answer. They only said that any action taken by the police would be dealt with according to the actual situation and in accordance with the law.
In response to Chen Lexing’s public statement that the District Office was owed more than 300,000 yuan in reimbursement of actual expenses, the Home Affairs Department stated that “there is absolutely no arrears”, and pointed out that “Hong Kong Language Studies” has a total of 8 16 funding applications were approved in each district, including the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Solicitation Project”. “
It is said that the two activities or the criminal offenses involved cannot be refunded until the investigation is made
The General Administration pointed out that, including the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Solicitation Project”, “Hong Kong Studies” has so far had two activities that may involve criminal offenses and have been reported to the police. The two activities involved an approved amount of about 170,000 yuan. Until the investigation is cleared, the Civil Affairs Office cannot refund the expenses related to the activities”; as for the other 6 activities that were not carried out as planned, or activity reports and related materials were not submitted, involving an approved amount of about 346,000 yuan. “According to the district council’s relevant regulations on funding, activities must be carried out as planned, and activity reports and relevant information must be submitted in order to be reimbursed for the expenses of the relevant activities.”
Chen Lexing, chairman of Hong Kong Language Studies, said that the Civil Affairs Department owed him more than 300,000 yuan in reimbursement of expenses.
Religious Freedom Suppressed in the Creation of “Our Time”
The National Security Department of the police asked Chen Lexing to remove and delete the excellent work “Our Times” of the “Central and Western District Stories Cantonese Essay Project”. “Yahoo News” earlier found “Hong Kong Language Studies” through the “Web Time Machine” Wayback Machine The webpage archive of the website half a year ago, when “Our Time” was still published on the website. The creation of the article mentioned issues related to religious freedom, and mentioned Hong Kong in 2050. A boy living in the UK returned to Hong Kong for a tour. The boy pointed out that his parents smoked Chinese-made tear gas when they were young, so they died of poor health; the boy also found that Hong Kong people no longer spoke Cantonese at that time; in addition, all religious places were controlled, and Muslim children could not learn Arabic. wait.
Regarding whether it is possible to speculate on which content of “Our Times” may be illegal, Chen Lexing replied to “Yahoo News” yesterday, saying that he is “unprofessional” and does not know what content may be illegal; but if it refers to “Chinese-made tear gas”, mosques, etc. Illegal content is strange to him, “because it is only a fiction (fictional story) and has no direct reference to social movements.”
2023-08-30 06:29:40
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