【on.cc東網專訊】 發展局局長陳茂波2011年任立法會議員時，被指與妻許步明聯署發電郵，誹謗其女兒所讀的漢基國際學校校董盧光漢包庇子女作弊。高院今日裁決，指對陳茂波一方大部分指控成立，需向3名原告賠償23萬元。
2014年9月30日 星期二
陳茂波夫婦誹謗罪成判賠23萬元 - Mr and Mrs Paul Chan Found Liable for Defamation and Ordered to Pay HK$230,000 in Compensation
http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20140930/bkn-20140930182707713-0930_00822_001.html
【on.cc東網專訊】 發展局局長陳茂波2011年任立法會議員時，被指與妻許步明聯署發電郵，誹謗其女兒所讀的漢基國際學校校董盧光漢包庇子女作弊。高院今日裁決，指對陳茂波一方大部分指控成立，需向3名原告賠償23萬元。
案中3名原告分別是盧光漢、其龍鳳胎子女盧冠中及盧亮臻，被告則為陳茂波和許步明。
【on.cc東網專訊】 發展局局長陳茂波2011年任立法會議員時，被指與妻許步明聯署發電郵，誹謗其女兒所讀的漢基國際學校校董盧光漢包庇子女作弊。高院今日裁決，指對陳茂波一方大部分指控成立，需向3名原告賠償23萬元。
2014年9月29日 星期一
Hong Kong Protest 20140928 - 示威者中環佔路 旺角銅鑼灣愈見擠擁
http://hkba.org/whatsnew/misc/20140929-Press_Statement_of_HKBA_29_September_2014.pdf
Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the Use of Force by the Hong Kong Police at Harcourt Road on 28 September 2014
1. The Hong Kong Bar Association ("HKBA") is deeply disturbed by, and deplores and condemns, the excessive and disproportionate use of force by the Hong Kong Police on demonstrators gathering at Harcourt Road in the afternoon of 28 September 2014.
2. The circumstances in which the Hong Kong Police commenced the use of CS gas on demonstrators gathering at Harcourt Road in the afternoon of 28 September 2014 were well documented in the local and international media. Even though on occasions, a minority of demonstrators became confrontational with the police, the overwhelming majority of the demonstrators were visibly conducting themselves peacefully. Many demonstrators were young students. There had also been widespread reports of absence of display of visual signs before the use of CS gas.
3. There can be scope for disagreement on the underlying political debate or demands leading to the demonstration. Some demonstrators may have committed criminal offences during the course of the demonstration. However, none of the above matters can justify the use of excessive or disproportionate force by the Police against unarmed civilians as a matter of law and common decency. Even after giving due allowance to the professional judgment of the police force in the maintenance of public order and the prevention of public disorder in a difficult and delicate situation, the HKBA still considers that there was plainly no justification to commence the use of CS gas against peaceful demonstrators, let alone repeated, systematic, indiscriminate and excessive use of CS gas. The escalation in the use of force by the Hong Kong police in such circumstances was uncalled for, disproportionate, excessive and had unnecessarily aggravated public feelings of resentment and frustration.
Dated 29 September 2014
HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION
大批佔中示威者連續第二日佔據港九多處鬧市的主要幹道，今日入夜後，參與集會的人數愈來愈多。在金鐘夏慤道一帶，經過昨日示威者與警方的「激戰」後，今日情況大致平靜，逾萬示威者全日守候，入夜放工後，到來參與集會的市民愈來愈多，集會人士揮動手機燈，表達對真普選的訴求。
而在銅鑼灣，大約2千名示威者繼續佔據崇光百貨對開的道路，人數入夜後同樣有增無減，不少市民放工後到場靜坐。崇光百貨要提早於黃昏6時關門停止營業，崇光平日周日至周四一般會營業到晚上10時。另外位處附近一帶的商舖，例如周大福、周生生、莎莎百貨及余仁生等則全日關門，休業一天。
在中環，皇后像廣場對出的來回行車線已全被示威者佔據，他們在附近位置以兩重鐵馬及水馬布防，亦設有物資補給站，有系統地分發物資，氣氛尚算和平。
而在九龍，旺角彌敦道與亞皆老街交界，同樣人頭湧湧，參與集會的市民入夜後有增無減。
2014年9月23日 星期二
北京神秘人送上千萬 許仕仁照收如儀 - Mysterious Man From Beijing Gave Raphael Hui HK$11M; Raphael Hui Took It and Did Not Declare Receipt
前政務司司長許仕仁，以及新地聯席主席郭氏兄弟涉及的懷疑巨額貪污案，許仕仁指在2007年底，第五被告關雄生突然向他指，北京有人接觸關，表示有一筆錢要給許，但關不肯透露對方身份，許覺得奇怪之餘，想起廖暉之前的說話。
許當時認為自己已卸任政務司司長，只是行會的非官守成員，錢與香港的事務無關，接受這筆錢應該沒有問題，於是接受了該筆1100萬神秘金錢。許又指由於不覺得中央政府與特區政府之間有利益衝突，所以沒有申報收到這筆錢。至2009年初，他有感自己在行會沒有貢獻，亦很少發言，於是辭任行會。
(Source: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140923/52932645)
許當時認為自己已卸任政務司司長，只是行會的非官守成員，錢與香港的事務無關，接受這筆錢應該沒有問題，於是接受了該筆1100萬神秘金錢。許又指由於不覺得中央政府與特區政府之間有利益衝突，所以沒有申報收到這筆錢。至2009年初，他有感自己在行會沒有貢獻，亦很少發言，於是辭任行會。
(Source: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140923/52932645)
2014年9月10日 星期三
「朱主席」涉非禮台名模被捕
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20140911/-2-3357953/1.html
台灣名模遭非禮案有新發展，被指涉案的娛樂公司主席朱壽仁，昨晚在中環蘭桂坊出席一個活動時，被警方拘捕押返觀塘警署調查，再帶返其寓所蒐證。
報稱被非禮的台灣名模（二十九歲），被指涉案男子朱壽仁（五十四歲），是紅日娛樂公司主席，人稱朱主席。
消息稱，女事主與朱，上月尾應一間電視台邀請出席娛樂節目，女事主卻在後台透露，上月二十四日，曾被人帶至觀塘鯉安苑鯉景閣一單位，其間遭人借機拍打臀部，她曾要求對方不要再有行動，但有人卻輕佻稱：「你好結實。」女事主其後到警署報案，由刑事偵緝探員錄取口供，列作非禮案調查，但無即時採取拘捕行動。
直至昨晚七時許，戴上太陽眼鏡的朱主席，在中區蘭桂坊一間夜店出席一個公開活動時，歌手龍小菌經理人邵子風亦到場，指有人早前「睇騷唔畀錢」與朱理論，未幾有人報警，警方到場調查，要求朱出示身分證，朱一度不願取出身分證，其後被警員帶走。
至昨晚十時許，朱被刑事偵緝探員押到觀塘警署助查，至今晨零時，再被押返鯉安苑其寓所蒐證，及後再帶返警署扣留。警方發言人證實昨晚在中區拘捕一名姓朱男子（五十四歲），他涉嫌與八月二十四日觀塘鯉安苑一名女子（二十九歲）被非禮案有關。
娛樂圈盛傳，早前曾有娛樂公司高層男子，與歌手彭家麗合唱《從不喜歡孤單一個》歌曲時，男方出現多次走音，但卻表現得自我陶醉，影片在網上播出，有逾四萬次點擊率，成為近期娛樂圈熱話。
台灣名模遭非禮案有新發展，被指涉案的娛樂公司主席朱壽仁，昨晚在中環蘭桂坊出席一個活動時，被警方拘捕押返觀塘警署調查，再帶返其寓所蒐證。
報稱被非禮的台灣名模（二十九歲），被指涉案男子朱壽仁（五十四歲），是紅日娛樂公司主席，人稱朱主席。
消息稱，女事主與朱，上月尾應一間電視台邀請出席娛樂節目，女事主卻在後台透露，上月二十四日，曾被人帶至觀塘鯉安苑鯉景閣一單位，其間遭人借機拍打臀部，她曾要求對方不要再有行動，但有人卻輕佻稱：「你好結實。」女事主其後到警署報案，由刑事偵緝探員錄取口供，列作非禮案調查，但無即時採取拘捕行動。
直至昨晚七時許，戴上太陽眼鏡的朱主席，在中區蘭桂坊一間夜店出席一個公開活動時，歌手龍小菌經理人邵子風亦到場，指有人早前「睇騷唔畀錢」與朱理論，未幾有人報警，警方到場調查，要求朱出示身分證，朱一度不願取出身分證，其後被警員帶走。
至昨晚十時許，朱被刑事偵緝探員押到觀塘警署助查，至今晨零時，再被押返鯉安苑其寓所蒐證，及後再帶返警署扣留。警方發言人證實昨晚在中區拘捕一名姓朱男子（五十四歲），他涉嫌與八月二十四日觀塘鯉安苑一名女子（二十九歲）被非禮案有關。
娛樂圈盛傳，早前曾有娛樂公司高層男子，與歌手彭家麗合唱《從不喜歡孤單一個》歌曲時，男方出現多次走音，但卻表現得自我陶醉，影片在網上播出，有逾四萬次點擊率，成為近期娛樂圈熱話。
2014年9月8日 星期一
Paul Chan and Frieda Hui Accused of Defamation - 發展局局長陳茂波被指與妻子許步明聯署電郵誹謗漢基國際學校校董盧光漢及其龍鳳胎子女
發展局局長陳茂波被指與妻子許步明聯署電郵誹謗漢基國際學校校董盧光漢及其龍鳳胎子女 - Paul Chan and Wife Accused of Defamation
Development Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and his wife Frieda Hui Po-ming are being sued by Carl Lu and his twin children Jonathan and Caitlin, both 20, in the Court of First Instance.
The Lus say that emails sent by the couple between December 1 and 15, 2011, ruined their reputations. Carl Lu is a well-known businessman and member of the Chinese International School board of governors. His children were pupils at the school, and Jonathan Lu was head boy.
The Lus' lawyer, Robert Whitehead SC, described Chan's and Hui's allegations as a "nasty situation". The couple had said in the emails they were acting out of love for the school.
"It is OK to love the school, but it is not a licence to repeatedly libel two schoolchildren and their father," Whitehead said.
The case started with a rumour among pupils and their parents in November 2011, Whitehead said, after four pupils claimed that the twins had behaved suspiciously during an exam because they looked around and had slips of paper.
The pupils reported it to their teacher and the school conducted two inquiries but ruled there was no evidence showing that the twins had cheated.
The daughter of Chan and Hui was in the same year as the twins in the school, and Hui sent an email titled "Head boy cheating" to 14 parents and the parent-teacher association's former chairman on December 1, 2011.
In the email, Hui wrote that she had heard that the twins escaped punishment because their father was a member of the school's board of governors.
Whitehead said Hui specified that her husband Chan was then a lawmaker and repeatedly said "Paul and I had the same feeling" to make her claims appear more credible.
On December 3, Justin Alexander, head of the school's secondary section, called Hui to inform her that the school found the twins had "no case to answer" to the cheating allegation, the lawyer said.
But Hui continued sending the emails to other parents, including to Teresa Ko Yuk-yin, a parent and a solicitor, on December 6. She also said Jonathan Lu had been suspected of having cheated a year earlier but was never punished for it.
Whitehead said Hui did not know Ko personally, but asked her to attend a meeting to discuss the matter with the school's headmaster two days later. Hui then sent emails to other parents, writing "Good news, Teresa will attend. She is a famous and experienced lawyer and it will put us in an advantageous position."
The lawyer said Chan might resort to "BMW, or blame my wife" as his defence, but Hui had used Chan's name to send the emails and he was included in the mailing list as well.
Chan also had to bear the liability as he allowed those emails to be spread, Whitehead said.
Describing defamation as an "assassination of people's reputation", Whitehead said: "One cannot evade their liability by claiming that it was a rumour." Hui made matters worse by circulating the rumour, he added.
The trial, which is expected to last, continues before Mr Justice Anthony To Kwai-fung and a seven-person jury today.
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http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20140905/bkn-20140905222914684-0905_00822_001.html
發展局局長陳茂波於2011年擔任立法會議員時，被指與妻子許步明聯署電郵誹謗漢基國際學校校董盧光漢及其龍鳳胎子女，案件今日(5日)繼續由原告律師陳詞。原告指，漢基的學生及家長之間常互相妒忌，盧光漢的兒子盧冠中當時身為漢基的總領袖生，更是眾矢之的，當陳氏夫婦投訴校方未有正視作弊事件時，有人向哈佛大學發匿名電郵告發盧冠中懷疑作弊，盧冠中最終雖被證實無辜，但他想入讀哈佛的美夢卻被粉碎，原告一方未能查出告密者身份。
3名原告分別是盧光漢、其子盧冠中及其女盧亮臻。2名被告是陳茂波和許步明。原告透露，盧冠中一直夢想入讀哈佛大學，但哈佛於2011年12月14日收到匿名電郵，有人告發他在漢基作弊，寄件人稱希望協助哈佛評估其入學申請，盧氏一家得悉後感到心碎及震驚，原告試圖追查告密來源但不果。
原告表明不會在本案中指控陳氏夫婦為寄件者，但卻想指出告密電郵的內容、用字及發送時間，均與陳氏夫婦的投訴巧合。漢基其後回覆哈佛查詢時，澄清作弊指控不成立及表揚盧冠中，但哈佛決定暫緩其入學申請，盧冠中結果未能入讀哈佛，現為史丹福大學學生。
原告指，漢基校方於2011年11月經2次調查，已裁定指控盧氏兄妹作弊不成立，校方原本只想邀請陳氏夫婦就投訴作弊事件會面，但他們於12月8日帶同5名家長與會，又在會前向眾家長派發含誹謗內容的會議撮要，校方當日承諾就盧冠中進行第3次調查。校方最後維持原判，並把結果通知有關學生及家長，但許其後仍向校方發電郵要求正視校譽及學習誠信，校方其後要向全校約1千名家長發公開信，公開點名澄清盧冠中並無作弊。
原告在興訟前曾向陳氏夫婦發律師信，要求對方在報章登報道歉及賠償，但對方一直無道歉。陳在原告興訟後向傳媒發新聞稿，稱對原告指控感到不解，又指獲漢基家長支持。原告批評陳此舉有誤導公眾之嫌。盧氏兄妹受事件困擾，盧光漢希望捍衞家人及子女，只想對方道歉，興訟是為公義而非金錢。案件下周續審，原告一方將傳召3名原告、漢基校長方泰德及漢基中學部校長安澤廷作供。
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