這位關同學可謂有勇無謀, 在此種政治環境及氛圍下應該加倍謹慎, 措詞減低煽情成分, 四大訴求的字眼應小心斟酌, 以免墮入法網, 也可避免視他為眼中釘的人可借故下手, 和校方的通訊文字應該溫文有禮, 戒急用忍, 逞一時英雄惹來一筐麻煩, 被人揑著把柄自尋煩惱。上訴應按Statue 26(14)提出, 失敗了才提司法覆核。甚麼kangaroo court/disgrace之類的字眼就別再用了, 現在的大學既小器也同唱一台戲的。
標少札記
2026年2月21日星期六
踢出校
這位關同學可謂有勇無謀, 在此種政治環境及氛圍下應該加倍謹慎, 措詞減低煽情成分, 四大訴求的字眼應小心斟酌, 以免墮入法網, 也可避免視他為眼中釘的人可借故下手, 和校方的通訊文字應該溫文有禮, 戒急用忍, 逞一時英雄惹來一筐麻煩, 被人揑著把柄自尋煩惱。上訴應按Statue 26(14)提出, 失敗了才提司法覆核。甚麼kangaroo court/disgrace之類的字眼就別再用了, 現在的大學既小器也同唱一台戲的。
2026年2月11日星期三
黎智英的判刑
另一邊廂有學者認為定罪和判刑都屬離譜。對於定罪, 不同政治立場的人對證據的分析會得出不同結論, 我之前也提出過, 3位法官聽審後的判決是否合理, 以我apolitical的立場, 我不覺得有甚麼不妥, 開明和保守的法官一定可以作不同裁決。From that perspective, 沒有對錯可言, 上訴時只會審視有沒有犯規。有人說黎智英的判刑比大陸政治犯更嚴苛, 劉曉波也只是判了11年。我想這比較不太恰當, 劉曉波的判刑應跟戴耀庭比, 都屬書生論政, 控罪也相同, 沒有勾結外國勢力的元素。大陸的判刑留給忠君愛黨的梁美芬教授評論, 甚或是儍笑議員江旻憓作評論, 都比我強得多, 我不懂大陸那一套, 也不懂儍笑。
香港法庭的判決講stare decisis, 判刑亦然, 所以黎智英的判刑引用馬俊文及呂世瑜案終審法院訂立的考慮元素。對黎智英的年齡及健康考慮, 判詞中也講了:
66. As has been mentioned, Lai is now aged 78. We note that advanced age may be taken into account not as a matter of principle, but “as an act of mercy”: HKSAR v Tam Yuen Tong[25]. Furthermore, although an offender’s life expectancy, age, health and prospect of dying in prison were factors legitimately to be taken into account in sentencing, they had to be balanced against the gravity of the offence, and the public interest in seeing adequate punishment for very serious crimes.: R v Clarke: R v Cooper[26].
2026年2月7日星期六
吹哨人被控起底
我引用明報的報導作本案的背景依據:
「起底」罪可分為兩級(two tiers), 私隱專員公署的講法:
- The first tier offence is a summary offence for disclosing any personal data of a data subject without the relevant consent of the data subject, and the discloser has an intent to or is being reckless as to whether any specified harm would be, or would likely be, caused to the data subject or any family member of the data subject. Any person who commits the first tier doxxing offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine of HK$100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
- The second tier offence is an indictable offence for disclosing any personal data of a data subject without the relevant consent of the data subject; the discloser has an intent to or is being reckless as to whether any specified harm would be, or would likely be, caused to the data subject or any family member of the data subject; and the disclosure causes any specified harm to the data subject or any family member of the data subject. Any person who commits the second tier doxxing offence is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of HK$1,000,000 and to imprisonment for 5 years.
2026年1月27日星期二
評2026年法律年度開啟典禮首席法官的演詞
過往CJ的演詞很少直接評論正審的案件, 這次直接講黎智英案, 可謂迫不得已, 因為呼籲立即釋放黎智英的聲音太多, CJ不得不回應一下。CJ提出一個現實的法律問題:
這幾句很明顯在回應立即釋放黎智英的要求。認真講法律程序, 怎樣可以立即釋放被告? 在未定罪之前, 控方可以撤銷控罪, 在定罪之後法庭判處可以立即釋放被告的刑罰, 又或者行政長官在被告被判刑後運用《基本法》第48(12)條賦予的權力, " 赦免或減輕刑事罪犯的刑罰"。現階段控方沒可能撤銷控罪, 法庭也沒可能判黎智英可以立即釋放的刑期, 行政長官更沒可能赦免或減輕眼中釘的刑罰。所以, 要求立即釋放黎智英的人恐怕沒有提出實際的法律可行辦法, 只是一種政治口號及期許。我一直相信黎智英會死在獄中。如果可以繞過法律程序立即釋放黎智英, 相反而言任何人也可以被繞過法律程序無理收押。
7. In his closing submissions prosecuting counsel said:
“Now, remember suspicion is not enough. If you only suspect that the defendant had committed the crime that is not enough. You must give the benefit of the doubt to the defendant and you must acquit her. As the learned judge also said, the defendant needs not prove her innocence. She needs not prove anything. She needed not to give evidence. She needed not to call any defence witnesses and she only exercised her right not to give evidence and not to call any defence witnesses and no adverse inference can be drawn against her. The burden is all along on me, on the prosecution, but the fact remains the defendant did not give evidence.”
Later in his closing submissions prosecuting counsel said:
“Now, again the defendant’s case: you will remember the defendant exercised her right not to give evidence, not to go to the witness box. That’s her right. That’s fine. As I have said the burden is on me to prove the case. But I did not have the opportunity to cross-examine the defendant. I cannot ask her any questions. I did not because she elected not to give evidence and I am unable to test her credibility to test whether she is an honest person, to test about her reliability, whether what she says would be reliable. I have no such opportunity. But in any event, of course she had chosen to speak up in the video-recorded interview, but it is my position and it is my case that the defendant had not told you the truth and/or the whole truth about her story. ”
撇開"needs""needed"的文法錯誤不講, 問題都出在我加了綠色的幾句, 終審法院認為主控嚴重侵犯了被告不作供的權利, 也違反了《刑事訴訟程序條例》第 54(1)(b) 條的禁止規定。本案的判詞也為日後陪審團案提供陳詞指引, 詳情請自己閱讀判詞。因為本案的判決提供了程序指引, 才使我推斷CJ該段演詞是有所指的。
近日觀看太多國際羽毛球賽事, 加上澳洲網球公開賽, CJ的演詞一直擱下沒評論, 直到看到夏主任的訓示, 標少這舊時人, 在新時代洪流淹沒之前, 垂死吐槽。海上生明月, 天涯共此時。
2026年1月19日星期一
殺馬
今早我刪去上一篇博文的第二段, 也把第二段引發的評論留言一併刪除, 原因很簡單, 這一段的文字及留言引致馬鹿病發, 使他留了不堪入目的一段文字。試想一下屠夫宰殺動物後, 把器官拿出來玩弄那種場景。我今早起來看到馬鹿留言那段文字, 就深深體會到孕婦妊娠早期噁心嘔吐的感覺。如果純罵粗, 我不會嘔吐, 有些人除了罵粗之外, 就沒有表達感受的能力和文采, 你不能夠要求殺豬的一面殺一面唸唐詩。但律師嘛, 受過訟辯訓練, 別人對你的表達能力有一定期許, 出口就像屠夫掏出器官來把弄, 那就應該去屠場或者風月場打工, 不要留在法律圈獻世。我認識一位朱某大狀, 他在法庭裏罵自己的客仔用的並非單字的粗口, 我聽到也感到非常難受和尷尬, 那位大狀儼然是個黑老大在罵自己的馬仔, 我真不明白當年港大怎出這種產品。在法庭偶然見到罵粗的場景, 一般是被告被判刑後罵官, 有的法官會對被告加刑, 有的會一笑置之。我就記得Gerard Muttrie做裁判官的時候, 有一次被告問候他娘親, 他笑笑口對被告說: Defendant, my mother is 80. Go ahead。我搖搖頭笑了出來, 深深體會Muttrie的EQ。
為甚麼要寫這一篇? 我就是要單挑馬鹿, 其他人請勿插嘴, 我不想他罵其他人。不管是牛律師馬律師黃絲藍絲, 我想看下真材實料的訟辯能力, 而不是解剖性器官的能力。我秣馬厲兵, 隨時候教, 只需衝著我來。
2026年1月17日星期六
Barbarity
(十分抱歉, 我刪除了這一大段對某君的描述和相關的留言, 某君的留言實在太難頂, 我不想纏擾下去, 以圖耳根清靜。我老了, 太粗鄙的文字已吃不消。)
喜歡談政治, 不如談下美國的政治。委內瑞拉反對黨領袖Machado真的很不要臉, 竟然把和平獎牌轉贈特朗普, 以圖賄賂他把她安置統治委國。真正追求自由民主的人, 怎會走去哀求一個專制的暴君, 理應是道不同不相為謀, 這和平獎根本是頒錯了, 相比之下, 鄒幸彤才實至名歸。我等著看Machado懺悔, 相信不用久等, 等特朗普吞併格靈蘭, 然後再吞併加拿大, 那個在城寨中一直把特朗普奉若神明的劉姓YouTuber就可以當特朗普之奴了。不論伊朗是怎樣對人民行使暴政的政權, 特朗普可以怎樣合法地派軍隊入侵一個沒有宣戰的主權國? 講法治的人都躲到那裏去了? 黑暗時代的barbarity重臨了。
2026年1月10日星期六
Looking for justice
看到很多Youtuber/KOL評論此事, 都不談國際法規, 把焦點放在背後的目的是怎樣打擊中共在阿根庭的利益, 怎樣部處精準云云。一面不斷批評一些國家的強權暴政, 另一方面對特朗普的惡行背書, 這些人只能談政治, 不能講法治。
以前流傳這一則法庭笑話: 律師在開庭的時候望着地下像尋找丟了的東西, 法官問: 你在尋找甚麼? My Lord, I am looking for justice.