The National Security Division of the Police Force took enforcement action in Wan Chai and Central District on August 1 and arrested two men, aged 34 and 36, respectively, on suspicion of violating the Crimes Ordinance of “Incitement to Intent”. The arrested two people posted anti-government, advocating Hong Kong independence, and inciting others to use violence on multiple social platforms such as facebook, Liandong discussion forum and Russian social networking site VK.
In recent years, quite a number of people have been arrested for “inciting intent”. The special feature of these two people is that they are both civil servants. One of them was a 34-year-old man who worked as a computer technician at the Inland Revenue Department, and the other was a 36-year-old man. The man is an immigration officer.
The “Hong Kong National Security Law” has come into effect in 2020. Posting comments on Hong Kong independence or inciting subversion of the government online, or conducting political attacks, may violate the “Hong Kong National Security Law” in severe cases, or “incitement with intent” in light cases. Other charges are also possible. Thinking that you are invisible behind the keyboard, you are already stupid, and there are two kinds of people who are more stupid:
1. Abuse of power. Some people, somehow, abuse their power to act recklessly for political opposition.
One of the cases is the Hong Kong Express case. Guo Shangwen, a 22-year-old ground staff member of HK Express, was suspected of logging into the company’s internal system, obtained and photographed the boarding information of Liang Chuanxin, son of Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and shared it with 24-year-old Li Shaohong, a former ground staff member of HK Express , Lai Shaohong then logged into Leung Chuanxin’s account, selected flight seats ten times, checked in online five times, and printed itineraries; he changed Leung Chuanxin’s name to the vulgar word “Leung Sh×t”, and purchased more than 3,000 yuan of additional services , Hong Kong Express subsequently reported the case. One of the people involved, Li Shaohong, has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage.
Another case involved a 26-year-old man surnamed Zhang, who was a TVB’s video production assistant. He was suspected of posting information about dozens of TVB’s events online, inciting others to sabotage TVB’s events or events attended by TVB’s entertainers, and intimidation. TVB advertisers incited others to destroy TV station equipment. He was later convicted in June of this year on three counts of incitement to criminal damage and sentenced to a year in prison.
The characteristics of these cases are internal employees or former employees of the company who abused the company’s system to do some political actions against their own company or use the company’s system to target others.
If you are dissatisfied with your company, you can resign and leave and find another job. The stupidest thing about abusing the company’s system is not knowing that online activities will have a “digital footprint”, which may leave more fingerprints and be more likely to be arrested than physical behavior.
2. Be the government against the government.
The aforementioned two civil servants, aged 34 and 36, were suspected of violating “incitement with intent” and are typical of them. One of them is still in the disciplined services.
Another case happened last year when senior female marine police inspector Lin Wanyi fell into the sea during an anti-smuggling operation. Two firefighters “taunted” Lin Wanyi on social platforms and were later suspended pending investigation.
Civil servants should be patriotic and loyal to the government, not openly opposed to the government. Previously, the government had completed requiring all 180,000 civil servants to complete the oath of allegiance, and only 129 had left the government because of their refusal. In the above-mentioned case, the two signed a document to swear allegiance in the past, but now they are inciting against the government and advocating Hong Kong independence online. Isn’t it a contradiction? You don’t like allegiance, you can choose to leave the government that day. If you are not really loyal, but just covet the government’s high salary and wages, you should pretend to the end if you want to. It is so naive and stupid to ask for a high salary, to be anti-government, and to leave a message on the Internet so that people can easily find out.
Civil servants not only have to be loyal to the government, but also need “political neutrality”. Some people have misinterpreted the political neutrality of civil servants before, because they can “neutrally” choose not to implement policies that are inconsistent with their own political views according to their own political views. This is a completely wrong understanding. The political neutrality of civil servants is to implement government policies neutrally and be an efficient and firm executor. When Party A comes to power, civil servants implement A’s policies (even if he is a member of Party B), and when Party B comes to power, civil servants must implement B’s policies. The BBC’s situation comedy “Yes Minister” in 1980 is about the friction between permanent civil servants and elected ministers, but civil servants are at best greeted with a smile and will not openly Disobedience. In the past ten years, society has been too politicized and the order has been in chaos. If you choose to swear allegiance to continue to be a civil servant, you must understand the truth of Yes Minister.
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