Hongkong Post alerts public to fraudulent social media page
Hongkong Post today (December 4) appealed to members of the public to stay alert to a fraudulent Facebook page named "香港郵政" (https[:]//www[.]facebook[.]com/share/p/17Tqh617kT/?mibextid=wwXIfr), which claims that Hongkong Post distributes undeliverable mail items to the public at a nominal price and requests the filling of a form. Hongkong Post clarifies that it has no connection with the above fraudulent Facebook page and has reported the case to the Police for follow-up. Members of the public are reminded to stay alert to hyperlinks purportedly sent by Hongkong Post requesting the provision of personal information or payments.
For undeliverable mail items, Hongkong Post will return them to the senders. If such items bear no sender's address, disposal will be arranged in accordance with established procedures. Hongkong Post will not distribute undeliverable mail items to the public.
Hongkong Post reminds the public that its Facebook page, which bears a blue tick verification badge, is www.facebook.com/hkpost.official. In addition, the official website of Hongkong Post is www.hongkongpost.hk, and Hongkong Post will only use "#HKPost" to send SMS messages to local subscribers of mobile phone services, and use the domain name "@hkpo.gov.hk" or "@hongkongpost.hk" to send emails. Hongkong Post reiterates that it will not send embedded hyperlinks via emails, SMS messages or social media platforms for collecting payments and personal information.
Members of the public who have provided personal information via the said fraudulent Facebook page should contact the Police. For enquiries, members of the public may contact the Hongkong Post General Enquiry Hotline 2921 2222 or at hkpo@hkpo.gov.hk.
Hongkong Post, Photo by Bastille Post
Police National Security Department arrests one man
The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force (NSD) took enforcement actions in Sheung Shui today (December 6) and arrested a 71-year-old local man, for being suspected of "prejudicing of investigation of offences endangering national security" and "doing an act that has a seditious intention with a seditious intention" in contravention of Section 88 and 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance respectively.
Investigation revealed that the arrested man was suspected of disclosing details of a case endangering national security, after assisting with the investigation conducted earlier by NSD officers. He was also suspected of publishing multiple videos with seditious intention online, with content provoking hatred towards the Central Authorities, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Judiciary.
The man is being detained for further enquiries.
Police took law enforcement actions based on evidence and in accordance with the actual circumstances, and applied Section 88 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance for the first time. The article stipulated that if a person knows or suspects that an investigation of an offence endangering national security is being conducted, the person with intent to prejudice the investigation; or being reckless as to whether the investigation will be prejudiced, without reasonable excuse or lawful authority, makes any disclosure; or the person knowing or suspecting that any material is likely to be relevant to the investigation; and with intent to conceal the facts disclosed by the material from persons conducting the investigation, without reasonable excuse, falsifies, conceals, destroys or otherwise disposes of the material, or causes or permits the material to be falsified, concealed, destroyed or otherwise disposed of, commits an offence. Offenders shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years upon conviction.
Police remind members of the public that "doing an act that has a seditious intention with a seditious intention" is also a serious offence. Offenders shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years on first conviction.
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