Ching Cheong Incident

Ching Cheong expresses gratitude to all (Chinese)

(Following letter and photos are provided by Ching Cheong and his family) Ching Cheong dined with family in Hong Kong (click for enlargement) Mary Lau greets her husband Ching Cheong in Hong Kong (click for enlargement) Ching Cheong with her youngest sister, Ching Shui-yee (click for enlargement) 我很高興能在春節前夕回港與家人團聚,也讓關心我的眾多朋友放心。 我很感謝中國政府決定給予我假釋。我由衷地感謝香港各界人士兩年多來給予我的理解,信任和支持,以及為爭取我早日回家而付出的時間和精神。 我特別要感謝香港特區首長曾蔭權先生的直接關懷以及保安局仝人的大力協助,使我終於可以早日恢復自由。 我也要感謝新加坡《海峽時報》在我出事後給予我精神上及物質上的幫助,使我能免除後顧之憂。 感謝香港新聞界朋友兩年多來對我的關注以及為我的事而奔波勞碌,此刻請允許我先與家人團聚以及休息一段時間,然後再與大家暢敘。

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Glad at Ching Cheong’s parole (Chinese Only)

  香港記者協會對新加坡《海峽時報》駐華首席特派員程翔提早獲釋,表示高興,樂見他能在春節前回港與家人團聚。   但對於堅守記者原則工作的程翔不幸無辜繫獄,記協感到惋惜,誠摯期望此等事件日後不再發生。   程翔於零五年四月二十二日被拘禁及後被定罪,經家人、朋友、各界及包括香港記者協會在內的多個捍衛言論自由的組織,以不同方式爭取釋放程翔,事件至今已接近三年。 香港記者協會 二零零八年二月五日

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Anger over Rejection of Ching Cheong’s Appeal

For Immediate Release 24 November 2006 Anger over rejection of Ching Cheong’s appeal The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) is furiously angry over the Beijing Higher People’s Court’s rejection of veteran Hong Kong journalist and chief China correspondent for Singapore’s Straits Times Ching Cheong’s appeal and its confirmation of his

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Communication to the United Nations Special Procedures

Special Procedures Branch OHCHR-UNOG 1211 Geneva 10 SWITZERLAND Fax: +41 22 917 9006 21 September 2006 Communication to the United Nations Special Procedures For the attention of: Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson of the Working Group on arbitrary detention Mr. Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

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