HKSAR Government highly condemns acts of submitting citizens’ details
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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) today (November 21) discovered that the individual details of some citizens were published to a social networks platform. Upon discovery of the scenario, the Registration and Electoral Office has actually right away referred the case to police and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) for follow up. Police is presently performing a comprehensive examination into the event and will take definitive enforcement action as suitable. The Office of the PCPD is likewise carrying out a solemn examination into the occurrence and has actually currently needed the pertinent social networks platform to get rid of the info. The platform has actually right away complied and removed the pertinent info.
The HKSAR Government highly condemns the prohibited act and solemnly repeats that any effort to interfere with or hinder an election is a major offense. If discovered, such act will not be endured and police action will be taken seriously. Members of the general public are advised not to defy the law, otherwise they will require to deal with really major repercussions.