一名被控违反国家安全法的香港新闻评论员否认泄露警方情报行动，他告诉法庭，他与警员会面的细节在他将其发布到网上之前就已经是公开信息。
A Hong Kong news commentator accused of violating the national security law has denied exposing police intelligence operations, telling a court that details of his meeting with officers were already public knowledge before he posted them online.
72岁的黄国根以“黄恩荫”为笔名运营一个YouTube评论频道，他于周五在区域法院受审。他是香港首例因非法披露警方讯问细节而被控妨碍国家安全罪调查的人士。
Wong Kwok-ngon, 72, who ran a YouTube commentary channel under the pen name Wong On-yin, stood trial at the District Court on Friday. He is the first person in Hong Kong to be prosecuted for allegedly prejudicing an investigation into national security offences by unlawfully disclosing details of a police interview.
他还被控有意发布煽动性出版物，相关视频内容涉及本地及国际新闻。
He was also charged with knowingly publishing seditious publications in connection with videos covering local and international news.
在法庭上，黄国根质疑为何警方国家安全部的两名警长会将2025年12月2日与他的会面视为机密，而当时媒体早已广泛报道他正接受调查。
In court, Wong questioned why two sergeants from the police force’s National Security Department considered their meeting with him on December 2, 2025, confidential when media outlets had already widely reported that he was under investigation.
黄国根与其他居民原计划于当天就去年11月导致168人死亡的旺角法院大火举行新闻发布会。但国家安全部门人员当天邀请他们开会后，该活动被取消。
Wong and other residents had planned to hold a press conference that day about the Wang Fuk Court blaze, which killed 168 people last November. But the event was called off after national security officers invited them to a meeting the same day.
次日，黄国根在其YouTube频道上传了两段讨论此次会面的视频。
Wong posted two videos on his YouTube channel the following day discussing the meeting.
检察官在开场陈词中表示，黄国根的评论已超出“公正评论”的界限，因为他反复将国家安全部的行动描绘为一种镇压工具。
Prosecutors said in their opening submission that Wong’s commentary had exceeded the bounds of “fair comment” because he repeatedly portrayed the National Security Department’s operations as a tool of suppression.
检察官称，黄国根在12月2日会面开始时签署了一份不披露声明，同意对会谈内容保密。
They said Wong had signed a non-disclosure declaration at the start of the December 2 meeting, agreeing to keep everything discussed confidential.
法庭获悉，这位受过高等教育的前廉政公署雇员告诉警长李柏禧和黄平基，他理解相关条款。
The court heard that Wong, a highly educated former employee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, told Sergeants Li Pak-him and Wong Ping-kiu that he understood the terms.
李柏禧表示，黄国根并未对这份声明提出任何疑问，但询问了自己是否正接受调查。
Li said Wong did not ask any questions about the declaration but asked whether he was under investigation.
黄警长表示，此次会面的目的是从当时尚未被列为嫌疑人的评论员处收集情报，并评估计划中的新闻发布会是否可能构成国家安全风险。两名警员均作证称，他们曾向该评论员询问过新闻发布会的背景。李表示，在持续一个小时的会议结束时，他再次强调了保密要求。
Sergeant Wong said the purpose of the meeting was to gather intelligence from the commentator, who was not a suspect at the time, and assess whether the planned press conference might pose a national security risk. Both officers testified that they had asked him about the background to the press conference. Li said he had reiterated the confidentiality requirement at the end of the hour-long meeting.
黄问李：“我当时就回复你，你们和我开会的消息已经登报了，那你到底希望我保密什么？”该评论员称，他曾告诉警员们，自己只打算在新闻发布会上解释法律问题，不会透露任何与他们相关的敏感信息。
Wong asked Li: “I replied to you at the time that it was already in the newspaper that you guys were having a meeting with me, so what exactly do you want me to keep confidential?”The commentator said he had told the officers he intended only to explain legal matters at the press conference and would not disclose any sensitive information that should concern them.
李表示，他再次强调，“整个会面过程”，包括会面本身的发生，都必须保密。
Li said he had reiterated that the “entire meeting”, including the fact that it had taken place, should be kept private.
他还补充说，他没想到自己需要告诉黄，他可以对观众说什么，又不能说些什么。
He added that he had not expected to have to tell Wong what he could and could not say to his viewers.
审判将于周一继续，届时法庭将听取有关黄频道上发布的内容涉嫌煽动叛乱的证据。
The trial will continue on Monday, when the court will hear evidence about the allegedly seditious content published on Wong’s channel.