In 2020, Hong Kong people have experienced a year of dramatic changes. The results of the 2020 “Person of the Year” contest, held by RTHK’s English program Backchat, were originally announced on January 4. However, netizens recently voted for Hong Kong and Taiwan journalist Li Junya and Apple Daily, and the election was immediately attacked by newspapers and online media affiliated to the Federal Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which accused Hong Kong and Taiwan of “public and private use”. RTHK announced on January 4 that it was cancelling the entire “Person of the Year” contest because of “manipulation” of the vote and unusual emails.
Comprehensive position news, apple daily reports, Hong Kong and English show “Backchat” person of the year in 2020 election, held for a total of 10 groups, including Hong Kong and Taiwan journalists lijun, apple daily care, director of the centre for health protection in infectious diseases, the front Zhang Zhujun, cleaning staff, the chief executive secretary month moths, independent judge a person by David Webb, Hong Kong veterans association chairman tsai, an epidemiologist at high Ben and Peter fanling golf course. The election is open to the public to vote by email.
Netizen xu Cast li Jun ya pro-communist newspaper snipe Hong Kong and Taiwan
In recent days, netizens have launched campaigns for Lijunya and Apple Daily, and some people on the discussion board have called for “All in” lijunya. Nearly a thousand votes have been solicited in posts alone.
At the same time, ZhongLianBan launched a sniper’s media to the election, column shell da gong bao lijun and apple daily after the finalists, wen wei Po “to refer to organizational system who attacked election” public private “, “neither fish nor fowl”, owe professionalism and representative, and the chance to ask the government to strengthen the regulation of Hong Kong and Taiwan. A number of pro-Communist Internet media such as HKG newspaper and Zhonghua Micro TV also joined the campaign, saying that “There are too many yellow ribbons in Hong Kong and Taiwan” and that “Hong Kong and Taiwan have taken the opportunity to promote Lijunya”.
Online voting ‘rigged’? The law is questioned
A small election turned into a storm. The Backchat host Hugh Chiverton finally announced on January 4th morning, cancel the “person of the year elections this year, the reason is that all of a sudden with thousands of votes” unusual “(Irregular), voting seems to be manipulated,” rather than get rid or a part of people to make changes, we decided to cancel the entire election… It just for fun, anyway.”
The guest of the episode, Southern District Councillor Sima Man, expressed surprise on the spot. He pointed out that voting and canvassing were conducted on the Internet and asked how the voting could be manipulated. “This is not a regular election and you don’t have to bring your ID card to vote. It’s just an online campaign to get as many people to vote as possible.”
The moderator emphasized only that “There isn’t awinner” in the election, and repeated that “unusual” had appeared, indicating that the voter did not need an id card but had to enter an email, and that each email would only be used to vote once. “It doesn’t make sense to have thousands of unusual emails at the same time,” He countered, questioning whether “the conclusion can only be that someone is not very happy with the vote.”
Backchat later posted an apology on Facebook, saying it was prudent to cancel the election. In response to media enquiries, RTHK said it had decided to cancel this year’s election without releasing any results and would review its voting methods for future “Person of the Year” elections.
It is highly unusual for unions to challenge the cancellation of the election
The Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) producers’ union said Thursday that it was unusual for the Backchat program to stop voting on the day of its annual person of the Year contest. “The election is not known to have been a cyber attack like a hacker, so where does’ rigged ‘come in?”
The union points out that the “person of the Year” election, which goes back through the years, does not in and of itself refer to the people, places and groups of the year. In recent years, due to the social climate, there have also been “Students of the Umbrella Movement” (edited: named person of the Year 2014), “Demonstrator” (Named Person of the Year 2019) and “Hong Kong Police” (second in the two years above). “Unfortunately, an innocuous ballot campaign has been pursued by a few media outlets to ‘promote’ figures they don’t approve of, ‘for public and private use,'” the union said, describing the situation as regrettable.
“If ‘manipulated’ means’ mobilised ‘, which is the accusation,” then why are all complaints made against our colleagues on the Internet accepted?” Finally, the trade union urged the management of RTHK, in particular the deputy director of broadcasting, Mr Fung Kin-yip, who is in charge of the programme, to respond directly to the inquiry and “avoid bringing injustice to the production staff”.
Netizen: The curve proves that Lijunya was elected
The Apple Daily reported that former legislator MAO Mengjing challenged the idea that the election was rigged, saying that even soliciting votes would not be fraudulent as long as it was a one-person, one-vote, voluntary vote. She questioned whether Hong Kong and Taiwan would “kneel down” under pressure from pro-Chinese newspapers while trying to act independent and fair. She added that the shortlist should be recommended by the public. “Why are there no Hui Chi-fung, Chow Ting, Wong Chi-fung, Law Koon-cong, Lai Chi-ying? They are much more popular.
This disturbance causes the netizen hot discussion. “Lijunya has been elected in the hearts of Hong Kong people,” one netizen wrote. “Congratulations, it’s Lijunya who has won.” “The curve makes everyone know that lijunya is the real person of the Year!” Some netizens questioned the pro-Communist party’s decision to cancel the election because it could not afford to lose, while others asked, “Is it reasonable to call manipulation when Lin Chen wins? Give up!”
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