2023-06-05 09:36:10
The police today (5th) arrested 4 men for dishonest access to computers, which was related to the cancellation of organ donation registration. The police held a press conference at 6:30 p.m. to explain the incident, saying that they found that someone attempted to disrupt the central organ donation registration system, including someone who stole information to apply for cancellation of registration, someone who randomly used different names of people with different ID numbers to register and cancel organ donation, and someone Input non-personal data information, such as inputting foul language, in order to cancel the registration of organ donation. The inputted names include government officials, entertainers, members of the Legislative Council, etc.
After police investigation, four local men were arrested today in Kennedy Town, Mong Kok and Kwai Chung. They reported that they were students (19 years old), interior design assistants (22 years old), electronic technicians (45 years old), and self-employed persons (47 years old). ), two of whom are brothers. The police seized 5 mobile phones and 3 tablet computers, and found no organization involved. It is not ruled out that someone committed the crime for fun.
According to government figures, since the establishment of the Central Register of Organ Donations in Hong Kong, the number of registrations has continued to increase, from 45,150 in 2009 to more than 357,000 at present; From April to April this year, there were 5,785 applications for deregistration within 5 months, far higher than the previous figures; more than half of the applications, namely 2,905, were invalid cancellation applications, including applications for deregistration that had never been registered at all, and repeated cancellation applications , of which the single-month invalid cancellation rate in February this year was as high as 74%.
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao earlier described that the practice of canceling the organ donation system without registration previously was a “simply disgraceful act”. Li Jiachao pointed out that the relevant practices are suspicious, and he believes that organ donation is noble in nature and can save lives. Anyone who tries to destroy the mechanism will be severely condemned.
The Hong Kong government and the mainland are discussing the establishment of a mutual aid mechanism for regular organ transplants to help patients waiting for organs to get suitable organ transplants as soon as possible. However, some people worry that the establishment of the mechanism will affect the allocation of organ transplants in Hong Kong.
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