写给法庭的支持信被滥用：开庭前发生的隐私泄露与诽谤
作者：毛 芃 / Portia Mao
2025年7月31日（星期四）早晨，我偶然听到了前国家党国会议员西蒙·奥康纳（Simon O’Connor）主持的播客节目。在节目中，他谈到了奥克兰地区法院的法官驳回肖志鸿（Morgan Xiao）起诉 Stuff 记者Justin Wong 的案子，并对法官的裁决表示赞赏。
西蒙·奥康纳也非常了解肖志鸿状告我的案子。2024年9月30日，他曾为我写信致奥克兰地方法院，支持我在被摩根·肖以《有害数字通信法案》（Harmful Digital Communications Act）起诉的案件中进行抗辩。
然而，在听证会尚未举行的2024年11月12日，肖在微信上发布了一篇文章，标题为：
“新西兰前反华议员为毛女士出庭求情。”
在这篇文章中，肖不仅刊登了西蒙的照片，还诽谤他为“反华人士”。肖写道：
“据多个来源称，西蒙·奥康纳在任职期间是一个国际反华议员联盟的成员，并在反华战线上非常活跃。”
（肖所指的其实是“对华政策跨国议会联盟”，即 Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China。）
文章中，肖魔王还公开了另外四位华人支持者的姓名和照片，他们也为我写了支持信递交法院。肖所披露的这些信件内容均发生在庭审之前，且未获得法院许可。
更过分的是，肖魔王将西蒙的整封支持信翻译成中文，并发布在微信上，试图将我描绘为由一位“反华前议员”支持的对象，从而对支持我的华人群体造成威慑与舆论压力。
“How a letter of support from former MP Simon O’Connor was republished, mistranslated, and politicised on WeChat ahead of a New Zealand court hearing.”
On the morning of Thursday, July 31, I happened to hear a podcast by former National MP Simon O’Connor. In it, he discussed the Auckland judge’s dismissal of Morgan Xiao’s lawsuit against Stuff journalist Justin Wong and praised the judge’s decision.
Simon is no stranger to my own case. On September 30, 2024, he wrote a letter to the Auckland District Court in support of me in a lawsuit brought by Morgan Xiao under the Harmful Digital Communications Act.
But on November 12, 2024, well before the hearing, Xiao posted an article on WeChat titled:
“Former Anti-China NZ MP Pleads on Behalf of Portia Mao in Court.”
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In that article, Xiao published Simon’s photo and defamed him as “anti-China.”
Xiao wrote: “According to various sources, Simon O’Connor, during his tenure, was a member of an international alliance of anti-China MPs and was very active on the anti-China front.” ( Xiao was referring to the International Parliamentary Alliance on China.)
In his article, Xiao also publicly revealed the names and photos of four other Chinese supporters who had written letters to the court in support of me. The disclosure of court documents occurred before the court hearing without the court’s permission.
Furthermore, Xiao translated Simon’s whole letter into Chinese and posted it on WeChat, portraying me as being backed by a former “anti-China” politician to intimidate members of the Chinese community who support me.
