Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration

Please read the following notes before lodging a complaint on obscene or indecent articles/matters.

The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (OFNAA) is one of the government departments responsible for the enforcement of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance, Cap. 390 ("COIAO"). The COIAO regulates the publication of various articles such as newspapers, magazines, comics, VCDs, DVDs, as well as articles published on the Internet (including pictures and images), and it also monitors the display of indecent matter. The full version of the COIAO could be obtained from the website of the Department of Justice (https://www.doj.gov.hk/).

At present, OFNAA, Police and Customs and Excise Department are responsible for the enforcement of the provisions under the COIAO. The division of labour is as follows:

OFNAA focuses on the sale of indecent articles in the market by inspecting retail outlets and monitoring publications on sale in the market;
Police focuses on the sale of obscene articles in the market and transmitted on the internet and conducts joint operations with OFNAA from time to time; and
Customs and Excise Department tackles obscene and indecent articles at customs entry points.

The Newspaper and Article Administration Division of OFNAA handles complaints related to the COIAO, whilst the following subject matters are outside the purview of the COIAO. To lodge complaints on subject matters outside the purview of the COIAO, you may contact the following responsible departments direct:

Subject Matter	Department
Obscene or indecent film contents	Film Division of OFNAA
Broadcasting of obscene or indecent materials on television or radio channels	Office of the Communications Authority
Contents related to child pornography	Hong Kong Police Force
Contents with national security concern	National Security Department of Hong Kong Police Force

In view of the large number of articles/matters made available to the public, complainants are advised to provide sufficient and concrete details to facilitate OFNAA's follow-up. When lodging a complaint, please include sufficient and concrete details, such as the names and/or titles of the articles/matters. If you wish to lodge complaints against contents of photos/video clips, please provide such photos/video clips, or the website links for accessing the photos/video clips, for OFNAA's investigation. Complaints without sufficient and concrete details may not be further processed.

If you confirm that the subject matter under complaint does not fall outside the purview of the COIAO as aforementioned, please proceed to fill in the complaint e-form.