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About half an hour ago, pro-#Beijing unionist Kwok Wai-keung of the #FTU appeared to have dragged Ray Chan @ray_slowbeat of People Power to the ground before the beginning of the #Legco House Comm “officially” began
#HongKong #HongKongProtests
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The #HongKong leader #CarrieLam is in the #Legco chamber, showered by slogans from the pro-democracy camp. Civic Party Tanya Chan got kicked out of chamber right at the get go
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Co-organiser of pro-democracy camp’s #Legco primaries, Benny Tai (L), says nearly 229,000 people took part in the first of 2 days, “completely exceeding expectations”. He remains hopeful total turnout can exceed 500k, if the hourly rate sustains
(Photo from a few days back)
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The moment when #DAB chair Starry Lee - escorted by #Legco security - rushes up to take the chairman’s seat right after the previous panel meeting ended — more than an hour before the House Comm is scheduled to start
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So what happened during that #Legco House Committee meeting in May that led to arrests of 7 pandems this morning?
#HongKong twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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.@HKDemocrats chair Wu Chi-wai just asked acting president Starry Lee to suspend the #Legco meeting on the controversial national anthem bill, asking for lawmakers 2 pause & go out 2 streets & try to see if they can ease tensions, resolve conflicts, with around 300 arrests in #HK
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.@ray_slowbeat of People Power controversially carried out of #Legco House Comm meeting for “misconduct”, as #DAB chair Starry Lee, who argues she has authority to chair meeting which is disputed by council’s own legal advice & pro-democracy lawmakers, made the order
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@civicpartyhk lawmaker Dennis Kwok, who's been presiding over the House Committee's filibuster, says #Beijing's statement on "internal matters of #Legco" is a clear violation of the One Country, Two Systems principle & it's a form of "political invectives" to accuse him of crimes twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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#HongKongPolice have barricaded Lung Wui Road, a public road near #HongKong legislature, apparently in anticipation of Wednesday’s #Legco vetting of national anthem law. There’s been online calls for a surrounding of the complex circa #AntiELAB on 12 Jun 19
#HongKongProtests
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As #CarrieLam is poised to announce postponing the #LegcoElection2020 for a year, as sources indicate through the use of emergency laws, it will be interesting to see how Article 69 of the Basic Law will have to change. It states a #Legco term in #HongKong is 4 years.
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By #DQ’ing 12 #Legco hopefuls — most winning in a primary — & more expected to come, the #HongKong Govt says “there is no question of any political censorship, restriction of free speech or deprivation of the right to stand for elections”
Full statement: bit.ly/3hQvogN
