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5/ Before the national security law has been put in place, a new national security unit has already been set up in the immigration department to vet foreign correspondents’ visa applications and renewals.
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6/ Today is also the first time that police imposed a new restrictive measure on reporters and blocked media coverage from the scenes, with international media outlets such as Reuters, AFP and AP barred from covering the raid.
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[Please pray for ten arrested freedom-loving Hongkonger]
1/ Soon after Beijing has disqualified pro-democracy runners and cancelled the legislative election, media newsrooms become China’s new target. Today, ne month after the law has been put in place...
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2/ Ten Hongkongers were arrested, with the city’s pro-democracy media tycoon @JimmyLaiApple under the national security law. My former colleague @chowtingagnes was also arrested for violating the new security law, even though she has quitted @demosisto.
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3/ Also, she has stopped operating her Twitter account before the enactment of the law. Clearly, it proves that the law is retrospective. Today hundreds of police officers raided Apple Daily’s newsrooms, rifling through reporters’ desks and seizing those computers and files.
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I knew Wilson Li since we were still in high school. I wish @itvnews would stand in solidarity with him. twitter.com/ezracheungtoto…
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4. However, even when #Beijing attempts to rule the city with Orwellian thoughtcrimes, #Hongkongers will not surrender. Now it is not just our cause for democracy and liberty, but also a battle between truth and lies.
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3. Using its sweeping powers under #NationalSecurityLaw, #China now extends its reach to #HK media by clamping down on critical voices on media, halting flow of information to international audiences and turning the city's media outlets into state-controlled propaganda apparatus.
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2. Before that, #Beijing has already been toughening its curb on media, from setting up a new #nationalsecurity unit in Immigration Dept to screen foreign correspondents' visa application, replacing news heads of credible TV providers, to interrupting local media's news coverage.
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[When reporting becomes Orwellian thoughtcrime]
1. @JimmyLaiApple's arrest and the raid of @appledaily_hk is a litmus test for the city's #pressfreedom, one of the cornerstones of whether #HK remains open, free and tolerant to critical views under #Beijing's authoritarian rule.
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Litmus test for #HK #PressFreedom
-JimmyLai & @appledaily_hk,most vocal pro-democracy media,targeted
-News heads of 2 credible media iCable/NowTV replaced
-New security unit to review journo's visa
-Issues/renewals of visa for Int'l media delayed
-Indie media barred fr reporting twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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After pro-democracy media tycoon @JimmyLaiApple was arrested and #HKPolice raided @appledaily_hk, lots of #Hongkongers and financial analysts vow to support Jimmy and Apple Daily through buying the company's stock. Stock price of Next Digital skyrocketed 300%.
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No foreign media is allow to enter the building according to police order. It show no respect to press freedom. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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This is the end of press freedom and darkest day of journalists.
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I strongly condemn the latest arrest of @JimmyLaiApple. twitter.com/samuelmchu/sta…
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Vlog：Way to confront economic giant with new identity of HKer patreon.com/posts/40263716
Under China's mounting wolf warrior diplomacy, from NBA, Disney to HSBC, we have born witness to Beijing's worsening oppression. China might be big, but not big enough to dictate everything.
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6/ Fear reigns, but our fight for democracy will not stop. To prepare for unexpected risks, I will arrange more drivers and hope you can support our fight. patreon.com/joshuawong
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3/ Afterwards, I was tailed by car VE3492, hoping to follow me to another destination. Once realizing my fds discovered them, the car completely violated traffic rules, ran the red lights and turned a U-turn at the straight-ahead-only intersection, nearly leading to car crashes.
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5/ Also when #Beijing faces more international critics after its crackdown on the city’s election, it is paving ways to arrest somebody like me, extradites to China, and takes me hostage for more diplomatic bargaining powers.
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4/ There's only one group of people in the city who can ignore traffic rules & bear no consequences for their reckless driving - China’s national security agents. Under #nationalsecuritylaw, agents can directly kidnap any citizens or foreigners inside the territory of #Hongkong.
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2/ At the moment when I left, one of the agents stared at me and recorded the time with his hand-free device. He did the same when my friends left. Clearly, he was recording how long and when we stay at the building and analyzing our behavioural patterns.
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[I was tailed by #secretpolice agents again. This time crazier]
1/ Even after #HK’s election was cancelled, #secretpolice stalking has intensified. Today when I met with friends in one building, several unknown agents have lingered outside......
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김길자 여사님은 다행히 피해가 없으셨다고 하여 마음이 놓였습니다. 이번 폭우로 희생되신 모든 분들의 명복을 빕니다. 이재민과 유가족들께도 깊은 위로를 드립니다. 앞으로 태풍과 폭우가 계속 이어진다고 하는데 큰 피해가 없기를 저도 기도하겠습니다.
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