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【JUDICIAL REVIEW CHALLENGES DISQUALIFICATION AT DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTION 2019】 1/ As the only candidate to be barred from the election last year, I lodged Judicial review against the decision to invalidate his nomination.
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2/ The applicant claims that Returning Officer Laura AARON acted ultra vires of ss.34(1)(b) of the DCO and unlawfully interferes with HK residents’ right to stand for election as stipulated under Basic Law.
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3/ It is expected the court would clarify and regulate the current practice of political vetting in elections shall leave granted tomorrow.
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It’s time to let the world to know that how Beijing rule by the hardline crackdown instead of rule by law. twitter.com/Quicktake/stat…
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[Vlog: Police called me yesterday to notify me that I was prosecuted again] patreon.com/posts/vlog-pol…
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2/ However, when China's tightening grip rattles the city's liberty, and even non-Chinese nationals are targeted this time, large scale crackdowns are right around the corner. We hope the world can continue to keep watch on the latest development in the city.
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1/ Concerning what the world could do, as the new law criminalizes all international advocacy, any calls for concrete actions that the world should do become politically sensitive, especially when several activists are now wanted on charges of colluding with foreign forces.
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1/ I filed a court challenge on Friday against his disqualification from district polls, in a move which may have implications for this year’s removals of opposition candidates for the city’s legislature. reuters.com/article/us-hon…
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3/ Pro-democracy candidates won more than 80% of the district council seats last year and hoped to win an unprecedented majority in the legislature. That's the reason for Beijing to cancel the election.
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4/ But no matter what happens, even I faces new charge for taking part in assemblies related to the vigil commemorating China’s 1989 bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square, we still need to keep on the fight in such uphill battle. Please support our fight: patreon.com/joshuawong
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[톈안먼 추도집회 참가 혐의, 홍콩 민주인사 조슈아 웡 등 24명 기소] 경찰이 금지한 톈안먼 희생자 추도 집회에 참가했다는 이유로 조슈아 웡과 민주당 대표인 우치와이 등 24명의 홍콩의 야권 인사들을 6일 무더기로 기소했다.
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[City-wide testing by three #China-based laboratories, with one allegedly involved in DNA collections of #Uyghurs] 1/ #Hkgov has just announced a city-wide #Covid19 testing. Without proper tendering procedures, #Carrielam directly granted 150,000,000 HKD for the project.
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3/ One of the laboratories, Sunrise Diagnostic Centre, is owned by BGI that is subject to #US’s sanction for involving in human rights crackdown in #Xinjiang and collecting DNA data from #Uyghurs.
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2/ They project of Hong Kong government invited three mainland-based laboratories: Sunrise Diagnostic Centre, China Dragon Inspection and Certification and Prenetics.
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6/ It’s doubtful whether those Chinese labs can refuse to hand over their DNA data if #Beijing insists on taking the data. Not to mention that #China has already stationed its #secretpolice agency in #HongKong under #nationalsecuritylaw.
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4/ China Dragon Inspection is state-run company, directly owned by China’s State‑owned Assets Supervision and Administration Communion. Local media @mingpaocom unveils that the company does not even have the certificate for laboratory testing.
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5/ Worse still, just like #Huawei and #Tikkok, these three-China based companies are subject to China’s National Intelligence Law in 2017 that requires "any organization or citize n shall support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work according to law” (Art 7).
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7/ Technically instead of sending to China, DNA data could be directly handed over to the city’s newly established #nationalsecurity agency. Also, there is a loophole in #Hongkong’s law on personal data, which fails to bar data transfer to #China.
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8/ When #hkgov stresses that the handling of DNA data would comply with the law, the reality turns out - it is still legal if they send the data to #Beijing. After all, given the blackbox procurement and legal loopholes, #Beijing’s real agenda is building a DNA database in #HK.
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9/ It could be used in future crackdowns on the city’s dissidents and #Hongkongprotesters. Social Credit System and surveillance regime will be its next step. facebook.com/20097647999486…
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10/ Hong Kong should not be the next Xin Jiang or Tibet. Please support our fight: patreon.com/joshuawong
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2. ... disqualifying pro-democracy runners from elections, arresting students for online speeches, wanting non-Chinese activists overseas, building a city-wide DNA database just like #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang, to paving ways to impose a rubber-stamp legislature under its full control
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[In response to #US's latest decision on #HK] 1. Clearly, the US’s decision is a reaction to #Beijing’s series of reckless crackdowns in #HongKong, from unilaterally imposing a sweeping #nationalsecuritylaw, ... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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3. The success of #1country2systems framework is built upon international confidence in this global financial city. Beyond any doubt, Beijing's treatment is casting doubt on the city's liberty, rule of law and judicial independence.
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4. When #Beijing scraps its promise of the city’s autonomy and extends its reach to schools, civil servants, judicial system and legislature, it is foreseeable that other countries will review their policies on Hong Kong.