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More teargas fired along Hennessy Road, while the water cannon was used on the Canal Road flyover. Riot police remain on every block.
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People rushed to film a prison vehicle, which paused at a traffic light on its way out of West Kowloon Magistrates’ court, banging on the glass and shouting add oil and the names of the three activists - but it turns out to be empty.
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Protesters are scattered in groups and taking convoluted routes towards the direction of Mong Kok, to avoid the police officers standing guard along main thoroughfare.
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Cardiologist Alfred Wong Yam-Hong shaved his head and joined the dirty team voluntarily. He criticised Hospital Authority’s policies, including:
- lack of washout period for dirty team staff
- provide surgical gowns instead of hazmat for isolation wards thestandnews.com/politics/%E8%8…
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#HongKong govt to ban dining in and make masks mandatory in outdoor public places. HongKongProtestArt: we are practicing photosynthesis twitter.com/Ima_HkSiuwaaga…
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The legislative council election, scheduled to take place today, was postponed by Chief Executive Carrie Lam on public health grounds amid #COVIDー19. Instead, government is pushing a citywide COVID testing scheme that’s heavily criticised for its ineffectiveness.
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Ko Chung Ming took photos of those wounded during the protests, including a first aider who suffered third degree burns after a tear gas canister hit him in the back, needed a 4-hour graft and daily dressing, and was subsequently disowned by his family who supports the government
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"Today and tmr is...the time for us to use peaceful and rational means to show the world, we can exercise democracy," says Robert Chung, founder of the poll institute. The poll question they asked yesterday: Is HK still a free city? 61% said no.
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In February, I wrote about the network of ppl and groups supporting #HongKong protesters and activists in prison. Seven months later, two groups are closing down. Wall Fare announced their closure today, they will stop delivering letters and supplies to inmates. twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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Yet another mass arrest. twitter.com/iamarman88/sta…
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How #HongKong riot police officers kettle reporters and passers by on the streets. While some asked us to move back, others blocked us from leaving. After checking my press card and letting me ago, another officer asked me to go back and claimed I couldn’t prove I was checked.
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There’s now a digital #LennonWall where #HongKongProtesters can post memos, many support medics going on strike and demand a full closure of the border. “We can’t sacrifice our medics. If anyone should die, it’s Carrie Lam and govt officials.” hkpetitions.com
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One woman, who is being stopped and searched, got emotional while debating with the officer. “Why are we not even allowed to commemorate the incident?”
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Since the start of hostilities more than a month ago, one theme has remained consistent in Chinese state media's coverage of the war: the United States is the villain.
In my latest for @AJEnglish:
aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/6/…
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Speaking to the press, John Lee, Secretary for Security cited Benny Tai's analysis, 攬炒十部曲 as evidence that the primary election is a premeditated plan to throw Hong Kong into an abyss, with significant consequences on economy and daily lives.
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#HongKong International Film Festival called off the screenings of Philip Yung's commercial crime film Where the Wind Blows, citing technical reasons and request from film's owner. The film tells the story of four corrupted cops who rose to power in 1960s.
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#HongKong Police have a new tool: a video camera at the end of a long extension pole, which the officer, labelled video production, uses to film the crowd from afar.
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Unsure why the elderly man was being arrested, but he was not showing any signs of resistance and riot police officer tackled him to the ground. Video from Hong Kong Economic Journal.
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Police raised the blue flag outside the high end shopping mall Fashion Walk warning people of unlawful assembly and violating social distancing rules.
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Ambulance officers in #HongKong are under Fire Services Department, which was allocated ZERO protective suit (while police got 43,615). An officer speaking to Ming Pao on how they are exposed to potential infections, yet have to reuse masks. mpweekly.com/culture/%E6%95…
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From local artist @AhTo_comic:
"Hey, your search warrant doesn't cover such a huge area"
"We can block whatever we want! We can block your connection. Can block your pen. Can block your mouth too!"
His caption: "Do not grow numb. Do not get used to this."
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Police have cordoned off many stretches of the streets in Mong Kok, large groups of people are detained and searched.
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United Social Press posted an album of police "respecting" the press as they claim. Here are some of them, or as USP puts it, the tip of the iceberg.
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Two groups of people detained along Reclamation Street, mostly young people.
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Saw one of the journalists who was hit by a pepper ball above the ear, though he had a helmet on. It swelled into a huge lump. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com