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"In the remaining days, we will stand first in our positions and do our best to deliver good reporting. Thank you for your support." A message from iCable's China desk, which submitted a mass resignation in light of the abrupt dismissal. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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How it started vs how it’s going.
Constitutional and mainland affairs minister, Erick Tsang, who was caught snoozing at the policy address yesterday is one hard-working student today.
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It’s impossible to summarise the new horrors #HongKong ppl wake up to each day since Beijing imposed a national security law, but in a story for @WPReview, I try to explain why the day Hong Kong dies is different for everyone.
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Like many other protesters who lost their jobs, Yeung started a crowdfunding campaign for daily expense and his parents' medical fees, which was met with an overwhelming response. He aimed for 500k and remaining money would be donated to grassroot students. twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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In 2 acclaimed episodes of Hong Kong Connection, a documentary series on public broadcaster RTHK, journalists traced carplates, interviewed residents and witnesses of Yuen Long attack on 7.21 last year.
Now the producer is arrested.
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Quite amazing to see Belarusian students enacting their own version of Liberty Leading the People, which has also inspired protest art in Hong Kong. twitter.com/franakviacorka…
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Adding to the controversy, a homeless person, 亞十, allegedly committed suicide in jail last Thursday. He was among rough sleepers who were assaulted by police and had their belongings destroyed in February. 9 cops were suspended afterwards but none was prosecuted. twitter.com/elson_tong/sta…
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This came after Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Education Secretary would take this up with university leaders and if they can’t handle the matter, law enforcement would be asked to intervene. twitter.com/elson_tong/sta…
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#HongKong protesters detained at Lai Chi Kok reception centre made the gesture for “five demands, not one less” and shouted Happy Mid Autumn Festival to supporters standing outside.
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This was taken on Oct 1, 2019. Only found this when going through my photos later on. It was Chinese National Day but #HongKong protesters called it a National Day of Tragedy, determined that there was nothing worth celebrating. It's been a year, but we are in for a long fight.
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Last year protesters seized the narrative and called it a National Mourning Day, throwing joss paper in the air. This year, police are out in force to ensure there is not a slightest display of defiance. Officers stood guard on Lion Rock in case protesters gather.
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Police officers now take people away from reporters’ cameras and to more obscure locations such as the alleys, before questioning them and going through their belongings.
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Another sign of how #HongKong police are on alert today. No sign of protesters gathering in Lo Tak Ct of Tsuen Wan yet, where people have called for a demonstration online, but riot police officers are out in force, patrolling the area and searching anyone that looks suspicious.
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Someone left a Bluetooth speaker on the floor, playing Glory to #HongKong. Within minutes, police rushed over with the purple flag.
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No mass arrest on this corner of the street. But police officers plucked a young kid out of the crowd to conduct a search. A cordon line is set up to push reporters further back.
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People walked and shouted protest slogans along Paterson Street. This is as close as Hong Kong can get to a protest these days, as police ban any applications for public assembly and are out in force to prevent people from gathering.
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Dozens of people detained behind a cordon line outside the shopping mall Fashion Walk.
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Chants of the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times” put riot police officers incredibly on edge. They unfurled the purple flag and are now setting up cordon lines.
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Police unfurled the purple flag warning against violations of the national security law at the intersection of Great George Street and Paterson Street.
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Police made mad dashes to different corners of the district. “Grab those in dark clothes and carrying big backpacks,” one commander shouted. People waiting for their buses along Hennessy Road were stopped and searched.
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To the ire of passengers, MTR staff are closing certain exits after police set up an unmanned cordon line.
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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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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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While riot police officers shooed people from the streets, warning them not to gather, a woman in yellow refused to leave the pedestrian zone. “Your rules have no legal basis. We have the rights to stand on our own land.”
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com