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On Chinese National Day, heavy police presence in the district of Causeway Bay, where a protest march is due to begin at two pm. Police have banned the protest citing Covid_19 and threat of violence.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam has refused to set up an independent commission of inquiry to look into police brutality and abuse of power. Instead, she’s now honouring nearly 100 cops, many for their role in #HongKong protests. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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"The young woman keeps two timers on her phone: one counting down until her anniversary with her boyfriend, the other tracking how many days it has been since he vanished at sea." She seems far more mature than her age implies, supporting his family...
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After reviewing the documentary on HK protests, OFNAA returned the DVD in pieces, claiming staff members accidentally broke it during the process of review. Ying E Chi cinema noted it's the first time this has happened in 20 years. twitter.com/elson_tong/sta…
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The story of moon cake is that Ming rebels slipped paper inside the cake to plan an uprising against Yuan dynasty rulers. Now we have mooncakes with police-friendly slogans on the outside and #HongKong protest slogan on the inside. As a comment says, 身在曹營心在漢
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Activist @SunnyCheungky confirmed on Facebook page that he has left #HongKong. “Homesickness is the most unbelievable pain...for the first time in my life, I understood the feeling of being a foreigner and being cut off from your roots.”
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Families of two #HongKong activists detained in mainland China spoke to @StandNewsHK. One father fled to HK during Cultural Revolution so he tried to dissuade his son from protesting “but he didn’t listen.” thestandnews.com/politics/12%E6…
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VA Wong Sir, a visual art teacher in #HongKong best known for some of his protest artworks published anonymously online, lost his job after someone filed a complaint to the Education Bureau. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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There’s a colourful term in Cantonese for police perjury: 砌生豬肉, which translates literally to building raw pork. Here’s a work of #HongKongProtestArt illustrating the term.
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People purchased stocks of Next Digital in support of the pro-democratic newspaper Apple Daily after police raided their newsroom in August. And their stocks skyrocketed. Now police are going after people who "manipulated the price of the media group."
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The front page ad in @appledaily_hk today is posted by HKUST student union in remembrance of 22 yro Chow Tsz-lok, who fell to his death in unexplained circumstances during a protest in Nov 2019. "It's been ten months since he left. Wrong remains unrighted."
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“I am here to exercise our right to protest, which is enshrined under the Basic Law. We do not need the authorities’ permission to hold peaceful public assemblies,” said a protester. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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In Hong Kong, even WiFi name is a venue for protest.
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One man got mad at officers because he literally couldn’t get anywhere. Stranded pedestrians complain they’re being forced into a public assembly because police are blocking the roads. Officers have used similar tactics in the past to divide crowds and conduct mass arrests.
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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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One officer taking out his baton and warning surrounding press members to stay back. Pepper balls were fired a few moments earlier.
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Police prepared to kettle protesters and pedestrians from both ends of Shan Tung Street. But it seems officers have trouble coordinating and directing their own squad.
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“This is an illegitimate government. It’s not elected by the people and does not represent the people. I wrote this in both English and Chinese so people can see and know the injustice that’s taking place in #HongKong.”
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Two groups of people detained along Reclamation Street, mostly young people.
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Riot police officers dashed into Reclamation Street and detained around six young people outside the fruit stalls. Now conducting stop and search.
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Police vehicles patrolling the streets. A group of riot officers following the crowd as they weave through traffic and streets.
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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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Instead of wearing black, one man hangs a black tee on a pole to “make his opinion heard”. His demand: “resume the legislative council election now, give me back my right to vote.”
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Police attempted to kettle protesters from both ends of the streets. People are now scattered along the side streets with occasional protest chants. Police have raised the blue flag warning of illegal assembly and violations of social distancing rules.
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Reinforcements arrived on Nathan Road and riot officers dashed into Parkes Street where protesters gathered and chanted slogans earlier.
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com