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53 arrested for subversion. 6 are arrested for organising the act, 47 for participating, said Steve Li from #HongKong police's national security department. Police also froze HK$1.6 million in funds.
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Revisited some of the shops and restaurants, which were converted into polling booths during the primary election. "It's a tactic to wear us down. But as long as our hearts still hurt, I think Hong Kong can still be salvaged," said owner of a boba shop.
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You know the digital migration is real when your 78-yro grandma asks you to download Signal on phone. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Feng feng, a professor from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is accused of plagiarism - ppl noted how much the works at his solo exhibition resemble Dick Bruna’s Miffy. But he has denied it, saying all public symbols, esp commercial ones, are artists’ creative “vocabulary”.
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His banners often got ripped and damaged, so Kisslan Chan, a district councilor in Yuen Long got creative. Together, black wooden boards set against the iron fence form the Chinese characters for freedom - 自由.
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Months after the protests, workers in Hong Kong are still asked to glue bricks to the ground to prevent them from being dug up. “It doesn’t really work. We are just following the orders we were given,” he said.
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Livestream from CUHK Campus Radio, which shows police officers at a dorm in the university. The raid is reportedly related to an incident earlier this month where a few ppl pushed down metal fences in protest of campus security.
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One of Carrie Lam’s ambush operations occurring now. Police setting up cordons on Tung On Street in Yau Ma Tei to place the neighbourhood under lockdown without any prior notification.
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Roberto Bolaño's 2666, The Classic of Poetry, a Chinese dictionary are among books a 19 yro has prepared for his jail term. Tens of thousands were arrested by #HongKong police since protests erupted in 2019, this is a story on what happens afterwards. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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“I will live well. I will love this home and its people. I don’t see darkness for the light is in my heart. Your honour, you see, I am a free man.”
Justin Wong’s latest illustration in his series That City in Mingpao.
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"Oh oh! I remember you! Aren't you Hong Kong who used to be under me? Haven't seen you for a while. How are you?"
From political cartoonist Zunzi's column in Mingpao.
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Last defendant former lawmaker Claudia Mo’s application was also rejected. All defendants failed to overturn earlier decision to deny their bail. All remanded in custody.
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A 24 yro graduate from HKU is sentenced to 5 years and a half in jail for wounding with intent and assaulting an officer, etc. He bit the finger of a cop during a conflict that broke out in New Town Plaza in Sha Tin. Judge rejected his self-defence claim. hk.appledaily.com/local/20210224…
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A RTHK talk show that discusses current affairs from a philosophical point of view is reportedly suspended as management reviews the programme. Political satire, investigative journalism, candid interviews are disappearing from Hong Kong's public broadcaster one by one. twitter.com/StandNewsHK/st…
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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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Candlelight. From illustrator vawongsir, who was let go from a secondary school after receiving a complaint over his artworks.
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#JuneFourth: an elderly man was surrounded by over two dozen police officers outside Victoria Park just for holding banners that said conscience.
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Last year, hundreds showed up at the Victoria Park, defying a ban to commemorate the #TiananmenSquareMassacre. This year, police sealed off the park, blocked cross harbour tunnels and reportedly deploy up to 7,000 officers across the city, to ensure it wouldn’t happen again.
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“It’s a pity we cannot participate in the vigil this year,” said Lit Ming-wai, producer of May 35th, an award winning drama on June Fourth. She is bringing the flowers to attend the mass. “This will only make us remember this better.”
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Another woman holding a bouquet of flowers was stopped and searched. An officer told they have reasonable suspicion because of the flowers.
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A woman stopped and searched outside the park for holding a tiny candlelight.
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Police unfurled banners, warning people they are violating the law by gathering. People chanted protest slogans in response as they scattered. Unable to light candles, many people walk around with the torchlight on their phone.
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Officers surrounded a plastic candle left on a pole, but eventually left it alone
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Apple Daily reported that police officers used the computer's search function and input key words such as "foreign countries" and "rallies" to go through the files in reporters' computers. Search operation was focused on 2/F, where editorial was located. hk.appledaily.com/local/20210617…
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Reporters from different sections recalled their experiences working for Apple Daily, as the newspaper published its last edition tomorrow. "You will see the light if you persist in seeking the truth," wrote the investigative team.
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Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
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