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Hundreds who attend a memorial for Alex Chow - a university student who died in November - in Tseung Kwan O are stopped and searched by police, who use the same tactic of mass arrests to intimidate demonstrators and thwart protests.
Photos from USP and CUHK Campus Radio.
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"Murderer," says a banner hung in the neighbourhood. Photo by @appledaily_hk captures the size of the crowd at the event tonight. Police accused them of participating in an illegal assembly and later cordoned off hundreds at the scene.
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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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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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Mapping the #COVID19 outbreak. Confirmed cases of #coronavirus outside of China starting from late January.
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A relative, who works at the airport in Boston, can’t wear masks to work because her supervisor says it would cause panic. She doesn’t dare wear it on the streets either, fearing it would draw the wrong attention and even assault. twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/s…
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Two people among 17 arrested for bomb plots this weekend suffered bone fractures during police arrests and were admitted to hospital. But this is not isolated case. Since June, at least 100 defendants missed first hearing as they were still being treated thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%8…
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Photos from the travel section of @appledaily_hk. With flights suspended and cancelled, heres a rare scene of planes neatly parked at the airport apron.
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A group of volunteers have installed hand sanitizer dispensers at over 300 old tenement buildings in #HongKong and deliver regular supply for refill. Their goal is to reach 2000 buildings and keep them supplied for at least two months.
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The retaliation itself is shocking enough, but the fact that it also includes Hong Kong, which used to be an exception and where reporters can cover China from. The impact is also significant, because while protests have come to a halt, its only temporary wsj.com/articles/china…
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Legislator Roy Kwong was also pepper sprayed by police in Yuen Long earlier tonight while observing the protest and monitoring police actions. The police chief should explain why the force is out of control, he told @StandNewsHK
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Bloody arrests have become a norm in Hong Kong twitter.com/KongTsungGan/s…
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This spectacular piece of protest art by Lau Kwong Shing, one of the most talented comic artists in #HongKong. His caption: “Fact-checked”
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I tagged along a group of volunteers who installed hand sanitiser dispenser at old tenement buildings in #HongKong. Seems like an easy task, but the team actually have to go door to door to find a resident that’ll lend their support and refill the bottle. asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Hong…
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Sorry, you aren't paid HK$5.21 million a year to watch digital concert at work. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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I suppose this is how one covers #HongKongProtest in 2020. Grab a ladder, ask for a code and fly to an island on #AnimalCrossing
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A Mingpao reporter followed a former news anchor and flight attendant, who was fired from his job this February and became a food delivery guy. He walked 7km that day, earning HK$30 per delivery and HK$450 in total. m.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%…
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Liaison Office owns 757 property units, worth an estimated value of 3.4 billion. Worth noting besides properties, the office also controls SUP, whic owns more than half of book stores in Hong Kong and 30 joint publishing houses. twitter.com/richardjpyne/s…
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Trailer for this year’s #HongKong Film Awards was released today. “This was our playground.” “He is above the law”. It’s hard not to notice the message and meaning of this film collage, which as some point out, deserves the best editing award.
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Stand News did an uplifting story on a snack shop, which applied to be a private food supplier for correctional institutions, to ensure arrested protesters can have better meals - even if it means the shop is making a loss of HK$20,000 every month. thestandnews.com/society/%E9%BB…
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Tsai Ing-wen’s placard to Lam quotes Amos 5:14, let judgement run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. The line is also featured in a Christian song that can sometimes be heard at Hong Kong protests. twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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Next Magazine released a statement, condemning Hong Kong police for detaining two reporters while they were reporting on an investigative story related to superintendent Rupert Dover. The pair have since been released from Tseung Kwan O police station.
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Apple Daily: some entertainment companies in mainland China have added a term in contracts with #HongKong actors to guarantee they won’t be banned in China for political reasons within next 10 years. If breached, companies can sue for compensatory damages. hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/entertainment/…
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Spotted this on the MTR today. A sticker over Prince Edward station on the 8th month anniversary of the attack. Meanwhile police have surrounded the station since the afternoon to prevent people from laying flowers.
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#HongKong protesters are passing around lists of pro-democracy shops and restaurants, urging people to support the yellow economy during the Golden Week.
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com