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There’s no more than the usual traffic at Yuen Long Station, but MTR has implemented “crowd management measures” and closed off five exits, on the anniversary of 721, where a mob wielding sticks attacked passengers and press members indiscriminately.
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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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“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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It feels like we are awaiting our death sentence twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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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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The Chinese city of Xiamen is conducting COVID tests on fresh fish. After photos and videos of health workers swabbing fish sparked ridicule online, the local outlet that covered its enforcement blurred the report on its ePaper.
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In Sichuan, a woman who could not get her hands on masks or hazmat suit, wore a giraffe costume to get her elderly parents' medicine from the hospital. Experts are advising against this...but Im in love with the suit.
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Police got into a shouting match with two workers and have since pulled them aside for questioning.
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More teargas fired as riot police made a made dash along Hennessy Road. #HongKong people take to the street in this scale for the first time since #coronavirus hit, to protest against its government and the impending national security laws.
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it isn’t new, but it’s definitely unacceptable. twitter.com/danielchsuen/s…
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Now is a good time to revisit what the composer of #GloryToHongKong, PI told me last year: “If a regime were to react so severely that a simple song is banned and all who are involved are arrested, it shows that it is the regime itself that fears the people and its ideas.” twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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In the charge sheet against @JimmyLaiApple for collusion with foreign forces, police listed excerpts of his interviews with media as well as commentaries he wrote, including this op-ed on New York Times, where he asked:
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#HongKong unveiled new “National Insecurity Office”
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It may be brief, but after hours of moseying around the streets, protesters retook Hennessy Road to make a statement that is loud and clear: they do not fear the national security law.
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In Dec 2019, a group of 14 homeless people were evicted by authorities from a park in Sham Shui Po. Their personal belongings, including their phones and ID, were taken and discarded as rubbish. The court handed down the ruling today, giving each person a compensation of HK$100.
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Apple Daily published their 3rd article on superintendent Rupert Dover. They found that he and his wife, also a police officer, lease another house in the village for bed and breakfast at up to HK$1400 per night, without a guesthouse license. hk.appledaily.com/local/20200501…
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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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"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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#HongKong’s success isn’t a case of what the govt did correctly but how we managed despite the govt. “Fight Virus Together,” Carrie Lam claimed. But it’s been clear who she’s targeting with social distancing rules in the name of public health. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
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What else sank in Hong Kong, by @AhTo_comic twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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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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In my first piece for @thenation, I spoke to three #HongKong political artists across generations - Zunzi, Ah To and Harcourt Romanticist - on why cartoons and paintings can be a threat to the regime.
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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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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.
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
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