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.@demosisto confirms that core member Tobias Leung’s arrested by customs department over providing surgical face masks, for alleged violation of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance. Group had printed “not made in #China” on box as it didn’t want ppl to rush to their source &....
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ICYMI: This #HongKong retired double decker bus, now being used for the pro-democracy camp’s primary in Jordan, is actually Island district councillor Sheep Yeung’s mobile office.
He wrote on social media he will use it as office after the primaries & he will fit it with air-con
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#JUSTIN: #HongKong's High Court has ordered the #MTR to disclose CCTV footages at Prince Edward & Lai Chi Kok stations of August 31 last year to the lawyers of the Edu University's student union president #831attacks
Full judgement here: legalref.judiciary.hk/doc/judg/word/…
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#HongKong‘s Apple Daily has decided to print an extra 200,000 copies -- making it a total 550,000 for today, after the #HongKongPolice raid of its office yesterday twitter.com/lwcalex/status…
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#HongKongPolice have confirmed that 7 are arrested, age 39-72. They are accused of colluding with foreign forces and fraud. More arrests could be coming as the force say the operation is ongoing
#NationalSecurityLaw #PressFreedom #HongKong #NSL #HK twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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So by banning people from eating inside a restaurant during all times starting from today as an anti-epidemic measure, this is how people responded —- eating on the streets.
Must the #HongKong Govt had thought this is more effective in fighting #coronavirus ?
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The journalists were trying to film a group of residents being pushed to the ground, & the reporters were pepper sprayed. As some of the reporters cried, probably becuz they were scared, reports from the scene said #HongKongPolice asked them to cry louder
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#NOW #HongKong leader #CarrieLam says “rioters’” actions have far exceeded their “so called demands” & they are enemies of the people #HongKongProtests
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JUST IN: David Perry QC has told #HongKong’s Department of Justice he’s not coming to #HK to prosecute pro-democracy activists over 2019 #HongKongProtests, citing pressure he’s been under in the #UK
DoJ says another counsel has been appointed instead
info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…
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Tens of thousands of people in #HongKong defy a police ban to attend #June4 candlelight vigil to mark 31st anniversary of #TiananmenSquareMassacre, as a #NationalSecurityLaw imposed on #HK by #Beijing looms
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The very moment security chief John Lee withdrew the #extraditionbill. He was immediately showered with slogans from the pro-democracy lawmakers asking him to step down. #HongKongProtests #HongKong #HK #ExtraditionLaw
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7 people charged with rioting on 8.31 last year in Wan Chai all acquitted, District Court says prosecution cannot proof then guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Judge had earlier ruled that social worker Jackie Chen, who faced the same charge, had no case to answer
#HongKongProtests
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As #CarrieLam left after the end of the presser, reporters asked 1) why she didn’t wear a mask, 2) why she’s leaving loopholes in the two still-open borders. The #HongKong leader simply walked away
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#HongKong public libraries have suspended the lending of books written by Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf , one by @civicpartyhk Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan & several political titles by localist Wan Chin. Reason unclear. This is days after #NationalSecurityLaw came into effect
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Earlier, protesters in a Sha Tin mall, displaying banners (on left) said by renowned lyricist Albert Leung 林夕 in a recent #RTHK programme: “I don’t believe darkness will forever defeat light; they may kidnap your body but they can’t take away your religion”
#HongKongProtests
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So what happened during that #Legco House Committee meeting in May that led to arrests of 7 pandems this morning?
#HongKong twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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#RTHK’s @RTHK_HK response: after reviewing the whole episode of the @thepulse_rthk, we do not think it violated “One Country, Two Systems”, nor the station’s charter #HongKong twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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Indonesian journalist, Veby Indah, has permanent blindness to her right eye after being shot by a #HongKong #police rubber bullet on Sunday when covering #HongKongProtest, says her lawyer. Vidler said info from 3rd party indicates it’s not a bean bag round as 1st thought
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Footage from TVB shows scores of #HongKongPolice officers raid the offices of Apple Daily @appledaily_hk in Tseung Kwan O, following arrests of founder Jimmy Lai & several senior executives of the paper, at least some over #NSL
#PressFreedom #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw
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Video of the #HongKongPolice asking the journalists to “cry louder, it [doesn’t sound] sad enough”
facebook.com/71047679570461…
Footage from @StandNewsHK
#HongKong #HongKongProtests
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Audrey Eu SC, on behalf of #CUHK student union chief Jacky So seeking injunction to ban police entry, argues there’s no rioting WITHIN Uni precinct; there’s only evidence that #HongKongPolice entered the campus & students responded to “an invasion of their home & try to defend”
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It’s been 3 months since the #721attacks in Yuen Long, where mobs indiscriminately attacked people near the #MTR station there & #HongKongPolice accused of deliberate inaction. The station’s closed now prior to planned sit-in tonight. Has #HongKong ppl moved on like Govt suggest?
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Protesters at busy IFC mall in Central are staging a protest in support of medical workers on strike. “Close the border to stop the virus is the only way out”, they chant #HongKong #nCov2019 #WuhanCoronavirus #WuhanVirus
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In the first hour of #HKDCElection, unprecedented queues sprung up all across #HongKong with people eager to vote amid #HongKongProtests. 47% turnout rate 4 years ago was a record, by this rate that can easily be smashed. Ppl vote early perhaps in fears of trouble that’d....
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