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#HongKongPolice are planning to deploy up to 7,000 officers on #4June around #HongKong - sources told #RTHK.
They said around 3,000 of them would be guarding Victoria Park, the site of the banned candle light vigil to commemorate #TiananmenSquareMassacre in 1989
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#BREAKING #HongKong activist Joshua Wong has been jailed for 10 months for participating in the banned June 4 candle light vigil to commemorate the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre last year, consecutive to 4 months he is currently serving for another protest-related case
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This morning in #HongKong, Joshua Wong & 3 fellow activists will be sentenced for taking part in the unauthorised - yet largely peaceful - assembly to commemorate the June Fourth #TiananmenSquareMassacre last year
It’s the first such prosecution since the 1989 #Beijing bloodshed
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Just read this #HongKong Govt statement again - released on 18 Aug 2019, after the “peaceful” protest took place
“The Government will begin sincere dialogue with the public, mend social rifts and rebuild social harmony when everything has calmed down.”
info.gov.hk/gia/general/20… twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Figo Chan from the League of Social Democrats says he didn’t understand why #HongKongPolice had to keep standing in front of their protest banner & push journalists taking pictures away, wondering if that’s a new practice
They marched demanding democracy on #NatSec education day
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The Standard: no broadcast of the Oscars this year in #HongKong, the first blank in 52 years
Report cites the nomination of Do Not Split for best short documentary on #HongKongProtests, as a possible reason
thestandard.com.hk/section-news/s…
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Unionist Carol Ng, currently remanded as one of 47 activists charged with conspiring to commit subversion over unofficial primaries for the cancelled #2020Legco poll, has resigned as chair of the Confederation of Trade Unions, says the pro-democracy CTU #NSL #HK #HongKong
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Legal source: a lawyer assisting in the case of 47 #HongKong pro-democracy activists has been taken away/arrested outside West Kowloon Court Building, where a hearing for bail applications for those charged is still taking place
Source said #HongKongPolice at scene....
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A documentary on the #HongKongProtests, Do Not Split (不割蓆), has made it to the shortlist of the #Oscars2021 in Documentary Short Subject. It’s directed by Anders Hammer
oscars.org/oscars/93rd-os…
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Minority rights advocacy group #HongKong Unison:
“Nabela Qoser is a shining example of a Hongkonger of ethnic minority background who has succeeded through hard work & is contributing to #HK. All kinds of hatred of her...contributes to discrimination”
m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
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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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#HongKong Security minister John Lee says the #HongKongPolice mass arrests target “active elements” who are suspected of subversion, but not against voters who took part in “so-called primary elections” last July
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#BREAKING 12 #HongKong youths accused of illegal border crossing will go on trial in Yantian on Monday, according to the #12HKyouths concern group. They were allegedly trying to flee to Taiwan on boat when intercepted by Guangdong coastguard in August
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#BREAKING Former #HongKong lawmaker Ted Hui announces he’s now on exile, quits Democratic Party. Says he doesn’t know which country he wants to go to, but won’t seek asylum because his “only home is #HK”
m.facebook.com/pg/huichifung9…
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#HongKong Baptist University student union says it’s acting head Keith Fong’s been arrested this morning on suspicion of possessing offensive weapons, perverting course of justice and resisting arrest. It says some 20 officers went to his home for action
m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
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A sacked i-Cable news cameraman who kept rolling the camera as he was told he’s been laid off, among around 40 firings made today
He’s a personal friend, so caring and professional
WATCH:
m.facebook.com/RTHKVNEWS/vide…
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#HongKong activist Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf to join @chowtingagnes in pleading guilty for #HongKongProtests charges tmr, says he wouldn’t be surprised they’d be remanded right away. Ex-Demosisto chair Ivan Lam also charged with inciting unlawful assembly
facebook.com/20097647999486…
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#HongKongPolice arrested a man on suspected money laundering, as he allegedly received $HK5.8mil rather than 500k thru crowdfunding
#RTHK understands he is ex-teacher & volleyball player Yeung Pok-man, who’s earlier convicted of police assault during #HongKongProtests last year
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Three #HongKong reporters charged in the spam of three days. They’re from #RTHK, Baptist U student union editorial board & web media Ben Yu Entertainment. The latter two both accused of obstructing #HongKongPolice; HKBU student also charged with resisting arrest
#PressFreedom twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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So after yesterday’s arrest & charges, you may ask, “who’s Bao Choy?”
Well, 3 episodes of #HKConnection programmes she worked on have been nominated to the 2020 Asian TV Awards for best news/current affairs programmes
facebook.com/24978396173736…
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Bao Choy: it’s unfortunate #HongKongPolice charged a journalist who worked on a report on #721YuenLongAttack, causing public concern that police might be suspicious of suppressing #pressfreedom
#HongKong #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…
#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.