251
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....
252
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
253
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…
254
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
255
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…
256
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
257
#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
258
#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
#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.