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In submitting his bid to run in #HongKong #Legco2020 Kowloon East, @joshuawongcf says the decision to #DQ him or not is one that involves foreign diplomacy & the geo-political environment. “It’s up to the Chinese Communist Party officials” to consider these factors
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Before #HongKongPolice moved in to stop & search people, some protesters in a Yuen Long mall to mark 1st anniversary of #721YuenLongAttack held up pieces of white paper, meaning white terror in #HongKong.
They chanted “disband the police immediately”
#HongKongProtests
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Spotted by NOW TV’s cameraman: somebody let loose some balloons in the Yuen Long mall’s atrium, & it reads “never forget 721”
#721YuenLongAttack #HongKong #HongKongProtests
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Health minister Sophia Chan announces mandatory masking at indoor public places & outdoor transport hubs
This makes #HongKong a place where an anti-mask law & a mask law are in effect at the same time
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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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#HongKong pro-independence group Studentlocalism says it’s former convenor Tony Chung has been arrested “by national security agents” in Yuen Long for inciting secession a short while ago
#NationalSecurityLaw
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#HongKongPolice say 4 arrested on allegations of violating #NationalSecurityLaw, aged 16-21, all students. They are accused of organising a group online after the law came into effect to advocate/incite others to support #HongKong independence twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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.@icablenews reports, per sources, that the #HongKong Govt will lift the ban to dine in in restaurants tomorrow, for breakfast and lunch. This came after outpouring opposition, even from the pro-#Beijing DAB, that the all-day ban had ignored its effects on #HK workers
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By #DQ’ing 12 #Legco hopefuls — most winning in a primary — & more expected to come, the #HongKong Govt says “there is no question of any political censorship, restriction of free speech or deprivation of the right to stand for elections”
Full statement: bit.ly/3hQvogN
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As #CarrieLam is poised to announce postponing the #LegcoElection2020 for a year, as sources indicate through the use of emergency laws, it will be interesting to see how Article 69 of the Basic Law will have to change. It states a #Legco term in #HongKong is 4 years.
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#HongKong leader #CarrieLam announces unprecedented #LegcoElection2020 postponement, through the use of Emergency laws, becuz of #coronavirus epidemic. She calls it the hardest choice in past 7 months. Cites allies’ doubts on safety of electioneering amid virus
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#Beijing is sending its first team of 7 experts to #HongKong tmr (Sun) for #coronavirus nucleic acid testing, after its #HK & Macau Affairs Office HKMAO announced ytd that it’s helping HK Govt to work on mass testing Hongkongers, per request of SAR Govt
This raised Qs about DNA
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#HongKong Govt dismisses as unfounded rumours that mainland medical experts in town to help do nucleic acid #COVID19 tests are in #HK to collect people’s DNA. It says all tests will be done locally, nothing will be transported to mainland #China
Statement:info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…
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JUST IN: First man charged under #NationalSecurityLaw in #HongKong, Tong Ying-Kit, will appear in High Court tomorrow as his lawyers seek a habeas corpus for the motorcyclist. He faces secession & terrorism charges for allegedly driving the motorbike at #HongKongPolice officers
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#BREAKING @appledaily_hk Apple Daily reports that founder Jimmy Lai arrested, accused of violating #NationalSecurityLaw
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#China's state media #CCTV is reporting that 7 people related to Next Media, Apple Daily's mother group, have been arrested on alleged collusion with foreign forces
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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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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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#HongKongPolice raiding the Apple Daily @appledaily_hk building
#HongKong
#PressFreedom
#NationalSecurityLaw t.co/1qkk7ajwMa
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#HongKongPolice searching the Apple Daily newsroom in Tseung Kwan O. Credit: Next Media staffer
#HongKong #PressFreedom
#NationalSecurityLaw twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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#HongKongPolice block #RTHK from reporting at Apple Daily @appledaily_hk headquarters, including police’s briefing, saying “only those who’ve not been obstructing police in the past are invited”
#HongKong #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw
Watch:
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Are only “approved press” allowed to cover events from now on in #HongKong?
Reports from the scene of the list of organizations barred from reporting:
Associated Press @AP
AFP @AFP
Reuters @Reuters
Getty Images @GettyImages
Stand News @StandNewsHK
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