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Credit goes to @yvonne_tg, the story even got picked up by the People’s Daily on FB. Some people commenting on the state media’s page of course linked “#Taiwan independence” with #HongKong independence twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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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
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A #HongKong #police officer drew his pistol after shoving a man in Whampoa. No arrest was made. The group of policemen had come out from their police vans when they rushed out after residents hurled abuse. They got back on the vans and left after this. #HongKongProtest
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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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#NOW: #HongKong leader #CarrieLam announces tighter border control measures, closing ALL land and sea borders except Shenzhen Bay & the Bridge to Macau & Zhuhai, starting midnight tonight
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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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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
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#BREAKING #HongKong’s have the second death case of #coronavirus, the 70 year old man died at Princess Margaret Hospital. He’s the 55th confirmed case in #HK
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53 people, of which 41 male, arrested for unlawful assembly, says #HongKongPolice twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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Ironically, after 8.18 rally at Victoria Park for which several pro-democracy activists were charged today for organising & taking part in unlawful assembly, #HongKong Govt spoke at how it was a peaceful & that it’d planned talks with #AntiELAB protesters
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So a bit of a count here — the #HongKong media outlets allowed to enter Macau to cover #China President #XiJinping: Cable TV (others unknown), those have journalists denied entry: #RTHK, #SCMP, NOW TV, Commercial Radio
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The preparation work has been “suspended”, says the #HongKong Govt #WuhanCoronavirus #China #coronavirus #VirusChina #pneumonia twitter.com/vernon_yuen/st…
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#HongKongPolice chief Chris Tang: this girl suddenly ran so officers found her suspicious & had responsibility to stop & subdue her; officers then found out she’s only 12 & had female officers accompany her; police protect the safety of all #HongKong citizens, even arrestees twitter.com/SkyNews/status…
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Instead of displaying his #HongKongPolice warrant card/“call sign”, this #HongKong officer on the left put a miniature of a black warning flag showing “disperse, tear smoke” on his chest, as he negotiates with district councillor-elect @DrKwanEC here in Whampoa #HongKongProtests
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CORRECTION: Yeung's calling on schools to punish students who take part in class boycott or "express political stance" through chanting slogans, forming human chains, singing songs & posting slogans, rather than taking part in "so-called referendum" itself
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Veby Mega Indah, journalist who’s blinded after being shot by a suspected rubber bullet in Sep, is asking court to order #HongKongPolice to give ID of officer who fired a round in Wan Chai. Lawyer for cops say preliminarily they know who the officer is but...1/2 #HongKongProtests
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Executive councillor cum barrister Ronny Tong on the #12HKyouths: because the extradition bill wasn't amended last year amid the #antiELAB protests, the #HongKong government now has no authority to ask for the return of the 12 suspects from their mainland counterparts
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#RTHK has stood by its satirical Cantonese TV programme Headliner for mocking #HongKongPolice, which wrote to the broadcaster expressing extreme regret about the programme for “upending right & wrong” by ignoring officers’ work in fighting epidemic.....
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As reported, there’s no log book inside this supposed #HongKongPolice patrol spot in Tsuen Wan West #MTR station #HongKong
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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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Martin Lee, representing a citizen in a JR case demanding #HongKongPolice show unique ID numbers while on duty, attacked the Govt as behaving in a “rotten” way by “not producing a single legal doc relevant to case & only asking a chief inspector”& not someone higher up to respond
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Ministers who can’t take questions to start their new jobs will earn HK$330,000 plus a month twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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Yesterday,
#HongKongPolice fired
1567 cannister of tear gas
1312 rubber bullets
380 bean bag rounds
#HongKongProtests
#HongKong
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#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.