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#NOW Thousands of protesters are attending a rally in Chater Garden, #HongKong, calling on the #US to pass the #HumanRightsandDemocracyAct that would sanction officials undermining rights situation in #HK #HongKongProtests
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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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The #HongKong Govt confirms it DID NOT request the assistance from the #PLA & it was purely a self-initiated voluntary step taken by the garrison.
Which means the move was entirely unconstitutional. twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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The usual lunchtime in Central, & #HongKong protesters moved to area outside Exchange Sqaure today becuz of police presence near Pedder St. they sang the protest anthem just now #HongKongProtests
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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
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Some of those attending the Chater Garden rally in #HongKong supporting the passage of the #US #HumanRightsandDemocracyAct played the #HongKongprotest anthem before the start of the event #HongKongProtests (taken earlier, no signal to upload)
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New at #HongKongProtests: durian husks thrown on the road in Wan Chai to block roads
#HongKong
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.@StandNewsHK says its reporter was bearhugged from behind & pulled away while she’s filming ppl being arrested @ Harbour City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui. News outlet condemns the incident & said it’ll follow up matter. Around a dozen ppl seen taken away by #HongKongPolice #HKProtests
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.@mingpaocom reports that a mainlander from #China took part in the protests against the #NationalSecurityLaw, saying #HongKong shouldn’t be a place without #FreeSpeech. Paper says he held a placard “God destroy #ccp”
內地人首參加示威：不想香港沒言論自由 news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%…
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About half an hour ago, pro-#Beijing unionist Kwok Wai-keung of the #FTU appeared to have dragged Ray Chan @ray_slowbeat of People Power to the ground before the beginning of the #Legco House Comm “officially” began
#HongKong #HongKongProtests
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JUST IN: Civil Human Rights Front convenor Jimmy Sham has been attacked by several people in Tai Kok Tsui. Rather gruesome images being circulated online. He’s running in district council election in Sha Tin
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So as we gather, Agnes Chow, Wilson Li, Andy Li & Ian Lai, 2nd son of Jimmy Lai, are allegedly related to a group calling for other countries to sanction #HongKong; Jimmy is also accused of involvement & fraud; 4 Next Media execs & Ian’s bro Tim accused of conspiracy to defraud twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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#HongKong activist Agnes Chow @chowtingagnes has been released, 26 hours or so after being arrested on suspicion of violating #NationalSecurityLaw. She says passport’s been confiscated, & #HongKongPolice accused her of collusion with foreign forces on social media... 1)
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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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A 14-year-old hit by a live round shot from this plainclothes officer in Yuen Long last Oct has been charged with rioting & wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, which carries a max life prison sentence. The officer was attacked & had a petrol bomb thrown at him
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#HongKongPolice watchdog: no evidence of collusion between police & suspected triads during #721yuenlongattack, “tho police seen talking to suspected attackers, it’s not evidence of collusion between them becuz cops had to talk & ask white-shirted men to return to Nam Pin Wai
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Very, very heavy #HongKongPolice presence in & outside Prince Edward #MTR station, 7 months after officers were accused of indiscriminately attacking people inside #HongKong #HongKongProtests
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#HongKong Education minister Kevin Yeung writes to local schools asking them to punish students who insist on organising, taking part or encouraging others 2 join a “so-called referendum” on #NationalSecurityLaw, saying schools shd explain the law won’t affect most ppl’s rights
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#HongKong #police fire 2 live rounds after officers came under attack of protesters on Waterloo Road/Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei. Don’t know what the two men (in white & red t-shirts) helping to hit protesters were doing #HongKongProtest
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A doctor told the court the mother of teenager Chan Yin-lam refused to let her make a follow-up appointment with psychiatrists. The late 15-year-old was twice diagnosed with oppositional defiant & acute stress disorders, not schizophrenia, the Coroner’s Court was told
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Per @StandNewsHK, district councillor Jocelyn Chau is acquitted of assaulting police in North Point 11Aug19. Eastern magistrate Stanley Ho slammed 2 #HongKongPolice officers for “making lies after lies” when testifying
I filmed Chau for a while after she was subdued a year ago twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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Chau has just announced on Facebook that #HongKongPolice is arranging an appointment arrest for her tomorrow for charging her for assaulting police on 8.11 (below is the footage of her being arrested). New Year’s Eve is 1 day before she takes office as Eastern district councillor twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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Last year #HongKong leader #CarrieLam said she had to bring justice to the murdered Poon Hiu-wing & her family, so she introduced the #ExtraditionLaw; now she asks the Poon family (her mother in cap) to let go, & the suspect, Chan Tong-kai, to surrender to #Taiwan in his own time
#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.