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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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Another rally at Edinburgh Place in Central — this one marking the fall of the Berlin Wall & Communist states in Eastern Europe 30 years ago. This is a “wall” #HongKongProtesters built with all the messages they’ve drawn on it #HongKongProtests
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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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A lot of protesters out in #Central on #HongKong really just came out of work, they had little gear, some don’t even have a surgical mask. One young #HongKongProtester told me: I’m about to go home now to gear up & come back. #HongKongProtest
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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”
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#HongKongPolice say a suspect has died in hospital on Friday after he was subdued “with appropriate force” a day before. Officers say they found him on Nathan Road & he smelt like he had had some alcohol, & allegedly possessed 4g of heroine, smashed up a taxi & motorbike....
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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”
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#HongKongPolice no.2 PR guy Kong Wing-cheung confirms an officer kept his baton in his bag when he tried to leave #HongKong on Sunday morning for holiday. Kong said the officer forgot about it and made a careless mistake, but didn't mention if he's been arrested or punished
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An organiser of the pro-democracy camp's primary, Au Nok-hin @loktinau, says voting will end at 9pm sharp becuz that's how the computer programme was written, there can't be any discretion. Au said people hv to go vote now if they want to. He said more than 440k voted at 5pm
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After #HongKongPolice made a Facebook post thanking 300,000 people/accounts liking their page, people apparently unliked it en masse, the figure dipped below 300,000. Some users note that people can follow instead of liking a page to get info #HongKong
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#HongKong #police chief Stephen Lo said it was "legal & reasonable" for the officer to fire a live round at point-blank range in Tsuen Wan & hit a protester in the chest, becuz "he had no choice but to fire" as the lives of officers were under serious threat. #HongKongProtest 1/2
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Convenor of pro-democracy group Civil Human Rights Front, Jimmy Sham calls on #HongKong ppl 2 dress in black on National Day on 10.1, even if their planned march on the day is banned by #HK #police. “People have been suppressed & tortured for 70 years” in #China #HongKongProtests
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Effective martial law? #MTR closing 8 more stations from 11am where rallies are planned: Causeway Bay, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan West, Shan Shui Po, Tuen Mun, Wong Tai Sin, Che Kung Temple #HongKongProtest twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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ICYMI: This #HongKong retired double decker bus, now being used for the pro-democracy camp’s primary in Jordan, is actually Island district councillor Sheep Yeung’s mobile office.
He wrote on social media he will use it as office after the primaries & he will fit it with air-con
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Question: does anyone in #HongKong get to violate the law three times, get a warning for the first two offenses, & then only get arrested the third time round?
Say, those involved in #HongKongProtests? twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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After reading out statement of 14 pro-democracy DCers demanding the disband of #HongKongPolice & reiterating #5DemandsNot1Less of the anti-Govt movement, new Central & Western DC chair Cheng Lai-king led councillors to observe a moment of silence for those who died in movement
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Wong Wai-shun is at it again -- he accused Commercial Radio's reporter of "getting a question wrong", saying nobody should be scared of #HongKongPolice, & only criminals have to be scared. #HongKongProtests #AntiELAB
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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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The very moment security chief John Lee withdrew the #extraditionbill. He was immediately showered with slogans from the pro-democracy lawmakers asking him to step down. #HongKongProtests #HongKong #HK #ExtraditionLaw
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#HongKongPolice Chief Chris Tang says when this pregnant woman was pushed down in #MongKok early this month, not everyone at scene could hear what others say, tho he admitted her husband had shouted loud about the pregnancy. Tang says special arrangement was made to let ......
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In case you didn’t know why many participants of the #HongKongProtests are still out on the streets — they are outraged by what they see as injustice & damages to the rule of law by the #HongKongPolice twitter.com/lokinhei/statu…
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#HongKongPolice hv seized a semi-automatic glock pistol & more than 100 bullets in an operation on #HK Island, arresting 11 ppl. Organised crime detective Li Kwai-wah said it's the 1st time that a hand gun has been seized in 6 months of protests, and they're very concerned
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#HongKong #MTR says 83 of its 94 stations have suffered damages in recent #HongKongProtests, include 800 gates, 500 ticket vendor machines, 700 CCTV cameras, 400 light rail Octopus card machines & 12 elevators. Firm urged protesters to care for everyone’s safety & stop damaging
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This participant in the #HongKongProtests has been crawling his way, literally, in Wan Chai, as part of the #HongKong demonstrations
#HongKong radio journalist. Views here are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.