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Shocking dispatch by a HK Doctor:
“The HK police stormed hospitals where protesters are receiving medical treatment to make arrests, irrespective of the medical state of their targets [...] police have intimidated, attacked & even arrested my colleagues”. independent.co.uk/voices/hong-ko…
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Breaking: @JimmyLaiApple has been acquitted of intimidating a reporter from pro-Beijing Oriental Daily.
A truly ridiculous allegation made by an employee of a paper that is following Lai around the clock; Judge stated defendant was not a credible witness
hk.appledaily.com/local/20200903…
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The first mass march in months is planned in HK tomorrow (9.6), with HK01 reporting 2000 officers will be deployed by the HK police. It has been heavily publicised - the march’s Telegram channel has 10k subscribers, & many hope it will mark the resumption of the #HongKongProtests
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HK’s first mass march in months is starting to turn as police begin to lose restraint, firing pepper balls at the feet of journalists. The day has been largely incident-free so far, with a few dozen arrested. Vid: Telegram.
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Another view of the same incident, in which undercover police disguised as protestors drag a demonstrator by the legs, as other officers pepper spray a crowd of journalists. Plainclothes HK police officers regularly arrest protestors but rarely with this brutality. Vid: Telegram. twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/…
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A young girl of school age was just cornered by riot police & proceeded to run away, before being viciously wrestled to the ground, kicked & pinned down by several police officers.
I wish I could say this isn’t normal in Hong Kong today, but it is.
Vid: HKUST student reporters
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An @OfficalPSHK reporter captured some incredible shots of this incident, in which a young schoolgirl was wrestled to the ground & pinned down by heavily-armed riot police.
Yet another addition to the endless line of damning inditements of the Hong Kong Police Force. twitter.com/JackHHazlewood…
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Per @appledaily_hk, the girl in this video is 12 years old, & was on her way to buy crayons with her brother when she was viciously wrestled to the ground, kicked & pinned down by riot police. Their injuries are currently being examined.
Hong Kong, 2020.
https://t.co/YnQRcMFg0U
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Full article here: hk.appledaily.com/local/20200906…
H/t: @HKGlobalConnect
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Leaflets showing HK police officers’ names, personal details & social media were captured by @StandNewsHK
Telegram channels, the usual medium for this doxxing, are under increased scrutiny post-Nat Sec Law. Activists have discovered print-outs are seemingly a more secure method.
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Per @StandNewsHK, the HK bus driver detained during the march today for allegedly beeping his horn at police officers was arrested for ‘dangerous driving’.
You could not find a clearer case of selective enforcement/politicised policing if you tried.
thestandnews.com/politics/9-6-%…
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The Hong Kong Police have issued a statement (see below) claiming this 12 year old girl buying crayons “fled immediately”, “looked suspicious”, & that the officers who viciously tackled, kicked & pinned her down used “the minimum force necessary”.
Watch & decide for yourself:
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Full statement here. The video is from brave HKUST student reporters.
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Big intervention: After Carrie Lam’s incendiary remarks that the separation of powers has never existed in HK (!), the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of The State Council has explicitly stated it “agrees with CE Carrie Lam’s comments”; describes SoP as “westernised” & “wrong”.
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HK’s biggest pro-🇨🇳 newspaper Oriental Daily (東方日報) has responded furiously to a CNN piece which (accurately) said OD’s founders the Ma brothers were drug dealers. Today’s front page shows a CNN missile being launched against them by rival pro-democracy media owner Jimmy Lai.
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Great piece on press freedom in China by @MRJKilcoyne:
“Xi Jinping’s regime censors the press from a position of moral weakness [...] foreign reporters in countries ruled by dictators are essential in providing scrutiny where oppressed people can’t do so”
thetimes.co.uk/article/britai…
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Reminder that newly-promoted British HK Police officer David Jordan headed up the Police Tactical Unit for the past year, which led the rapid-response to protests & put down pro-democracy demonstrators with sickening brutality.
Utterly disgusting.
thestandnews.com/english/david-…
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Chinese state media reporter: HSBC ’highly likely’ to be put on China’s new Unreliable Entity List.
HSBC & its executives publicly supported the National Security Law in the most craven & pathetic act of fawning. But you can never kowtow enough for the regime. It’s never enough. twitter.com/qingqingparis/…
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Today’s @AppleDaily_HK leads with a showcase of horrific incidents of police brutality that were captured by media outlets that won’t be recognised under new Police General Orders - a de facto police-imposed press accreditation system. Press freedom in HK withers away yet further
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If the arrest of Joshua Wong proves one thing, it’s that the authorities can & will arrest you for anything. Arrested for illegal assembly & wearing a mask under the anti-mask law - today it’s illegal to NOT wear a mask. A-M law also currently under legal challenge by democrats. twitter.com/joshuawongcf/s…
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Breaking: The Civil Human Rights Front (民間人權陣線) received a letter of objection from the HK Police re the Oct 1st (national day) march supporting the #save12hkyouths campaign. CHRF say they’ll appeal but it effectively makes the march illegal & attendees liable for arrest.
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The Hong Kong Police Have Declared War on Journalists — Jack Hazlewood
New @appledaily_hk piece looking at the changes to Police General Orders, which amount to a de facto police-imposed press accreditation system & are disastrous for press freedom in HK hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202009…
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Now being widely reported across HK media that another lawyer hired to represent Kok Tsz-lun, one of the 12 Hongkongers detained in mainland China after attempting to flee to Taiwan, was forced to back out of the case on the orders of mainland authorities. hk.appledaily.com/news/20200927/…
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Latest for @AppleDaily_HK detailing the flight tracking data & leaked post-flight logs that reveal how the Hong Kong Police & Government Flying Service lured the 12 youths detained in mainland China to their fate. So many questions, so few answers. hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202010…
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Breaking: SCMP reports 4 activists have entered the US consulate in HK to request asylum, hours after Tony Chung was arrested within metres of the building. SCMP captured video of them “talking to security guards before being allowed into the building.”
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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