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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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Video from the march clearly shows a HK Police offficer in full riot gear going into a shop & grabbing a cold drink without paying, & shouting at customers. He’s been labelled ‘警賊’, or ‘police thief’. Another falling display of unprofessionalism from the HKPF. Vid: Telegram
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Today marks the first anniversary since the 616 march, the largest protest in HK’s history. Organisers estimated a monstrous crowd of 2 million +1 people marched. The +1 references protestor Leung, who’s passing the day prior inspired many who would not normally protest to do so.
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Breaking: Just hours after fresh CUHK graduates held a ‘Graduation March’ on campus in which they chanted & displayed slogans banned under the NSL, the HK police’s national security department announced it has launched an investigation into the incident.
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Breaking: HK Police are raiding the offices of PORI - HK’s leading pollster; & also involved in the pro-democracy primaries this weekend. Some govt officials have said it is illegal & today PORI released a poll in which 60% agreed HK “is not a free city”.
hk.appledaily.com/local/20200710…
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U.K. Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab has issued a statement following the mass DQ of pro-democracy candidates, stating “it is clear they have been disqualified because of their political views”.
Clamour for Magnitsky sanctions against HK & 🇨🇳 govt officials likely to increase.
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Today’s @appledaily_hk leads with the father of protestor Leung speaking a year after his passing. He urges HK’s young people to take care & thanks those who have fought for democracy for their courage, ending with the name of the prostestors’ anthem: “may glory be to Hong Kong”.
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HK01 (& other local media) reporting the HK govt will request the NPC in Beijing agree to an unprecedented postponement of September’s LegCo election for a whole year. Pandemic cited but the real reason is pro-Beijing parties are set for a crushing defeat.
hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%8…
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Horrifying development - becoming clear Beijing’s mulling a monstrous national security law-extradition bill amalgamation in which HKers could face nat sec charges in the mainland - & per pro-🇨🇳 paper 成報 - the *death penalty*. We still don’t know the details of the legislation. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Large crowds have gathered outside Pacific Place to mark the first anniversary since protestor Leung's passing. On their official FB page, the HK Police have stated the gathering constitutes an illegal assembly & have warned participants to leave immediately. Pics: Stand News.
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HK government press release says it supports returning officers’ decision to disqualify pro-democracy candidates en masse & appears to confirm ‘expressing an objection’ to the National Security Law constitutes grounds for disqualification.
This is the new normal in Hong Kong.
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Update: At least one pro-democracy demonstrator (guy in a brown shirt; visible on streams) has been arrested; while reporters, protestors & bystanders have been threatened with pepper spray. This is what happens in HK today when you try to get together to sing. (Pics: Stand News) twitter.com/JackHHazlewood…
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Riot police just charged down Pedder Street and into an entrance to Central MTR station, barring reporters from entry and sealing off the exit. Possible there is some kind of disturbance inside the station. Vid: 恒大編委報導/HSUSU
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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 SCMP reports the HK government is considering allowing the indefinite detention of suspects without trial in special detention centres under the national security law.
Hong Kong is now a fully-fledged police state. #SOSHK
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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Breaking: Document reveals Chinese military scientists discussed weaponising SARS coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. @StateDept sources confirmed docs were obtained by them in May 2020.
Now in The @australian with @SharriMarkson. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
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Today’s @appledaily_hk leads with the national security law’s apparent hardening as it reaches the NPCSC - per Xinhua it will not just criminalise ‘foreign forces’ intervening in HK, but HKers ‘colluding’ with foreign forces too, amid rumours of provision for extradition to 🇨🇳.
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As the 6.4 Tiananmen anniversary arrives with draconian national security laws hanging over the city, HK wakes to find thousands of cops are poised to arrest anyone who demonstrates. Protestors initiating violence looks unlikely but police may provoke it.
scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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Tonight an Apple Daily editor was arrested at HK airport under the NSL. His name is Fung Wai-kong (馮偉光) & used the pen-name 盧峯.
He was my editor & would receive my columns in English & Chinese.
@DominicRaab this man was attempting to board a flight to London. Do something.
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Can confirm reports from @StandNewsHK & others that tomorrow (Thursday) will see the last ever print edition of @appledaily_hk. Print run of 1 million.
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This is the 1989 video that former HK Chief Executive CY Leung doesn't want you to see:
"Promises made by the 🇨🇳 government, such as not sending in the army [on Tiananmen], have been empty"
"When they break their own promises, it's inevitable HK people will lose trust in them"
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Breaking: 🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirms to the Commons that the UK will immediately suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, & launch an arms embargo & a new "bespoke immigration route" for BNOs & their dependents, to be set out in the next few weeks. Progress.
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The last 24 hours in Hong Kong in review: pro-democracy lawmaker assaulted by pro-Beijing legislator *inside the Legislative Council* - ends up in an ambulance & the Emergency Room. Meanwhile procedure trashed as pro-Beijing committee chair allowed to continue to sit unlawfully.
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Now @HawleyMO’s bill has passed the Senate, @SecPompeo has announced the U.S. will impose visa restrictions on officials “responsible for eviscerating HK’s freedoms”. @HKHIIAD spox @SunnyCheungky has suggested this will include CE Carrie Lam, Sec of Justice & HK’s Police chief.
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Another bad week for Hong Kong's goons in blue. Here's a full account of the HK Police's meth dealing, legislator & homeless guy beating, 13 year old arresting, illegal gambling, & top British cops' public shaming week. A person in detention also died from their neglect. Thread:
前蘋果日報專欄作家. Words/investigations @TheSundayTimes @Telegraph @TheEconomist @ForeignPolicy @Australian etc, docs @PopularFront_